Author: Amanda Tero

Music has always been a part of Amanda Tero’s life–from her mom singing Steve Green specials to her dad honking out the rhythm of “Jingle Bells” in the driveway. She began teaching in 2007 and fell in love with sharing music. Amanda started arranging hymns for herself in her teens, with fast and furious advanced hymn settings. Then, as her students began requesting hymns at their levels, she branched out to hymn arranging for pedagogical reasons. Because of Amanda’s interest in various genres, in her shop, you will find hymn arrangements of various levels embracing classical elements, light jazz style, Southern Gospel flair, and more.

Huge Black Friday Book Sale!

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Y’all know me. I love any excuse for free things and discounts. 😉 So, it’s Black Friday. Let’s just throw on the fun! 😀 I’m joining several other Indie Christian authors with discounted books and free eBooks. Hop on over to see what all we have (disclaimer: I have not read all of these authors so cannot endorse them all). From Nov 25 (that’s today!) through Nov 28th, more than 70 independent Christian books are on sale. You can find free shipping, $0.99 ebooks, package deals, and more! And if your budget is depleted from Christmas shopping, we’ve got you covered with some freebies!

Think 70 books is overwhelming? Narrow it down and find the perfect books for you or someone on your Christmas list by using this quiz to generate a customized book list.
A note on the Ebooks Only page. All books are listed as “Sold Out.” This only refers to paperback copies of these titles. Please click onto the product pages to find descriptions and links to discounted or free ebooks. Also, some of the authors this year chose to not sell their paperbacks directly through the site. Those books are also marked “Sold Out” but if you click them open, you’ll find a link to the site where they are on sale and a discount code for you to use at check out.
Acknowledgements: Thanks to Leah E. Good and Kendra E. Ardnek for their work organizing this sale, and Hannah Mills for her fantastic design work on the website graphics. Hannah can be contacted at hmills(at)omorecollege(dot)edu for more information about her design services.

A few of mine are ONLY FREE TODAY! So you have to get them fast!

And these are free/discounted for the weekend until Cyber Monday.

– For $0.99 –
– FREE –

Grab yourself some copies, then spread the news! 🙂

Also, my paperback books are discounted. 



Here are the links:


Journey to Love
Befriending the Beast
Me? Teach Piano?

Apply the discount code E42CX3RT for $2 off each paperback book!


And don’t forget, there’s still the 5 for $5 on WAJN.


Black Friday Deals!

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Y’all know me. I love any excuse for free things and discounts. 😉 So, it’s Black Friday. Let’s just throw on the fun! 😀 I’m joining several other Indie Christian authors with discounted books and free eBooks. Hop on over to see what all we have (disclaimer: I have not read all of these authors so cannot endorse them all).
A few of mine are ONLY FREE TODAY! So you have to get them fast!

 

 

And these are free/discounted for the weekend until Cyber Monday.

– For $0.99 –
– FREE –

Grab yourself some copies, then spread the news! 🙂

Also, my paperback books are discounted. 

Here are the links:

Journey to Love
Befriending the Beast
Me? Teach Piano?

Apply the discount code E42CX3RT for $2 off each paperback book!

 

Happy Thanksgiving!!

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Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday, hands’-down. It is probably a mix of the focus (to be honest, sometimes gifts get in the way of the focus of Christmas), or because I love the way that our family celebrates it — each of us children makes a dish, and we all come together at Dad and Mom’s home to enjoy a feast (okay, so technically only one sibling doesn’t live on our property…). But that isn’t the best part. After we’ve filled ourselves to the point of possibly-sinning-with-gluttony, we all sit around and share our hearts — what we’re thankful for for this year. Wow, it’s amazing! There’s usually some tears and quite a bit of laughter. I’m so, so thankful for my family and that we can be open with each other!
This year, I decided to do “30 Words of Thankfulness” on InstaGram. Since I don’t do so great with keeping up daily posts on my blog, I figured that I’d just wait until Thanksgiving day to share the first fifteen. Then, hopefully I’ll remember at the end of the month to share the other 15.
What are some things you’re thankful for this year?

