"Death will have a reckoning, and for Cody and Remy it could mean the end of everything they’ve loved."   Winter Austin has written a stunning conclusion to her Degrees of Darkness Series, published by Crimson Romance, having begun with Relentless, followed by Retribution, Revenge, and now the final book Reckoning. Each novel presents another…

  If you're unfamiliar with the author Alton Gansky, you've missed out. He's written some fabulous novels filled with adventure, mystery, outrageous imagination, and good writing. I reviewed his latest exciting novel Wounds and his collaboration with Jeff Struecker in Certain Jeopardy. I highly recommend you visit him here. I had the privilege and pleasure of doing an interview with Al,…

  Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace, because…

  Saying goodbye to characters can be painful, satisfying, a relief, or a joy. Series writers often come to the end of a long storyline, having lost a few characters along the way, before final words declare "The End" for the primary characters. If an author has done the story well, the reader will be sorry to say…

  I can tell you what several of the direct inspirations were for my novels. One was the result of a word from the Lord. Another was from the burden of prayer for a particular actor. Another was formed from the words of a song. And others came from characters who announced they wanted to be in a…

       Writing "the story". Okay so we have the pantsers and the outliners. But how does the story travel from mind to matter? Inspiration can be practical for professionals. But it also comes on a whim, a word, a phrase, a song, a picture, a headline, or you tell me. Writers know that publishers tend…

                                      The expression "flying by the seat of his pants" points to unplanned indulgence. Whether it's attacking a responsibility, task, or hobby, it connotates a bit of whimsical engagement without real foresight or research. When it's used to describe writers, it's been shortened to "pantsers" or "seat-of-the-pants" which reveals the author does not set…

                                                             Reviewed for the CFBA Tour Poison Town by Creston Mapes is the second book in The Crittendon Files following Fear Has A Name. Catching up with Jack Crittendon, ace reporter for the downtown Trenton City, Ohio, Dispatch newspaper, we join him in his freezing car on the way to his favorite family of…

    The Lord's message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia – your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to…

          To conclude my limited knowledge of French words and phrases for the week, I will end with this well known expression of thank you very much. Thank you to those who visit here, who comment, who write, read, and voice opinions, who love Jesus, and to those who don't yet know Him. Thank you for…