When I started pursuing publication, I believed effort guaranteed outcome. If I worked hard enough, learned enough, revised enough—surely the doors would open. I didn’t expect ease, but I did expect cause and effect. Faithfulness in. Publication out. That’s not how it works. Publishing is not a spiritual merit badge. It’s a business shaped by…
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Hear why Tez wrote “Debriefing” on Radical Abundance with Teresa Janzen. Related Posts:Can Police Be Ambassadors of Hope?Helplessness: An Excerpt from “Debriefing”Tez talks about adulting without anxiety on…Dirty Little SecretHow Well Do You Know Today’s Young Adults?
You’ll discover why during his interview with me. Related Posts:Getting to Know The AuthorBlog$75 Amazon Gift Card GiveawayTez talks about adulting without anxiety on…Is God Calling You and Your Loved One to Get Married?
AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR TEZ BROOKS Q: Tez, you’ve written six other books by yourself and another nine with other authors. Your newest, Adult-o-Nomics shares insights and encouragement from high school and college students, parents and your own experience as a youth pastor and father of four. What led you to write it? I wrote it because…
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Excitement is building in the Brooks household because the shipment of the advance author copies will be arriving sometime today with one final endorsement added by best-selling author and worldwide evangelist Nicky Cruz. What a blessing!
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In a recent interview, the host asked me some of these unique questions that I thought were fun enough to pass on to readers…enjoy. What kind of writing do I do? Mostly non-fiction, but I’m diving into fiction too. I’ve authored or co-authored fourteen books. I’m currently working on a survival guide for young adults…
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I’m very excited. Related Posts:Have You Taken Your Child on a Mission Trip?What I Wish I’d Known Before Publishing My First BookWhat’s the Deal with Blue Lake Christian…Brooks Makes Finalist List for 2022 Selah AwardsCOMING SOON: A New Book for Dating Couples
Then, under cover of night, so my neighbors couldn’t see me, I poured gasoline on the roots of that sweet little tree.
This is one in a series of behind-the-scenes blog posts regarding my book, The Single Dad Detour. At the start of Chapter 3, I mention a friend named “Rick.” A fake name for the book, but a real friend, nonetheless. Rick and I were buddies from my days living in Polk County, FL. We went…
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NASHVILLE– August 20, 2020 Serious Writer chose The Single Dad Detour (Kregel, 2015) by Tez Brooks as “Book of the Decade” Thursday evening. Usually held in New York City, the annual dinner and ceremony were moved to Nashville due to COVID restrictions, with Serious Writer adding Book of the Decade as a new category this…
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Good Saturday morning! It’s the weekend and I thought I’d send a quick moment with you all before breakfast. Just when I think all the hub-bub about The Single Dad Detour is over. Just when I’ve resigned myself to embracing that it will be shelved and forgotten amidst the myriad of other dusty, countless…
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This is the fourth in a series of behind-the-scenes blog posts regarding my book, The Single Dad Detour. I make it clear in the book, God was the one who sustained me through the early years following my divorce. But on page 58, I briefly mention the role my elder brothers played in helping me.…
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As promised, this is the first in a series of behind-the-scenes blog posts regarding the book, The Single Dad Detour. The Single Dad Detour started out as a fictional work. The title was Heart of Stone and it was the story of a single dad, a correctional officer who discovers a plot for his murder during…
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