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Writing is Done… Not forever…Just on The Pharaoh’s Daughter! This manuscript has endured the poking, prodding, cutting, and snipping of substantive edits, line edits, copy edits, and proofreading. Now the project manager is finalizing front and back matter–including A FAMILY TREE (yes, we’re working on the graphic–woot!) and a MAP. Next stop is typesetting! After that, I’ll see it one more time–in galley form …

To Make a Diamond by Angie Arndt

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Did you know that diamonds are the hardest known natural materials? The hardness of each individual diamond depends on the purity – bits of carbon or other material makes the diamond brittle and easier to break. These imperfections also affect the color, clarity and brilliance of the diamond. The purer the stone, the more brilliant the cut. Impure stones are …

In the Midst of Ordinary by Lisa Walters

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“Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. ‘This is one of the Hebrew babies,’ she said.” Exodus …

God Uses the Simple

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I was at a major roadblock on Miriam a couple of weeks ago. I had tried to blame it on interruptions and poor time management, but the truth was…I was simply terrified of trying to pour a landslide of information into a nickle-sized hole. That’s when the Lord led me to a little file tucked away on an author’s loop–a link I’ve never visited …

Give Yourself a Talking To by Renee Ann Smith

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I awoke anxious and afraid almost every morning during my school-age years. Nothing traumatic had happened in my past. No one in my family had died. Two stable parents left for work every morning & returned home every night. We always had a roof over our heads & food on the table. Yet still I woke with a sick feeling …

Just the Way You Are by Kate Hodges

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She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.   Ex. 2:6 Pharaoh’s daughter knew who the baby was. Maybe not specifically, but she knew he was a Hebrew. She knew she was going against the will of the Pharaoh. Defiance of rulers generally leads …