{"id":682,"date":"2014-11-19T17:54:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T17:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/press\/?page_id=682"},"modified":"2023-09-01T15:14:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T15:14:50","slug":"linda-w-rooks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/?page_id=682","title":{"rendered":"Linda W. Rooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"color: #808080; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;\">Linda W. Rooks<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"278\">\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/awsa.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Headshot-Linda-Rooks-blue-shirt.jpg\"><span style=\"color: #1e1e1e;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-8846\" src=\"https:\/\/awsa.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Headshot-Linda-Rooks-blue-shirt-143x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awsa.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Headshot-Linda-Rooks-blue-shirt-143x150.jpg 143w, https:\/\/awsa.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Headshot-Linda-Rooks-blue-shirt-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/awsa.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Headshot-Linda-Rooks-blue-shirt-978x1024.jpg 978w, https:\/\/awsa.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Headshot-Linda-Rooks-blue-shirt-768x804.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awsa.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Headshot-Linda-Rooks-blue-shirt-1467x1536.jpg 1467w, https:\/\/awsa.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Headshot-Linda-Rooks-blue-shirt.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Websites:<\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8qHunVZfYk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lindarooks.com\/\">Pieces of Dark Pieces of Light<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pieces of Dark Pieces of Light&#8221; &#8212; Heart Talk with Linda Rooks\" src=\"https:\/\/lindarooks.com\/embed\/#?secret=QPPEdvffTM#?secret=8qHunVZfYk\" data-secret=\"8qHunVZfYk\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0uNLTsgJ3z\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brokenheartonhold.com\/\"><\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;&#8221; &#8212; Broken Heart on Hold\" src=\"https:\/\/brokenheartonhold.com\/embed\/#?secret=0oFKyyn3cI#?secret=0uNLTsgJ3z\" data-secret=\"0uNLTsgJ3z\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1vLfjWdLL7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bunnysideofeaster.com\/\"><\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;&#8221; &#8212; The Bunny Side of Easter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bunnysideofeaster.com\/embed\/#?secret=HrewkTmDXG#?secret=1vLfjWdLL7\" data-secret=\"1vLfjWdLL7\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Contact Linda:<\/p>\n<p>lindarooks234@gmail.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<p><strong>BIO:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Award winning author&nbsp;Linda W. Rooks&nbsp;believes hope can be found in unexpected places.<br>When she and her husband reconciled after a three-year separation, she began ministering<br>to others in broken marriages. As a result, two of her books,&nbsp;Broken Heart on Hold,<br>Surviving Separation,&nbsp;and the award winning&nbsp;Fighting for Your Marriage While&nbsp;Separated,<br>A Practical Guide for the Brokenhearted,&nbsp;bring much-needed hope and practical guidance to<br>readers who find themselves in the never-never land of separation. Through her online<br>ministry and the classes she and her husband lead in Central Florida, Linda\u2019s<br>breakthrough strategies continue to help countless numbers of marriages. Because Linda<br>has seen God bring good out of painful times in her own life and others on so many<br>occasions, her weekly Heart Talk blog regularly encourages people to \u201cfind hope in<br>unexpected places.\u201d<br>But hope isn\u2019t only found in non-fiction titles. In her novel, Pieces of Dark, Pieces of Light,<br>Linda uses a captivating international suspense thriller to shine light and hope into a dark<br>and confusing culture. The book is a 2022 ACFW Carol Award Finalist in two categories \u2013<br>Mystery\/Suspense\/Thriller and Debut Novel as well as a 2022 Golden Scroll Finalist in<br>fiction,<br>As a freelance writer, Linda\u2019s writings have appeared in numerous national publications,<br>including&nbsp;Chicken Soup for the Soul,&nbsp;Focus on the Family, Homelife, Today\u2019s Christian<br>Woman, and many more. Linda has appeared on radio and TV across the North American<br>continent, including Family Life Today and 100 Huntley Street, and is a Marquis Lifetime<br>Achievement honoree, listed in Who\u2019s Who of American Women, Who\u2019s Who in America,<br>and Who\u2019s Who in the World. Her book,&nbsp;Fighting for Your Marriage while Separated, won<br>the Golden Scroll Book of the Year Award for 2019.<br>Linda expresses her more playful side in her children\u2019s book,&nbsp;The Bunny Side of Easter.<br>Using bits of allegory in this winsome adventure story, Linda uses a little rabbit\u2019s heroism<br>to point children to the true hero of Easter.&nbsp;<br>Linda is a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA), American<br>Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), Christian Authors Network (CAN), and is a founding<br>member of Word Weavers, the premier international Christian writers critique group.<br>Linda received a B.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. She and<br>her husband Marv live in Maitland, Florida, have two married daughters, and five<br>grandchildren. Her husband Marv is a retired professor at Barry University School of<br>Law. You can find more about Linda at lindarooks.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda W. Rooks \u00a0 Websites: Pieces of Dark Pieces of Light Contact Linda: lindarooks234@gmail.com BIO: Award winning author&nbsp;Linda W. Rooks&nbsp;believes hope can be found in unexpected places.When she and her husband reconciled after a three-year separation, she began ministeringto others in broken marriages. 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