So where does your mind go when it needs to escape from writing? We never fully escape. We wind around what we're working on, but we can't really get away from it. Once it's done, far easier to set it aside for the "aging" process. To remove ourselves from the finished product…

                                                                   Seahawks 29  Fortyniners 3                                                                   12th Man set a new record.                                                          136.6 decibels at Century Link Field   God, every victory is sweet. There are so many different kinds of battles. Thank you for the times we win, no matter when or at what. In…

  Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are…

                               Are authors just a bunch of mutual admiration clique-ish people? And is that all wrong? Anyone who's hung out with publishing industry people (authors, agents, editors, publicists, marketers, publishers, etc.) knows there are cliques. Let's face it: groupings create cliques. Whether it is at school, at work, at play, or on the web,…

                                             See you over at Novel Rocket.   Father, thank you again for all the beauty you allowed to remain after the Fall. Thank you for seeing us through the hard seasons of life. In the Name of Jesus, Amen. 

                                                                            09/11/01        We will not forget when, who, and why. We will not.                    We remember. We will always remember.   God, please forgive us for what we have become. Please know that the remnant desires your forgiveness and we repent for the goings on, the travesties,…

                          Those of you who know me understand that "rules" must make sense to me before I will observe them. Of course this fact applies primarily to writing. When professionals decided that new writers needed guidelines in order to keep them from submitting manuscripts full of annoying prose, "they" created basic rules…

                          Either you decide to do it or you don't. Either way it's a commitment. As far as skills or hobbies or work goes, you either commit to it or you don't. You might think there's an in-between, but if you're lackadaisical or haphazard with something, you are not committed to it. Most things…

  May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory…

                Five things that make me laugh out loud: Good slapstick comedy (Think Lucille Ball, John Ritter, Carol Burnett) A good joke A clever parody Some exaggerations Great spontaneous wit How 'bout you?   Father, thank you for good hard laughter. It's so freeing to laugh. And thank you for your sense of humor. You'd have…