Down the road at Novel Rocket today. Looking at the "if onlys". Will you visit?   Lord, I'm grateful for it all. Thank you. So much. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

  Every story starts somewhere and every reader knows there is an end. But some stories begin and end with little variety and not much interesting in between those first and last pages. Some readers love details, others not so much. Writers vary in that process as well and create their novels according to two…

      Most children go through the usual variety of things they want to be when they grow up. Young people quickly eliminate childhood fantasies and begin to establish more pointed goals. Some stick with those designated dreams and work their way to fulfilling them. Or not. We can know that we know that we know…

  Just when you think life can't get any worse after three miscarriages and losing your husband in a car accident, you get attacked and nearly choked to death by a faceless criminal but manage to survive the assault. Sort of. Lisa Newberry is a 29 year old widow who can barely force herself to…

  You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us;   you have been angry – now restore us! You have shaken the land and torn it open;   mend its fractures, for it is quaking. You have shown your people desperate times;   you have given us wine that makes us stagger.…

. . . someone says something right when you least expect it and from whom you'd never expect it . . .                                No one said it would be easy to do.    Father, we are desperate for you. Always. We need your direction, mercy, and grace. Help us, please. In the Name of Jesus,…

  Most young girls dream about their first kiss. Fantasize the romance of it. The older they get dialogues are composed, scenes established, and clothes fashioned to accommodate the mood – all the romance created in the minds of little, young, and bigger girls. I remember worrying about being "Sweet 16 and Never Been Kissed",…

                        I spent many years in Thoroughbred horse racing. There seem to be two opinions on the sport from those who've never been up close and personal within the industry. One opinion focuses on the inhumanity of making horses compete coupled with the dark stories of cruelty and injuries to the animals. The other opinion is…

                         I grew up in the city. Blocks and blocks of houses, small businesses, small apartment buildings, an occasional duplex, alleys, and a couple of busy streets a block to the west and east of our house. To the north about six blocks there was a good-size zoo and professional gardens. About six blocks south…

                     Ivy Clark is a beautiful Vogue cover model who's getting "old" approaching 25. Her agent and uncle, Bruce, is not hopeful or helpful, and Ivy is beginning to feel desperate. Ivy's father, via making her mother his mistress, has died and all the uncomfortable memories of his distance and cold detachment from her are resurrected…