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A Peek At Adrastea, Enthralling, Tolkien-Inspired Fantasy By Anastasia Vincent

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The Story of a Book

Iconography Elements in St. Rosaline the Carthusian: The Saint With the Shining Eyes

When Nadia Olson created her illustrations for the book St.Rosaline, the Carthusian: The Saint with the Shining Eyes, she often adopted the pictorial language of the Byzantine icons surrounding her whenever she worships at her Byzantine Catholic church. Icons are the ancient art form of the Church which today only remains in the Eastern liturgical traditions. Iconography has developed its own picture language to express spiritual realities. There are icons of Our Lord and of

From Manuscript To Book, Part 1: Editing Images in Windows Photo Gallery

St. Rosaline, the Carthusian: The Saint With the Shining Eyes is an entirely homemade children’s picture book. The only people involved were author Mark Vincent, illustrator Nadia Olson and yours truly who put it all together. Thanks to Kindle Direct Publishing (KPD), all we needed was an electronic file to upload, a PDF of the completed book. Mark and I had already divided the book into 24 pages, 22 story pages and 2 glossary pages. We always liked glossaries in picture book

Reading in the Family of Winston Churchill: Part 1

Mary Soames, the youngest of Winston Churchill’s five children, published her memoir A Daughter’s Tale in 2011 at the age of 89. She talks about her childhood in great detail. I was especially interested in what she read. Here is a quote about her early childhood years: “At the end of each of these busily and happily occupied days came an evening ritual – reading aloud. This was a treasured highlight of my routine, and my greatest punishment was to be deprived of this great t