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I have two new products releasing for Easter and Holy Week. The first one is a book of devotionals that focus on music, much like “An Advent Carol’s Countdown.” This new volume is called “Sacred Days, Sacred Songs.” Available now!

To celebrate my new release, “Sacred Days, Sacred Songs,” I’m giving away a $20 Amazon gift card. 

Starting March 18th through March 25th, I’ll provide a “name that tune” video clue every day. Each of these tunes will be songs from the book. Type your answer into the Rafflecopter each day to receive an entry into the drawing. You can also complete additional activities to earn more entries. 

Day 1: https://youtu.be/3zrQJdHliWM

Day 2: https://youtu.be/heNbyFGuhaA

Day 3: Day 3: https://youtu.be/-hPxSqmUr80

Day 4: https://youtu.be/4g8CMXbSnJU

Day 5: https://youtu.be/7VC53G-z6NI

Day 6: https://youtu.be/UHAMDE8W8SY 

Day 7: https://youtu.be/C4LfwAXCUOo

Day 8: https://youtu.be/x8yD2vdWQV4

The winner will be announced on March 26th! 
http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/dc594cba42/?

The second is an Easter/Holy Week sheet music, called “Love’s Redeeming Work is Done.” If you purchase “Sacred Days, Sacred Songs,” you can get a code for 50% off this sheet music collection.

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My Writing Story

I’ve been writing from a very young age. I still have a bunch of my illustrated stories from grade school and they were already about dragons, knights, castles, and more magic than you can fit in a wardrobe. I had an important moment in my writing career in high school when I took a creative writing class and I won the “golden pencil award” for having produced the best short story in the class. About that time, I asked myself, “I’ve read so many fun novels. Could I actually write one?” And so I gave it a shot. Over the next year, I wrote my first novel, which I have now published as “A Past With Two Faces”.

Since then, I’ve gone on to publish traditionally with various presses and to release some of my work independently. I’ve written for newspapers, magazines, podcasts, and textbooks, but my passion remains in crafting fantastical worlds and characters. I love to teach and spend my time at writer’s conferences, helping others improve their craft so they can succeed as authors.

My Author Bio

Though I grew up traveling the world with his military father, I now live in Utah with my wife, Jen, and their three children. I played for several years with the handbell choir Bells on Temple Square and is now a member of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. I am the author of the novels in The Canticle Kingdom Series, The Last Archangel Series, the Chess Quest Series, the Wonderful Week for a Quest Series, and the Penultimate Dawn Cycle, as well as several non-fiction works, including An Advent Carols Countdown, The Song of the Righteous and As Saints We Sing