A Dangerous Stage is the second novel in a two book series (Protection for Hire) by Camy Tang published by Zondervan in 2012. Go to her website for links to all of her novels and all kinds of information about Camy. In this book we pick up with Tessa Lancaster after her stint in prison for a crime she didn't commit,…

  In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction. For…

                           This is an old review, but I just had to post it. Sometimes writers need a jumpstart to continue. I need affirmation even if it's years old. So I looked back to my favorite in-depth, wise beyond his years, reviewer Josh Olds. As an author, I long for readers who "get" me, what…

          If you've ever been young and in love in a crazy world, you'll identify with this Fleetwood Mac remembrance.   Father, I've been lost and found. May others know you're there always and they're desperate for you just as I am. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

      Nobody can define for you what you like. It's up to you. We can tease or mock people for their particular tastes in reading, but if they're devoted to a particular kind of genre or favor a certain author, there'll be no changing it. Speaking for myself, I love Vince Flynn. Discovering his work…

       The classic novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier is an example of particular style and daring told from the nameless heroine's POV in the late 1930s and early '40s. With a dark and foreboding presence throughout the novel, at first the reader assumes it's from the moody widower Maximilian de Winter but really it's from…

  But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – having…

                          Yesterday I spoke of the freedom in the prose of some of the classic novels. As in every generation, different authors will be celebrated as the best of the old writers. And, as expected, some will gush over Hemingway while others will rave about Fitzgerald or Faulkner. I only prefer one of the…

                  There's something refreshing about going back to the not so distant classic novels. I'm rereading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and last year I read F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night, both books I read a very long time ago and loved. From a writing standpoint, there is such freedom in the prose.…

      Pirates of the Caribbean, The Curse of the Black Pearl. I cannot count the number of times I've watched this movie. So much fun. All the terrific lines and scenes. Even the deleted scenes were amazing. Great acting and chemistry. Perfect.   Lord, you know how I've prayed. I wait upon you for those…