Michelle Sutton, edition of Christian Fiction online Magazine, has chosen Scared as this month's top book pick. You can see the review and ad here. I am very excited about the good reports my first novel is getting. Hope you all enjoy it.
There are only 4 people on the planet, that I know of, outside the publisher who have a copy of book. Brandi McIlhaney is one, and she read the entire thing on the plane to Uganda yesterday. Quite a feat to knock out 300 pages that quick! Her blog is entitled, Living Freely, and she will be posting about what what is happening in Uganda. Children's HopeChest is very excited about our new ministry in Uganda and we want all of you who have a heart for that country to join us. Here's what she said:
"I'm here! No time to write much b/c it's 1 am here and I haven't slept in days. Thanks for praying, I've been feeling it already. We had great seats on the planes, but I didn't get much sleep. I did enjoy myself though. . . .
In fact. . .how about joining me? Since I don't have lots of interesting stories to write about, how about taking the time to click over to amazon and pre purchase your copy of SCARED. I got a pre-copy from Tom and read it on the plane here. That's what I spent my whole last flight doing =)
It was AMAZING. Seriously, a must read. I don't even want to write more for fear of giving it away. It was thrilling, captivating, dramatic, engaging, heart wrenching, sob invoking, God speaking, revealing. . . .and so many more things! Truthfully, I was excited but nervous to read it. I mean, what would I have said if Tom's first foray into the fiction world was just "so-so"???? Thankfully, it was REALLY good! You guys know me and I rarely encourage anyone to actually BUY things, especially a book (I'm a library girl, myself). This is SO worth it though! Really, go buy a copy. You're going to LOVE it!
I can't wait to read it again with you guys! Really, even if you don't have a huge passion for Africa, but you'd like to learn and be sucked into a great story at the same time, BUY THE BOOK! Comment on this blog and we'll do a whole blog party about it! There is so much I want to post about it and my thoughts, wrestling with God and my emotions.. .but not until you've read it. I feel like I've learned something and been changed by the very reading of this "fiction" novel. Thank you, Tom. You pretty much messed me up."
