There is a limit to how much we can take of certain ideologies, practices, events, actions, and many more things. But since we discuss a lot of writing issues on this blog, let's start there. Recently a well known and very talented novelist wrote a letter to her publisher and fans and the publishing…

  For such a laid back contemporary western drama, there is more conflict in each episode than can hardly be contained. The search for the murderer of Longmire's wife is finally concluded, but who survives the discovery remains for another day along with several other unfinished and much needed resolutions. A talented cast where every actor…

                            Jack Noble has had enough of his line of work, but he owes an old friend, which in Jack's business usually means a former working associate, a favor, and in order to complete what he's intended to be his last job, he must go to London to do it. His former SIS boss Frank Skinner has erased…

  I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer.    my God is my rock in whom I take refuge.    He is my shield and the horn of my salvation,       my stronghold. I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,    and…

   I've been the straggler when it comes to reading Charles Martin's novels. Shame on me. Unwritten is my third venture into Charles Martin's work, and it seems he has yet to disappoint. A few years ago – you Charles Martin experts will know exactly when – he switched from the Christian fiction genre to…

   Characters. One of my all-time favorites is pictured above. Played by my absolute favorite actor Johnny Depp. If you're familiar with Johnny Depp, you know he plays very diverse characters, and his appearance changes dramatically with each one. Developing Captain Jack Sparrow took on a bit of acting genius to sustain him through four films,…

     My guy is holding out. Disappointing. I love Marshawn. Please honor your contract, Beastmode. Please. Okay. There is no defending domestic violence. Nothing can be said to justify either spouse or people in a relationship whipping up on each other. Nothing. Having established the ground floor on this subject, I'm going to say this: everything…

               Recognize yourself in any of these? How would you classify your emotional makeup? Author Brenda Anderson says she rarely cries, and her husband calls her "The Ice Queen". Other authors note their various emotional - or lack thereof – statuses and how those affect their writing. I've declared multiple times here I'm a sap. And…

                 In the ongoing Jack Noble Novels by L. T. Ryan, it's imperative for the reader to start at Noble Beginnings and continue to experience these stories in order. It's not because the novels won't stand on their own, it's because for maximum benefit and to understand the progression of the characters in this series, each book…

  The wicked freely strut about    when what is vile is honored among men.   Psalm 12:8 (NIV)