Let's see if I can do this!
J O H N K N A P P I I
WHAT IS EARTH IS NOT ALONE?
by John Knapp II
"After terrible tragedy, a parent-teacher-
student confrontation leads to the discovery
of new worlds."
Adventure that includes Assassination. Abortion. Adoption. Attempted rape. Acrophobia. Agnosticism. Atheistic honor vs. Christian honor. Barter economy necessitated by disaster. Burying those suddenly killed. Cheating suspected among Christian honor students. Calendars in other worlds. Doubting. Deception. Demon possession. Defending a mountain fortress against impossible odds. Dying in the line of duty. EMP (electromagnetic pulse). Exorcism. Emryss and Elphia as planets?
Fairness. Faith asking for facts. Fallen humans from other worlds. God in other worlds. Horrible natural disaster. Hatred of killing and war. Interplanetary romance. Justice. Jesus’ death and resurrection for salvation everywhere? Kidnapping. Killing to survive. Love until death. Martial law. Military strategy. Mental retardation, an unexpected resource. Missionary responsibility—how far does it go? Nuclear disaster. No electricity, no lights at night, and no motorized transportation. New laws and rules. Numbers and logic. New important stories and records discovered. Order vs. anarchy. Passion. Princes, Princesses, and other royalty. Prophecy from another planet. Quick, necessary marriages. Risks of commitment. Redefining time.
Survival without electricity. Substance abuse in a "fairy-tale" world. "Susquehanna" behind walls. Speaking in tongues. Stories within stories, carefully analyzed. "Sci-fo" format. Tabloids and truth. Travel to other planets? UFOs. USA shrinking in size (to 47 states) and power. Vows to win at all costs. Visions that language can’t explain. WDSS (What does Scripture say?). Witches. Worship in other worlds. X with the "hanging spikes"—a legitimate symbol? Young—too young—love, necessary but dangerous. Zareba’s best secret.
A mysterious global crisis seen from the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania—from Aeron to Zareba— in 500 pages with several illustrations by Dominic Catalano. It’s all here— and more.
This easy-to-follow story is perfect for a gray, rainy weekend—best by candlelight.
To read the first two chapters and see the cover see www.johnknapp2.com or www.earthisnotalone.com.
EARTH
EARTH IS NOT ALONE
J O H N K N A P P I I
ALONE
I S N O T
EPHEMERON
PRESS
T H E E M R Y S S C H R O N I C L E S
If you are reading this you may not know until I tell you that this is not what I was trying to
copy on this blog. I was trying to paste the picture of the cover of EINA. But obviously and unfortunately I did not succeed. Somehow I managed to get the blurbs of the book. Well as Scarlett O'Hara says, "I'll think about that tomorrow!" It's late and I must get on to other things.......
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
March 22nd!
Happy Spring!
I can hardly believe it is spring ....it's hard to tell when you are in Florida. I'd certainly be noticing if I were in PA. Today my oldest son is flying back to Israel and yesterday was my daughter's birthday. And my grandson just went on his first camping trip in Tanzania (and his parents survived! Since I've mentioned everyone else I should mention my youngest son is probably in Baltimore watching the NCAA Tournament as am I. We are watching Syracuse playing Arizona State and it's (hopefully) looking like Syracuse may win and make the "Sweet 16"!
I tried to put the cover of John's novel on this blog but somehow it would not upload. Anyway this has been quite a week as I have helped John set up paypal on his website and we have continued to "proof" his book. Hopefully next week he will have some copies in his hand....we have one copy of the book already that we have been proofing and have been quite happy with it! It's been a long time coming......
I can hardly believe it is spring ....it's hard to tell when you are in Florida. I'd certainly be noticing if I were in PA. Today my oldest son is flying back to Israel and yesterday was my daughter's birthday. And my grandson just went on his first camping trip in Tanzania (and his parents survived! Since I've mentioned everyone else I should mention my youngest son is probably in Baltimore watching the NCAA Tournament as am I. We are watching Syracuse playing Arizona State and it's (hopefully) looking like Syracuse may win and make the "Sweet 16"!
I tried to put the cover of John's novel on this blog but somehow it would not upload. Anyway this has been quite a week as I have helped John set up paypal on his website and we have continued to "proof" his book. Hopefully next week he will have some copies in his hand....we have one copy of the book already that we have been proofing and have been quite happy with it! It's been a long time coming......
Thursday, March 5, 2009
It's March 5th!
In two days it will be my oldest son's birthday! He lives in Israel but is flying back to the
US next week for a week of training for a possible new job. In the meantime friends from
here in Fl are visiting Israel and will see Ethan. Why didn't I think to send a birthday card
via them? Recently Ethan authored an article about Passover on the Holy Land Marketplace
website and in the near future will have a new article on the www.Torahclass.com website
entitled Why Galilee Part 2. He has certainly been busy.
