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Thoughts and tirades that don't fit into any of my books. A collection of items of limited interest to anyone.

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A Veteran’s Day Unlike Any Other For The Last 30 Years.

Commotion in the Pews Posted on November 7, 2017 by Joseph CourtemancheNovember 8, 2017

I’ve been writing about Ranger 12 for several years. Some posts drew more views than others. Here are two: Bangles On The Radio, Reagan In The White House, Memorial Services Back Home & I Stopped At The Spot Bar For … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, military, Sincere Stuff, Uncategorized, veterans, video | Tagged afghanistan, aircraft carrier, an american soldier, arabic, bangles, brotherhood, coastal bend state veterans cemetery, cold war, corpus christ, craig rudolf, cryptologic technician interpretive, ea-3b skywarrior, facebook, facebook live, fulda gap, hitler, ied, isis, jamie gordon, memorial service, mrap, music video, n.a.c., naval aircrew, Pat Price, Ranger 12, remembrance, Ronald Reagan, service, station hypo, texas, the spot bar, toby keith, typhoon, u.s.s. nimitz, Veterans Day, Vietnam

Genesis Winner, 2015. Mystery/Suspense/Thriller for Assault on Saint Agnes.

Commotion in the Pews Posted on September 21, 2015 by Joseph CourtemancheSeptember 21, 2015

This past week I was honored to win the Genesis Contest in the Mystery/Suspense/Thriller category for my novel, Assault on Saint Agnes. I was an overnight success after a mere 5 years of working on the book. Seriously, it has … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged "Writing the Breakout Novel", ACFW, alcoholic, assault on saint agnes, bartender, Christian Fiction, crushed spirit, dallas, donald brobst, Donald Maass, facebook, former stripper from connecticut, fred's publishing barn, genesis, harper collins, janice boekhoff, jeff gerke, Jesus, joseph courtemanche, lion hudson, macmillan, mystery, novel, penguin, publisher, raging river of rancid rat renderings, random house, sage advice, simon and schuster, stormy, suspense, texas, the irresistible novel, thriller, tyndale

Table For 127? In The 1%’s Section? No Problem, Sir. Flash Fiction Returns.

Commotion in the Pews Posted on May 28, 2015 by Joseph CourtemancheMay 25, 2015

Let’s start with shameless self promotion: click this link and vote for my short story before going any further. While you’re there, a vote for my friend Tamara would be nice as well. We aren’t in competition (I’m fiction/she’s non) … Continue reading →

Posted in flash fiction, Uncategorized | Tagged 1%'s, bartender, bikers, commotion in the pews, doorknobs, flash fiction, jack daniels, joseph courtemanche, police, swat, tamara jorell, tequila, texas, waco

AGITPROP Is Alive And Well In Austin.

Commotion in the Pews Posted on March 20, 2015 by Joseph CourtemancheMarch 20, 2015

I need to get out ahead on this one, because I am officially demanding an apology from every person who posts on Facebook about the evil, racist, Texas-sucks-because-they’re-white, people who put up the sticker below in Austin over the last … Continue reading →

Posted in evil, extraordinarily sage advice and unwanted butting in, racism, ranting, Uncategorized | Tagged agitprop, arson, austin, battery, commotion in the pews, facebook, flying spaghetti monster, george bush, hate crimes, hillary clinton, hippies, hipsters, james byrd, jane fonda, Jesus, john kerry, joseph courtemanche, murder, racists, stickers, texas, vandalism, whites only

Book Review: Jaded By Varina Denman – ***** Five Stars

Commotion in the Pews Posted on March 2, 2015 by Joseph CourtemancheMarch 1, 2015

Over the past few years you’ve seen me crack under the pressure and review romance books by fellow authors. I like to review books by people from my agency, The Blythe Daniel Agency. It’s fun. I know them. I do … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, Uncategorized | Tagged book review, Christian, commotion in the pews, debut novel, five stars, food, joseph courtemanche, novel, romance, texas, the blythe daniel agency, varina denman

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