2010-03-11T11:08:15Z http://blog.littlunsblog.com/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.littlunsblog.com,2008-12-02:6bf03ea4-6c7a-485f-a1e8-fd83c35abf46 Littluns AND THE BOOK 2008-12-03T00:49:00Z 2008-12-03T00:49:00Z Discover for yourself why “Littluns” is created inGod’s Light for you, your family, and friends. Imagine innocence of Light, the meek and good among us being unexpectedly consumed into a void of darkness. Imagine a world gone wrong as darkness overwhelms the Light - offering little hope in a world gone wrong. Imagine circumstances beyond your control from which your life will inexplicably never ever be the same. Imagine being stripped of your identity with no past, present, or future while wandering misplaced with a tortured disability and terrifying existence, within an empty space of nothingness. What could you do - where would you go - how might you survive – can there be any hope in hopelessness?Imagine being in such a dark place and how you might find ANY truth, peace, love, hope, joy, enlightenment, and your heart’s desire in the face of such adversity? You can find the answers you're looking for in "Littluns." Littluns shines a bright Light on the truth for; Your entire family. Traditional values. The stark reality and consequences of being in the Light or in the darkness. The pure of heart in contrast to those who have none. The truth and how it can be disguised and/or manipulated for self-serving purposes. Further understanding the disturbing dangers regarding mind altering drugs. The existence of pure love. Hope in what seems like overwhelming odds. What joy there can be. God’s truth, peace, love, hope, joy, enlightenment, and your heart's desire. How the very worst of handicaps can reveal our most significant strengths. Where will you be...? Overcoming handicaps, obstacles, negativity, and darkness can be a daunting and overwhelming task. "Littluns, AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS" provides value above and beyond such adversity. Looking for something of value; an understanding of paradise found?Although “Littluns, AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS” is family friendly and the winner of the “Mom’s Choice Awards” gold in two categories, Fiction, and for Fantasy, Myths, and Legends for 2009, “Littluns” will keep you on the edge of your seat on a fast roller coaster ride and adventure of a lifetime. “Littluns” is an animation-like novel for everyone who loves the written word and wants to experience reality framed in fantasy. If you’re looking for something different in your life, that takes place somewhere between reality and eternity, (an interesting place to be) within a 411 page book that is also illustrated in color, (unprecedented) and a present-tense experience as if you’re also watching a movie, you'll find it in the novel "Littluns, AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS" - a very different reading experience and journey beyond anything that you have experienced before. "Littluns, AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS" is a book - that is in many ways like a movie - that's really a novel that will touch your heart and enrich your soul. "Littluns" is family friendly; fantasy in animation, that is in truth for the child in all of us. "Littluns" Wins ‘Honorable Mention’ kudos at the 2008 New York Book Expo awards The novel "Littluns, AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS" is the "Mom's Choice Awards(R) Gold Recipient for 2009 Littluns is honored with this great award which represents the best in family-friendly media, products, and services for 2009. "Extraordinary!""Littluns is an adventure about friendship, loyalty, courage, and determination. It is a great book for students and adults alike."- Courtney Pearsall -"A movie-going experience in a book.""Littluns" is a journey of survival against the most wretched characters you will ever meet... -Jim Bratkowsky -...with screenwriting skills that make his audience feel like they’ve been deep inside a high production animated movie. Shelagh Watkins - Visual Arts Junction www.visualartsjunction.com Riveting! Compelling"Littluns" is a tale that will weave joy and intrigue through the imaginations of young and old alike."- Audrey Greenwell - "A Masterpiece" Littluns and the Book of Darkness is a delightful, skillfully written novel that will capture both young and mature readers and leave them with full hearts and the tools necessary... Normal 0 unctuationKerning/> false false false oNotPromoteQF/> EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ... tag:blog.littlunsblog.com,2008-12-02:a40dfc9b-93c8-448a-84c0-f2261b0cdf28 Littluns AND THE BOOK 2008-12-03T00:46:00Z 2008-12-03T00:46:00Z Reviews Littluns has become a very personal and different reading experience for thousands of readers. We would love to hear from you. Just send us your reviews or thoughts to littluns@littluns.net We reserve the right to include or not to include them here. Questions, Answers, and Reviews Littluns and the Book of DarknessMark Glamack, AuthorMark Glamack, IllustratorEZ Gift ShoppingPO Box 285, West Bloomfield, NY 145859780615169972 $29.95 www.littluns.net Adventure, courage, and determination surround loyal friends in the fantasy novel Littluns and the Book of Darkness. Movie Producer and Director now Author, Mark Glamack, uses his background in animation and writing to create this family friendly and Christian based young adult novel. With a mission to positively motivate, educate, enlighten and inspire through entertaining content, Glamack uses his own spiritual guiding light to draw his readers into the struggle between good and evil in this debut novel. The Littluns and the Book of Darkness will entertain audiences of all ages with its fast paced, intriguing storyline and elaborate illustrated life of the Littluns world in the Hollow Hills of the land, Terra Fermata. Author, Mark Glamack, shows off his artistic talent with colorful and meticulous illustrations. His veteran motion picture experience shines with expertly written detailed scene changes and engages readers with screenwriting skills that make his audience feel like they've been deep inside a high production animated movie. Glamack has exceeded his goal in depicting the journey of life, how to choose between the