Since I mentioned Ethan's birthday, I will also say that my son-in-law, Greg Cole,
will have a momentous birthday also this month! And my daughter, Phoebe, will
have just a regular birthday on March 21! They will be coming for a visit on March 29!
But the big news is that my husband, John, will most likely have his book, Earth Is
Not Alone, (the final proof copy), in his hands in about a week or at most, a week and
a half. Then when corrections are made, the actual book! Sometime within the next
month. That's hard to believe after all this time.......
US next week for a week of training for a possible new job. In the meantime friends from
here in Fl are visiting Israel and will see Ethan. Why didn't I think to send a birthday card
via them? Recently Ethan authored an article about Passover on the Holy Land Marketplace
website and in the near future will have a new article on the www.Torahclass.com website
entitled Why Galilee Part 2. He has certainly been busy.
Since I mentioned Ethan's birthday, I will also say that my son-in-law, Greg Cole,
will have a momentous birthday also this month! And my daughter, Phoebe, will
have just a regular birthday on March 21! They will be coming for a visit on March 29!
But the big news is that my husband, John, will most likely have his book, Earth Is
Not Alone, (the final proof copy), in his hands in about a week or at most, a week and
a half. Then when corrections are made, the actual book! Sometime within the next
month. That's hard to believe after all this time.......
Friday, February 20, 2009
Getting there.....
Completing anything is always satisfying and John is reading me aloud all 500 pages of his novel, Earth Is Not Alone. Tonight we passed the halfway mark. Obviously we aren't getting a lot of other stuff done but I think he is finding it satisfying - even if he is finding more errors than he wanted.
And last year we "tried" to read the Bible through in a year. We had a guide where you read three different readings each day. John actually succeeded but I was hit and miss. This year we are reading it together also and we are past a month and a half and still on track which feels great! We are reading the Archaeological Study Bible and it is great. So far even reading all the notes. Hopefully both projects can be completed!
And last year we "tried" to read the Bible through in a year. We had a guide where you read three different readings each day. John actually succeeded but I was hit and miss. This year we are reading it together also and we are past a month and a half and still on track which feels great! We are reading the Archaeological Study Bible and it is great. So far even reading all the notes. Hopefully both projects can be completed!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
More editing than writing.....
Not much new writing being done (by me) but a lot of editing is continuing. My son, Ethan, has been working on a short piece about Passover for HolyLand Marketplace on the Torah class website. So he emailed that to be edited. Ethan is working on his final draft of Why Galilee...Part 2 also for the Torah class website.
And John (my husband) is reading me his whole 500 page soon-to-be-published novel,
Earth Is Not Alone, so we can edit it and catch any errors. That as you can imagine takes some time. So although I may not be getting a lot done myself. I think I am getting a lot done as far as encouraging others.
There is also a lot happening in the lives of other family members which I won't go into here or this might turn into a novel itself.
A fun thing for diversion from editing has been going for a bicycle ride in gorgeous weather....it reminds me of fall up north with a cool breeze blowing. Last week I found a great deal on a "used" ...all the way from Binghamton, NY ....Huffy bike and John got one too. It is so nice riding it in "flat" Florida and reminds me of my youth which is always nice!
And John (my husband) is reading me his whole 500 page soon-to-be-published novel,
Earth Is Not Alone, so we can edit it and catch any errors. That as you can imagine takes some time. So although I may not be getting a lot done myself. I think I am getting a lot done as far as encouraging others.
There is also a lot happening in the lives of other family members which I won't go into here or this might turn into a novel itself.
A fun thing for diversion from editing has been going for a bicycle ride in gorgeous weather....it reminds me of fall up north with a cool breeze blowing. Last week I found a great deal on a "used" ...all the way from Binghamton, NY ....Huffy bike and John got one too. It is so nice riding it in "flat" Florida and reminds me of my youth which is always nice!
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Good News!
We made it to Florida but we are only now beginning "regular life." And here in Florida it has been quite cold. Yes, not as cold as in PA but cold for here. I have been hoping the oranges do not freeze as I love the Florida orange juice ...it is one of the things I really miss when I am away and I even pay a little extra for it.
January disappeared just the way I thought it might. Sort of in a busy blur. We opened up here and then went to Venice, Fl to move my mother-in-law out of assisted living. Our daughter, Phoebe, met us there as she had been given a grandfather clock. Phoebe came back home with us and was busy scanning photos and letters for the next week. January was a "moving month" for many in our family. Our middle son and wife are now in Tanzania till April and our youngest son and his wife moved to a new apt in Baltimore. All of a sudden it was February!
