Not so the wicked!    They are like chaff    that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in judgment,    nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.   For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,    but the way of the wicked will perish.   Psalm…

  Vince Flynn fans have learned the news that the late espionage/political thriller writer and creator of the fantastic character Mitch Rapp will have his unfinished novel The Survivor completed by bestselling author Kyle Mills. Included below is the Vince Flynn website where a wonderful letter from Kyle Mills is printed. By his own admission, Kyle acknowledges…

                          The Jack Noble novel Noble Beginnings by L. T. Ryan is the first of many in the Jack Noble thriller series. An exciting story, told in the first person of Marine Sergeant Jack Noble, Noble Beginnings dictates the journey of Jack and his mammoth partner Bear as they are falsely accused of murdering an Iraqi family while engaged in a CIA…

  "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." (This saying first appeared in the 3rd century BC in Greek. It didn't appear in its current form in print until the 19th century, but in the meantime there were various written forms that expressed much the same thought. Courtesy of http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder.html) In other words what…

                            Writing the "beast" is much easier if you're a fantasy author. Within that framework you can build all kinds of beasts and make them good or evil or a combination of both. But when you're constructing general fiction, the beast lives within a person and his or her actions determine just how much of…

  There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him:      haughty eyes,      lying tongue,      hands that shed innocent blood,      a heart that devises wicked schemes,      feet that are quick to rush into evil,      a false witness who pours out lies      and a man who…

                                                                   OR                               Okay, I happen to think actress Keira Knightley is beautiful. Inserted into acting at a young age, she became a sensation after playing Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean Series. Mostly period pieces followed her success in "Pirates" with a couple of exceptions. And I think we can all…

                            When west Texas former Army Ranger and lawman Deputy Sergeant Dawson Hughes and Brooklyn-born and employed Private Eye Veronica "Ronnie" Ingels get entangled in the death of Ronnie's husband, all kinds of sparks and gunfire fly. Ronnie's husband is out of town on a motivational speaking engagement so Ronnie decides to visit an old college friend in Texas.…

                           In light of my recent reading and reviews, I thought this post from July of 2010 seemed "appropriate". I hope you can see the value here in baring (literally) my soul. Before I get into this topic, let me give you a snapshot of who Nicole Petrino-Salter is with and without her flaws.…

  Although this sign is a bit dramatic, I wanted to use it to make a point. As Christians, we want to do our best to represent Jesus Christ. As humans, we are sometimes noted for botching up a good witness. As fiction writers who are Christians, we want to write stories which illuminate and/or incorporate our Savior,…