Local author Glynis Belec recently released her seventh children’s book – Jesus Loves Me When I Dance – a rhyming picture book and the first in the Grand Memories series.
Two years ago Belec gave up her private tutoring business and became a full-time writer and owner/operator of Angel Hope Publishing.
“That has been my dream for a long time, although I do miss my students terribly,” said Belec.
Her students were often her inspiration for stories and in some of her books she has fictionalized real situations.
Belec is also an inspirational speaker and enjoys mentoring beginner writers, speaking in schools, leading writing workshops and particularly enjoys being published in the children’s market.
Her work includes Newspaper editorials, devotionals, stage plays, short stories, Sunday School take home papers, and nonfiction articles for children’s and adult’s magazines.
Belec wrote Jesus Loves Me This I Know after being inspired by a photo shoot done two years ago by her daughter, Amanda Newton of T&J Studios. At the time, Newton’s daughter, Jocelyn had just returned from ballet lessons.
“The lighting and the location was perfect for taking photos,” Newton said, explaining the impromptu photo shoot.
Belec saw the finished photos and decided one day she would write a story using them. So Belec and Newton set to work a couple of years later and Jesus Loves Me When I Dance came to fruition. It’s a read-along or read alone story for young children introducing them to the love of Jesus “no matter who they are, what they do or what they look like – basically a story of unconditional love,” said Belec.
Jesus Loves Me When I Dance is available on Amazon.ca or Amazon.com or in Belec’s bookstore at www.glynisbelec.com. It’s also available locally at Bloomingdales and Studio Factor in Drayton and in Palmerston at T&J Studios on William Street.