light and dark side of the world while showing the gifts of friendship and how they can influence us in the shadows of our own life choices. Littluns and the Book of Darkness is a delightful, skillfully written novel that will capture both young and mature readers and leave them with full hearts and the tools necessary to know the difference between good and evil. Littluns and the Book of Darkness is a wonderful gift for lovers of fantasy, for parents and educators who want to offer a faith based book and for librarians who want to expand their offerings. Sara HasslerReviewer http://www.midwestbookreview.com/rbw/sep_09.htm#hassler REVIEW Reviewed by Audrey Greenwell ArkansasGrandmother and Successful Entrepreneur I loved the book "Littluns, AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS!!!" I am looking forward to reading the sequel!! There has to be one! I found the travels of Sneetz, both exciting and frustrating! I wanted so badly for the one issue to be different although it was what it had to be! A very creative solution! His Grossness will create a wonderful image in a child's mind as his descriptive sounds and utterances cause giggles galore!A more evil creation than Equassym Enturim as the Necromancer could not be better described by the author. I had the feeling that this evil entity could not be detained without a Higher Power intervening. I was holding my breath through out the ending! Whew! Mark Glamack has taken the best of many thoughts of enlightened souls and turned it into a tale that will weave joy and intrigue through the imaginations of young and old alike.********************************************************************************Courtney PearsallFairport, NY Fairport Minerva DeLand High School Review for Novel ”The Littluns” by Mark Glamack The Littluns is a wonderful story! The characters immediately draw you into this fantasy novel. Once inside the story, you feel yourself transported into this world of magic. Awesome. The Littluns is an adventure about friendship, loyalty, courage and determination. The main character has to face a task which involves life and death. While others before him who have been given this task have returned successfully, there is still a chance that he may not. The character must rely on his strength and courage to complete the task and hopefully return home. He experiences fear, sadness, danger and ultimately...well you'll have to experience it for yourself. Along the way, he strengthens the bonds with his friends who are traveling with him and develops new friendships too. I, also, experienced these same feelings while reading the Littluns. There is a struggle between good and evil that is similar to that of the Harry Potter series because the main characters use their courage, determination and a little bit of magic to overcome the forces of evil. I found the setting and the rest of the characters very intriguing. The way they go about doing their every day things made me interested in reading more. I loved the way the author ... tag:blog.littlunsblog.com,2008-12-02:0cc5457f-270b-4a43-b8ef-9ba1717f7b93 Littluns AND THE BOOK 2008-12-03T00:35:00Z 2008-12-03T00:35:00Z About "Littluns" “Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.” (Revelation 20, 1–3) Littluns AND THE BOOK OF DARKNESS Of Light and Life there is The Book of Light Of all that has been or will be corrupted, there is The Book of Darkness One empowers individuals The other has power over them The story of Littluns begins long ago, and far away, somewhere between reality and eternity, where there became a self-contained land of mountains, deserts, valleys, and plains that reached far and wide to the shores and spotted islands on a deep blue sea. This land was named Terra Fermata for the sake of the new earth’s musical pause of harmony and peace after the war to end all wars conclude with its long history now all but completely forgotten. Disturbingly, over recent years, the blessings of peace and harmony were replaced with anarchy and chaos where its inhabitants, once again, through jealousies, intolerances, indifferences, and greed, began turning on their neighbors. The lands of Terra Fermata have many cities and towns connected by an intricate series of roads and rivers. There’s the isolated northern city of Ephesus Cam Coo Nick to which few have journeyed because of its bitter cold and rugged terrain. However, those seeking spiritual enlightenment make the journey to this city before continuing the long and challenging climb up Marble Mountain to a retreat, a community of holy men at its summit. Once or twice a year an enlightened few, returning home with supplies, join the community’s residents. Its name is Atrium Nimbus, the Monastery of Light. It is written that, in ancient times, the heavens opened over the summit of Marble Mountain and a monastery was miraculously created. It was given a name of illumination and, to this day, that name, Atrium Nimbus, means entrance to the circle of light. Here also, God wrote of truth, love, hope, joy, the heart’s desires and enlightenment and named it Eucatastrophe, the Book of Light, and Life. The first two letters of the title, Eu, reverse and remove all the resulting and damaging effects of a catastrophe, changing its meaning completely. Those who are of the Light will have their names entered for all time in this Book and will have become worthy of His omnipresent Light by virtue of enduring the trial He sent them. In recent times, other interests, diversions, and a loss of faith have prevailed. There have been even fewer willing to brave the harsh elements to reach the holy cleansing and sanctity of the mountain’s retreat. Many creatures, including goblins, trolls, dwarves, man, mutants, and one surviving serpant, Dragon inhabit this land along with others who are less conspicuous. Least conspicuous of all and only a myth to outsiders were, or I should say are, Littluns. Talk of Littluns, or Fairy–fairies as the dwarf children call them, has become a part of dwarf folklore that goes back as far as anyone can remember. Over the years dwarf children would dress up with large ears made of woven straw connected together into a hat-like dome that sat over their heads, covered with woolen strands that looked like hair. They then would make large sock–like slippers sewn ...