Julie Saffrin

WRITING BEYOND OUR MORTAL COIL

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I read the other day that Prince Charles has painted thousands of watercolors. He’s a prince, first in line to the throne. Why should he do anything other than be princely? His Royal Highness responded, “We walk away and shuffle off our mortal coil, but these things live on.” Ah, a partial quote from a soliloquy spoken by a fictitious Shakespearian prince from Denmark who wrote, “To be or not to be, that is the question.” The Prince of Wales paints so that the beauty of that which he sees will extend beyond his time here. The British heir to the throne…

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Book Review of Joy DeKok’s novel, Between the Lies

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Today’s guest is Joy DeKok, author of Between the Lies, her newest and first suspense novel. Joy is the author of nine books, including non-fiction, fiction and children’s books. April 26 and 27, the e-book of this novel will be on sale for $2.99. On her Amazon author page she tells why she loves to write, “. . . over time . . . the words meshed with an equally important component: writing FOR others – to entertain and encourage; to touch and maybe even teach. It’s the writing FOR that gets me past all the excuses, fears, and distractions. The love of…

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A Sea Glass Day

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Can’t think of a better way to start out a Monday than by sitting outside, amidst my sea glass, night-blooming jasmine, with my fingers improving a long-neglected novel called That Summer Place while listening to Arthur Rubenstein play Chopin’s Opus 37. No. 1 in G minor and Prelude, Opus 28, No. 15 In D Flat . Hope you are having a great Monday too. By the way, I’m guest-posting on Joy DeKok’s blog today. Reason for you to visit? By leaving a comment, you’ll get a chance to win two free copies of the paperback version of BlessBack: Thank Those…

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Cha-Peep! A guest post from author Joy DeKok

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Today I have invited Joy DeKok to write a guest post, based on her newly released devotional book, Under His Wings: Lessons Learned from God While Watching the Birds.  This book is a delightful glimpse into how Joy observes life. If you’d like to read my review, you can do so at Amazon here. You can purchase your eBook copy of Under His Wings at Amazon for $3.99 here. Thank you, Joy, for the wonderful post about Cha-Peep the goldfinch and the lessons you learned from watching him. What amazing insights we can learn if only we’ll slow down to glimpse them. Cha-Peep! by…

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He Believes in Me

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To celebrate the release of the BlessBack ~ Thank Those Who Shaped Your Life ebook release, I asked a few friends to share a BlessBack here on the blog. Joy DeKok sent me this one to share with you. . . I knew I was going to be a writer before I could read. When my mom read me stories the words printed in my books fascinated me. When she wrote letters, I watched the way the words appeared from her pen and could hardly wait to learn how to do that. When I was a teenager, I wrote poetry…

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