Into the Fire

Passionate thoughts about the world of writing and the Power of God

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  •   Okay, we often say people are "weird" because of their unusual actions, words, habits, etcetera. But some people think we authors/novelists are weird because we tend to live in a fantasy world where our characters reside. We hear their conversations or perhaps it's safer to say we write their conversations – but that sort…

  •                             Posted under "Finding the fallen but . . . Chasing Angels" on 11/18/20 written by Karin Kaufman.  Two people haunted by their past sins comprise an unlikely team who investigate demonic activity wherever they are called by generally frightened people who…

  •                   I do look for new authors to read. Sadly, I haven't found a bunch of new Christian authors that I've been enthralled with, and I'm not saying that's their fault. If the novels I've selected have been traditionally published, let's just say that some of the…

  •   So many songs for broken hearts and wrong decisions – throughout the ages. Some tell the truth about mistakes and some just play the game with the lyrics – kind of like real life.    Father, you've spread your gifts around and you're no respecter of persons. Your love is unfathomable. May each one…

  •                         Left to Fear, An Adele Sharp Mystery, is Book 10 in the series by Blake Pierce.  Agents Adele Sharp and Frenchman John Renee have finally decided to see where there relationship will lead them – and they're hoping it can stay under the…

  •   I find more bitter than death    the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap    and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her,     but the sinner she will ensnare.   Ecclesiastes 8:26 (NIV) 

  •                       James Tarr wrote Failure Drill as Book 1 in his John Phault Series.  If you're not into guns, you might not appreciate that James Tarr is also a gun writer for major gun/shooting magazines. This is pertinent because there is mucho fire power of…

  •                       After my debut novel Hope of Glory, a comprehensive story about middle echelon horse racing, I started a sequel to that book. When it looked like the sequel was going to be as long as that first saga (700+ pages), I stopped writing it…

  •                             Black Ice by Brad Thor continues the adventures of Scot Harvath in Book 20 of The Scot Harvath Series.  Scot Harvath watched his wife, mentor and friend, and others get murdered in cold blood by ruthless Russians who planned to give…

  •   Back in the day, their show was fun, they weren't political, and they had some good songs.    Father, the best we can ask for anyone is that they know your Son, the Savior of the world. As long as they have breath here on earth they have the chance to soften their hearts…