One day Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake." So they got into a boat and set out. As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped and they were in great danger.      The…

                                       What makes some writing more impacting than others? What makes us appreciate certain authors and leads us to read all their books? Writers tend to give specific responses to questions such as these. Readers often give less tangible answers. Having just read Sibella Giorello's The Waves Break Gray, I'm reminded how much I've…

                      The Waves Break Gray is Sibella Giorello's sixth novel in the Raleigh Harmon Mysteries. Raleigh Harmon's emotional pain bleeds from the page like a severed artery. How can it be that a young woman so eager but afraid to give love, who empathizes with the grief-stricken, who searches out the truth no matter the personal cost, who wants…

              I'm savoring the new Raleigh Harmon novel. I've maintained that Sibella Giorello's Raleigh Harmon is one of the finest female characters in contemporary literature. Strong yet vulnerable, she's unique and psychologically deep and wounded. This is an excellent series by a truly gifted writer. You should start with the prequels and read all the way…

  BK Jackson got me thinking with her comment on Friday's post (What is it with sex?). She said in a question, "Maybe people who write don't KNOW how to bridge that gap between vulgar and non-existent or dry?" Interesting concept. The reason being because some authors/writers appear not to know how to bridge that…

     Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own. You were bought at a price.   1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)

  Okay. The title and picture are meant to titillate your interest. Make you feel compelled to read the article. How does it feel to be manipulated by sensationalism? Even though this is a legitimate question, let me quote a verse from the bible. For some readers, they're already rolling their eyes. "OMG, not the…

                                        Book 3 in the McCabe and Savage Thrillers.   Maybe the secular readers don't mind the excessive cussing and sex scenes or maybe they've just become used to it. Publishers shape readers. If a publisher decides a novel needs more of this and less of that, their editors comply and the novelist must…

    Michelangelo Antonioni's film Blow Up isn't well known in certain places. Filled with symbolism from start to finish, it's vintage 1960's "art". Rock 'n' roll buffs will recognize the great guitarists (Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck) and the late Keith Relf in the British group The Yardbirds performing in this clip from the movie. Blow Up…

                  http://vinceflynn.com/order-to-kill-book-signings.html#qv Waiting patiently – sort of – for Mitch Rapp's return. October!   Thank you, Lord, for Vince. And now for Kyle stepping into his writing skin to keep this larger-than-life character on the page. Thank you for inspiring him and giving him the stories to tell. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.