Hey, thanks to Kelly Fennemore, my nephew’s new bride, I learned today (1/22/08) that . . . well, I’ll let you read it in her words:

“This morning, on the way into work, I was listening to 104.7. They apparently have a kids’ book club that they promote, and every now and then they pick a book and read a couple pages. This morning they were reading Gavin Goodfellow . . . I couldn’t believe it! I was so excited! You are a hit! :)”

The really neat thing about this is that I have no personal connection with anyone at the station. Not only that, but 104.7 plays really good music and we have programmed one of our car buttons to it. Imagine that, a Christian book getting unsolicited promotion on a secular station. Go, God!

I just returned from another AMAZING “Writeen Crue” weekend retreat in Gambrills, MD. The Crue was formed in January 2003 as a mentoring weekend with Nancy Rue, an award-winning author of young adult novels and Christian fiction. The group has 11 members who gather twice a year from seven states (Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee) to refine our writing and encourage and pray for one another.

January 2009 weekend retreat in Gambrills, MD