I wanted to let you know about a wonderful book written by our very own Patenaude ! (Xanga name) The book is Emotional Purity: An Affair of the Heart. I began reading this book last night, and I am so excited about the message she shares that I'd like to use this book for a study this summer for high school and college girls.
Singles have the "sexual purity" message preached to them, but very few people or books mention the idea of emotional purity. What is emotional purity? It is not getting involved emotionally with a member of the opposite sex until you are sure that both of you are interested in marriage with each other. How does one avoid such emotional connections? What about being friends? I had the same questions, but Paulsen (her name when the book was written) handles all these issues. Each chapter ends with questions designed to get the reader thinking or a group talking. This book would be great for parents and children to work through together, small groups (single gender!), or as a book to read solo.
The third thing to report is that I got an email back from the publisher to whom I had submitted a book proposal idea. The email read--
Dear Ms Sellers,
An interesting idea! When you have written at least 3 chapters or 50 pages, please send it to us for further consideration.
--WP [Wytherngate Publishing]
Should I be excited? If I actually had three chapters written, I suppose I would be! So, now begins the task of turning my play into a novel. I just don't know if I want a first-person novel or third-person. Such decisions! Any suggestions?
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Feb. 9, 2007 - Hey!
Posted by OurLittleSchoolRoom
Congratulations on the interest in your book-to-be! That is wonderful! I am currently waiting for Dh to get off the phone so I can watch the video on your Xanga without driving him nuts.
Your book on purity of emotions sounds interesting,
Karen
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Feb. 14, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Victoria the Great
:)
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Feb. 16, 2007 - Flu and snow
Posted by OurLittleSchoolRoom
I've been watching your saga of sickness. Hope it passes soon. We've been fortunate so far in that all we've had is colds. I hope we get nothing else. Flu was always a trigger for Belle's seizures in the past, and as we are newly off the meds, I am a bit nervous. Hopefully you will not succumb.
Do you like your snow? On the whole, we do. It makes the world brighter.
Thinking of you, and hoping everyone recovers soon.
Karen
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Mar. 6, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by quietcajun
I have so appreciate the concept of emotional purity and have made it a big priority to discuss this with my children often.
As to the book publishing... that is awesome!
I have a book that I would love to have published, but I don't even know where to start. It is not a novel... it is a children's book on Christian doctrine that attempts to explain salvation, righteousness, sin, etc... I started writing it in response to all of the questions children have asked me through my years of teaching!
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