http://barbara-good-books.com/blog Rising up with Wings Like Eagles Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:56:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en THURSDAY ISLAND Well, I have ‘done’ the lot now! This was my last frontier. Sorry for my long absence but I had to go to the Tip of far North Queensland and that was something for a lady of my age. Why have we both got a fascination for islands? ... http://barbara-good-books.com/blog/archives/112   Pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up. Eccles.4:10 NIV.   The Lovable Rascal   Howard Burnett     His cry of pain seemed to clear his head. His thoughts started to come together. Yes! It was a tree above – had he camped out all night? No – it wasn’t a ... http://barbara-good-books.com/blog/archives/106 http://barbara-good-books.com/blog/archives/101 A Learning Curve. I didn’t know there was so much more I could do with the Golden Spiral and the Secret Rainbow. I sat down with it in front of me and imagined the movements and reactions of the crew. They came alive. They are best published together because one isn’t ... http://barbara-good-books.com/blog/archives/91 POLISHING THE RAINBOW To bring about a much larger and more descriptive novel I’m returning to work on a Song at Rainbow’s End. This title is rather long but I prefer it because it appeals to my musical friends and also suggests the ‘pot of gold’ which represents a young life ... http://barbara-good-books.com/blog/archives/87   One warm afternoon about 45 years ago, I rested an aching back on my bed while the children were at school. I wearily took up a magazine and read; ‘if you have a spare moment’ - I had and was bored, ‘write a letter to a grandchild not yet born’. ... http://barbara-good-books.com/blog/archives/81     THE SHACK Plumbing the nature of God is a hazardous adventure but Wm Paul Young has attempted to do this out of his own pain. The results are a book – an allegory which pulls you up smartly.             We were told this was a book not to be missed. The sudden shift ... http://barbara-good-books.com/blog/archives/72 July (just) It’s cold and rains have come. I wouldn’t grumble about the rain. At last I can say the trilogy is complete. Last Friday ‘the Golden Spiral’ came hot off the press. I gave it to some friends with trepidation and was surprised at the number of people who said ... http://barbara-good-books.com/blog/archives/68 My teen novel on the Scilly Isles is nearing completion and it should be going to the printer well before the end of June. I feel I have achieved an improvement in writing since the second book of the trilogy. Now that we are on the third book I have ... http://barbara-good-books.com/blog/archives/45 This is a strange spectrum of disorientated behavoir. our family have experienced the far end. This caused a breakdown in normal family life. i would like to hear from other people who have come up against it and collect information on what really worked. I'd like to hear from people who ... http://barbara-good-books.com/blog/archives/28