(Originally posted on 03/08/15 as "Conflict is overrated.")               Over and over again in the writing world writers are reminded that conflict is the key element to sustaining story, to keep it moving, to make it desirable to the reader. And although…

                Adding a little waterworks to the garden scene.    Lord, thank you for the imaginations of your people in creating beauty for all tastes. Amazing is too small a word for you. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

      No arguing with their talent and some of the greatest music of their era . . .    Lord, we're all desperate for you whether we know it or not. Help us to be the ones you want us to be. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

                                     James Scott Bell has written one of his heartbreaking, gut-wrenching suspense novels with some shocking twists you won't see coming. Dylan Reeve, chiropractor to a few celebrity sports stars in Los Angeles, namely a sympathetic LA Laker…

     Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world – the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does – comes not from…

                 We don't immediately associate fiction with truth. After all, a novel tells a story, a product of an author's imagination. And, yes, within the genres of sci-fi and fantasy, we don't anticipate taking part in "truth", but the reality of a story is its ability to demonstrate…

  (Originally posted on July 2nd, 2012 under title "Passion . . . derailed.") I've done a lot of talking about romance novels in the last couple of weeks. Sexual attraction from the world's multi-faceted views and contrasting them to God's view in story form. The works. Threw some opinions in there about language and…

    What is it about arbors or whatever these are called? I just love them. Walking down paths with beautiful coverings? Gorgeous.   Father, I'm running out of superlatives to describe the beauty you ultimately create. Thank you for it all. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

    For a change of pace, here's Boney James with his smooooth sax. Beautiful sound.   Lord, you've given such beauty to music, such talent to those who sing or play your instruments. Thank you for it all. Please help each one find you, Jesus. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

                                     I'm a sucker for a good legal drama, and Rachel Dylan has written an interesting story with a likeable prosecuting attorney who stops off after work to get a snack at a convenience store and finds herself…