Into the Fire

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

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  •   Remember this one by "The Turtles"? They had some good ones.    Lord, only you teach us how to truly love. It isn't easy for us. Always desperate for you. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

  •                         Girl, Alone by Blake Pierce is Book 1 of the new Ella Dark Mystery Series.  Ella Dark has worked for the FBI for years but longs for the opportunity to join the Behavioral Crimes Unit. She's studied every serial killer where information has…

  •   Some became fools through their rebellious ways    and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.  They loathed all food    and drew near the gates of death. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,     and he saved them from their distress. He sent forth his word and healed them;    he…

  •                                           Five things I need from novel types: Thrillers: I need a great hero/heroine and a story that keeps you nearly breathless with the rapid pace of treacherous circumstances requiring every skill the hero has…

  •                       From my next novel . . . in a love song.  From Chapter 1       “Refills, please.” He kept his voice level in spite of the noise, not wanting to appear as shouting his instructions. She hadn’t seen him until then, and the…

  •                              Beauty in every season under heaven.    God, you didn't have to leave us anything beautiful after the Fall of Man, but you made and left it in every season for us. Thank you for leaving us evidence of your priceless…

  •     Mylon and his band Broken Heart made some great Christian music. Mylon had been through the world and done it all before Jesus rescued him. Afterward he gave up music for a period of time until a pastor told him he needed to use his gift for the Lord.    Thank you for…

  •                             Hard Vengeance, Book 9 in the Jon Reznick Thriller Series, by J. B. Turner starts with a phone call by a distraught father and continues on to the island of Mallorca/Majorca, Spain.  Jon receives the news from Assistant Director of the…

  •   If the righteous receive their due on earth,    how much more the ungodly and the sinner!   Proverbs 11:31 (NIV)

  •                           Okay, it's not a given that authors can be anti-social. In fact, some are marvelously out-going and really socially inclined. Some authors are inherently good marketers – a gift that many of us do not possess or do not exercise. It's certainly…