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Contest Winners and a HUGE Thank you

by brianholers on March 12, 2012 - 3 comments

Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest on my blog and throughout the blog tour last week. It was an amazing experience. Congratulations to the winners of my various contests! You should have all heard from me about your prizes by now, so if you haven’t shoot me a note. Thanks again for playing along last week. I appreciate it. Winners of An Autographed Copy of Doxology: Bob Joyner Josie Catherine Lee Lynn Townsend Jennifer Best Blog Entry …

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Doxology Blog Tour Giveaway Event!

by brianholers on March 9, 2012 - 194 comments

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Doxology Blog Tour and giveaway! The contest is now closed and the winners will be announced soon! I appreciate everyone’s support and hope you are all enjoying Doxology.

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CONTEST!!CONTEST!! WIN PRIZES!!

by brianholers on March 6, 2012 - 8 comments

TGIF just got a whole lot sweeter! On Friday, hop on over to Brian Holers’s most recent blog post at: http://brianholers.com/blog/ and find out how you can win a $100 Gift Certificate to Amazon and… wait for it… a brand new Kindle FIRE! That’s right, this is the biggie. Two lucky winners, two HUGE prizes! And all it takes is a comment—but not just any comment. There are rules—so check it out, read the post, and enter to win!

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WHIRLWIND MEDIA TOUR STARTS TOMORROW!!! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!

by brianholers on March 4, 2012 - 1 comment

Welcome to the Doxology whirlwind tour extravaganza, where prizes include $450 in Amazon gift cards, a Kindle Fire, and 5 autographed copies of the book. To win the prizes: Purchase your copy of Doxology for just 99 cents Fill-out the simple form below Visit today’s featured social media event The blogger who receives the most will win a $100 gift card. Cast your vote now! You could win a $50 Amazon gift card by purchasing your eBook copy of Doxology for just 99 …

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Life is Art

by brianholers on February 13, 2012 - 4 comments

A common stereotype tells us a true artist is tortured. Has us believe that, in order to create works of art from a variety of experience, to make something out of nothing, an artist must figuratively wrestle with demons, must go inside him- or herself to a dark place where anyone with sense would refuse to go; and that, by doing so, an artist is irreparably altered to the extent he or she will never function in polite society again. …

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What exactly does this mean?

by brianholers on February 2, 2012 - 4 comments

I saw this sign in my neighborhood today. Any guesses as to what it means? I mean, there’s a 99 percent chance anyone who reads that sign, is part of the 99 percent. So what is it saying? Support yourself? Get a job? If you already have a job, keep working? It just seems redundant, or obvious, I’m not sure which. Or is it intended for the rare (about 1 in 100) 1-percenter who happens by? And if so, how …

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Good stories for all

by brianholers on January 31, 2012 - 2 comments

One of the beauties of self publishing is that the gatekeeper has been fired. In this new world of books made possible by the internet, no one is left to guard the door. To tell the reader what is what. This state of affairs may introduce an element of confusion, but the good news is, new breeds of literature are being created. Self publishing allows literature to cross over in new ways. Traditional Christian fiction publishers, for instance, disallow most …

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I got an interview!!!

by brianholers on January 12, 2012 - 0 comments

My first official interview for Doxology posted yesterday, done by someone I met on twitter. Check it out at www.thewritecafe.com. Let me know what you think!

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Open Mind

by brianholers on January 8, 2012 - 1 comment

Am I the only one out here who wonders how I ended up doing this? I do seem to be asking this an awful lot lately, now that the day of calling myself a published author is finally here. And the reality of trying to find an audience for my books is setting in. Mostly, I’ve considered myself lucky. Maybe others had better education, steady jobs, more standing in the world. But working for myself as an arborist, I’ve always …

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(un)Occupied

by brianholers on December 13, 2011 - 0 comments

At Thanksgiving dinner this year, my wife told everyone at the table what she was thankful for, and proceeded to ask our son and his friends to do the same. As the answers poured out—Xbox, ice cream, legos, I began to prepare my own response. My first thought was to express my gratitude that we only have one more year to put up with our handsome, charming, and in-over-his-head President, but in the interest of harmony, I held my tongue. …

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Doxology: Brian Holers’s Debut Novel