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CSFF Blog Tour: Donita K. Paul’s The Vanishing Sculptor

September 23, 2009 by Shannon McNear 1 Comment

It’s that time again!

I’m coming along on this month’s tour to feature Donita K. Paul once again, this time with the first of a new series, related to but separate from her DragonKeeper Chronicles. The Vanishing Sculptor is the story of Tipper, a winsome emerlindian girl who is desperately trying to manage her artist father’s estate after his disappearance years before.

This story has some interesting differences from DragonSpell, but I won’t go into them. Others have reviewed this book, and I’m learning that I can’t really be objective about stories written by people I love. Instead, I want to mention that this past weekend was the annual ACFW Conference, where Donita won Mentor of the Year to a standing ovation. I’m so thrilled for her! She pours herself out continually to help growing writers (I have been one of those), and in my opinion, she’s Mentor of the Decade!

Time constraints this week keep me from posting all that I’d like, but as always, please visit the others on this Most Excellent Tour.

Brandon Barr
Jim Black
Justin Boyer
Rachel Briard
Karri Compton
Amy Cruson
CSFF Blog Tour
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Jeff Draper
April Erwin
Karina Fabian
Linda Gilmore
Todd Michael Greene
Katie Hart
Ryan Heart
Becky Jesse
Cris Jesse
Jason Joyner
Julie
Carol Keen
Krystine Kercher
Dawn King
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Mirtika
Eve Nielsen (posting later in the week)
Nissa
John W. Otte
Lyn Perry
Crista Richey
Cheryl Russell
Chawna Schroeder
James Somers
Speculative Faith
Rachel Starr Thomson
Robert Treskillard
Steve Trower
Fred Warren
Dona Watson
Phyllis Wheeler
Elizabeth Williams
KM Wilsher

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Filed Under: ACFW Conference 2009, book reviews, books, Christian SF/F blog tour, CSFF Blog Tour, Donita K. Paul, DragonKeeper Chronicles

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  1. Mordecai Lament says

    September 23, 2009 at 5:02 am

    Odd, I have the opposite problem. I'm usually harder on my friends because I want them to succeed.

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