Music Sale!

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I don’t have a new music video for y’all this week… but I DO have something pretty amazing! Until Cyber Monday, you can get ANY 5 of my arrangements for $5 (digital copies only). Yep, ANY. Beginner, intermediate, advanced, Christmas… doesn’t matter what the list price is. And the best thing is, if you order 10, then you can get 10 for $10 or 15 for $15 or 50 for $50 (wait… I don’t have 50 pieces up yet… scratch that idea).
So, if you’re a musician, hop on over to WAJN and browse our music!

Journey of Choice | Quote Day 05

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Well, Journey of Choice has taken an interesting turn this month. My goal was to write 20,000 words and finish the rough draft. I wrote 10,414 and reached a dead end. 🙂 So, I printed out what I have and am about to read through it — to get ideas, to critique, that type of thing. I may actually start my editing/rewriting before I have the ending solidified. 🙂 There isn’t a law against that, is there? 🙂
This type of thing has happened before in my life: where I thought I knew what direction I was going then slammed to a halt and had to regroup. What about you? What is one area that you thought you had something mapped out, then God allowed things to go differently than you planned? How did you grow from that experience?
Now for the promised quotes…
Envisioning the battle…
Honestly, reading up on what our brave ancestors went through, I feel like I just cannot do their service justice. But to imagine the battle, men in action… it is sobering and exhilarating. 

^ True story ^

Scripture Graphics 14

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“And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good. And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.” 2 Chronicles 18:12-13
Whether we are preachers, counselors, writers, speakers, or just friends, what do we speak? Do we veer from God’s truth to speak that which ears want to hear? Or are we faithful to speak only that which God says?


“Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.” 2 Chronicles 20:17
Some battles are won by seeking the Lord (2 Chron 20:3) then standing back and letting Him work.


The power of influence is shown here. But living upright only under godly influence is not enough. If that influence is taken away, will we still follow God? If not, then were we following God or a person?

Change it Up!

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Today I’m happy to have a guest blogger over, Rebekah A. Morris. Rebekah has a whole bookshelf of novels and short stories that she’s written. Check them out!

Have you ever heard those words shouted at a hockey game? Have you watched some players suddenly leave the ice and take a seat on the bench while others vault over the sides to join the game? I’ve only seen it happen in movies because where I live, well, we don’t have any hockey teams.

But just the same, I think there is a lot to be said for that little phrase in regard to us writers.

Have you ever felt like you just couldn’t write? Like your creativity was being stifled or lacked that something that you use to have? I have! Many times. And that’s when I’ve begun to discover something.
For years I’ve known that I wrote best in the evenings. From after supper up until time for bed was the best time. But I wanted to write more. So, since I don’t do well staying up late, I decided to start writing before supper. At first it was hard. I could hardly get anything written. Then it got easier. And easier.

I used to write sitting on my bed. Then I tried standing up when I was tired of sitting all day long. I discovered that I wrote better that way most of the time. But sometimes it still couldn’t write. So I tried a chair in the other room.

Sometimes your writing may need you to “change it up.”

Now I may write standing up and using my music stand as my desk. Other times I find more inspiration sitting in a chair near a window, or perched on the edge of my sister’s bed with my music stand lowered. My writing time can now start as early as 3:30 or as late as after supper. I’ve never tried a coffee shop though. (Maybe because I don’t drink coffee.) But I did discover that I could write in an empty class room at church on Wednesday night after I helped with the nursery class.

So, if your writing is feeling blah and you just can’t seem to find the excitement, “Change it up!” Don’t be afraid to be different. Move to a new place, stand instead of sit, write at a different time. That might be all you need to get fresh energy. Don’t get stuck in a rut because someone told you that you “need to always write at the same time.” Maybe you need a change.

Have you ever experienced a fresh energy for writing by changing how, where or when you write? What is the most unusual place you have found yourself writing a story? I’d love to hear about it!