BUT good news had arrived in January An article I had written called "New York Calling" has been accepted for a Cup of Comfort - Bible Promises anthology which should be out this fall or winter/spring of 2010. I'm not sure exactly when...maybe even sooner since the editor said there is a promotional opportunity for it coming up.
That is my encouragement to make the most of these coming months in Florida when life will be slower and I should have time to write. Our oldest son, Ethan, is working on a follow-up article to "Why Galilee?" for the Torah class website and my husband is hoping to get his book completed and out this spring! And today the sun is shining. PTL!
January disappeared just the way I thought it might. Sort of in a busy blur. We opened up here and then went to Venice, Fl to move my mother-in-law out of assisted living. Our daughter, Phoebe, met us there as she had been given a grandfather clock. Phoebe came back home with us and was busy scanning photos and letters for the next week. January was a "moving month" for many in our family. Our middle son and wife are now in Tanzania till April and our youngest son and his wife moved to a new apt in Baltimore. All of a sudden it was February!
BUT good news had arrived in January An article I had written called "New York Calling" has been accepted for a Cup of Comfort - Bible Promises anthology which should be out this fall or winter/spring of 2010. I'm not sure exactly when...maybe even sooner since the editor said there is a promotional opportunity for it coming up.
That is my encouragement to make the most of these coming months in Florida when life will be slower and I should have time to write. Our oldest son, Ethan, is working on a follow-up article to "Why Galilee?" for the Torah class website and my husband is hoping to get his book completed and out this spring! And today the sun is shining. PTL!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
2009!
The year of 2009 has begun and hopefully in about a month my writing will begin on turbo mode. This present month will be much like December in that family obligations have me quite busy. This month we move from PA to FL and also have to move my mother-in-law out of her apartment and will vacation with my daughter and son-in-law after that.
Actually 2008 ended fairly well for me writing wise as my article entitled "What My Fourth
Grader Taught Me About Prayer" came out in the last issue of Come To The Fire magazine.
Well, the magazine will continue but online. So that was very nice. It was the Nov/Dec issue of the magazine.
Then I had an article entitled "Sew Much, So Close" in the Oswego Alliance Beacon. That is
the newspaper of our former church in Oswego, NY. John and I were charter members there and attended there for over 25 years. This year nine attendees of that church came to
Montrose for its' annual quilt retreat so I was honored to write an article for the church newspaper telling about the retreat and also catching the church up on our family's activities since we moved. The article was subtitled "Annual November Quilt Retreat at MBC."
Our oldest son, Ethan, who lives in Israel also had an article on the Torah class website www.torachclass.com entitled "Why Galilee?" And my husband, John, was kept busy editing chapters of our middle son's dissertation for Colorado State University. There was a lot of writing going on.
Add to that my husband wrote his annual Christmas letter that was two-sided. And right now a good friend gave us some personal memoir writing to read and give feed back. on. As I list these accomplishments, I realize that writng is writing .....and hopefully all of this will be used by the Lord for His purposes whether secular or religious.
One of the best pieces of writing is the article I just read about a young man whose father was a founding member of Hamas in Israel. This young man became a Christian and is now sharing his faith with the world! What an amazing testimony! His name is Mosab Hassan Yousef and you can google him and read about his conversion. Please keep him in prayer for safety and also that the Lord would give him a mighty ministry to Muslims.
Actually 2008 ended fairly well for me writing wise as my article entitled "What My Fourth
Grader Taught Me About Prayer" came out in the last issue of Come To The Fire magazine.
Well, the magazine will continue but online. So that was very nice. It was the Nov/Dec issue of the magazine.
Then I had an article entitled "Sew Much, So Close" in the Oswego Alliance Beacon. That is
the newspaper of our former church in Oswego, NY. John and I were charter members there and attended there for over 25 years. This year nine attendees of that church came to
Montrose for its' annual quilt retreat so I was honored to write an article for the church newspaper telling about the retreat and also catching the church up on our family's activities since we moved. The article was subtitled "Annual November Quilt Retreat at MBC."
Our oldest son, Ethan, who lives in Israel also had an article on the Torah class website www.torachclass.com entitled "Why Galilee?" And my husband, John, was kept busy editing chapters of our middle son's dissertation for Colorado State University. There was a lot of writing going on.
Add to that my husband wrote his annual Christmas letter that was two-sided. And right now a good friend gave us some personal memoir writing to read and give feed back. on. As I list these accomplishments, I realize that writng is writing .....and hopefully all of this will be used by the Lord for His purposes whether secular or religious.
One of the best pieces of writing is the article I just read about a young man whose father was a founding member of Hamas in Israel. This young man became a Christian and is now sharing his faith with the world! What an amazing testimony! His name is Mosab Hassan Yousef and you can google him and read about his conversion. Please keep him in prayer for safety and also that the Lord would give him a mighty ministry to Muslims.
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