{"id":8531,"date":"2015-05-26T03:42:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T08:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=8531"},"modified":"2015-05-25T21:50:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T02:50:13","slug":"this-and-that-video-free-book-alleged-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=8531","title":{"rendered":"This And That. Video, Free Book, Alleged Wisdom."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s start with shameless self promotion: <a href=\"http:\/\/myfaithradio.com\/2015\/a-walk-in-the-park-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">click this link and vote for my short story before going any further.<\/a> While you&#8217;re there, <a href=\"http:\/\/myfaithradio.com\/2015\/charlie\/\" target=\"_blank\">a vote for my friend Tamara would be nice as well<\/a>. We aren&#8217;t in competition (I&#8217;m fiction\/she&#8217;s non) and she&#8217;s a gifted author. Your voting for us both is a blessing and we appreciate it in advance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fcommotioninthepews.com%2F&amp;screen_name=joecourtemanche&amp;tw_p=followbutton&amp;variant=2.0\">Please follow me on Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/josephcourtemancheauthor\">&#8220;Like&#8221; the Facebook author page<\/a>. Don&#8217;t forget to subscribe (the box is on the right side of the page) to be eligible for free e-books and other benefits!    <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been quite a while since did any &#8220;Joe The Author\/Actor&#8221; stuff on the blog. Today&#8217;s the day. But I promise to finish strong with a spiritual note.<\/p>\n<p>First on the list, the free book you&#8217;ve all been waiting for &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/drawneartochrist.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/02\/spiritual-citizens-ebook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spiritual Citizens: A Christian Fiction Anthology.<\/a> Just click that link for a free electronic copy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8533\" style=\"width: 417px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SPIRITUAL-CITIZENS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8533\" src=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SPIRITUAL-CITIZENS-407x600.jpg\" alt=\"Published at last.\" width=\"407\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SPIRITUAL-CITIZENS.jpg 407w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SPIRITUAL-CITIZENS-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Published at last.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This book contains a short story I did for a flash fiction contest hosted by my friend Charles Short at <a href=\"https:\/\/christianflashweekly.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Flash Weekly.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first link was to the free pdf. It is meant to be used as a witnessing tool. If you&#8217;d like to buy a copy (I am doing it tonight) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blurb.com\/b\/6094802-spiritual-citizens-a-christian-fiction-anthology\" target=\"_blank\">you can click on this link<\/a>.  I hope you enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>Second item: Me in my beloved biker persona.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rV6j8Q6x3xI\" target=\"_blank\"> Here I&#8217;m pitching Simply Potatoes<\/a>. It&#8217;s a nice spot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rV6j8Q6x3xI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also managed to come in to the semi-final round with two different novels at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acfw.com\/genesis\/2015_genesis_semi_finalists\" target=\"_blank\">American Christian Fiction Writers Genesis <\/a>contest. That&#8217;s kind of a big deal, as I have them in two very different categories. Not often you can pull that off. God&#8217;s been working on my writing. It&#8217;s paying off. Final round announcement will be made in about two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, I was honored to be the emcee for the Catholic Cemeteries Memorial Day service. I got to talk about my friends, my comrades, and this nation I love. After 10 years I&#8217;m very comfortable at the podium. I would like to thank all of the people who attended on a cloudy day. Your remembering my friends means the world to me. God bless you all.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8536\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/memorialday2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8536\" src=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/memorialday2015-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Big crowd, big hearts. Thank you all for coming.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/memorialday2015-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/memorialday2015-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/memorialday2015.jpg 1959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big crowd, big hearts. Thank you all for coming.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  *********           **********           ***********       ***********<\/p>\n<p>I have a favor to ask of my readers: would you kindly share this blog with your friends, family, and colleagues? We hit a million views in 2014, and while the readership continues a nice growth trend, it could be a lot better. Just hit the Facebook like button, share it on your timeline, tweet the blog with a link, and tell that person at the next desk that there&#8217;s this lunatic who writes about all sorts of stuff that they might like. <\/p>\n<p>I appreciate your help. When we hit 2,000,000 readers I will give away something cool to a drawing from the subscribers (that&#8217;s the box on the right toward the top) who have helped promote this mess. No used sheets, probably not honey, more likely gift cards. Be a part of it. I&#8217;ll update from time to time where we&#8217;re at in the count. Thanks.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s start with shameless self promotion: click this link and vote for my short story before going any further. While you&#8217;re there, a vote for my friend Tamara would be nice as well. 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