Into the Fire
Passionate thoughts about the world of writing and the Power of God
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Happy 4th of July! Independence from tyranny . . . we celebrate the formation of the new nation with barbeques, hot dogs and hamburgers, fireworks, camping trips, R & R, parades, the memories of military service past and present. Each person or family has its own version of celebration for this holiday . .…
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I've done a lot of talking about romance novels in the last couple of weeks. Sexual attraction from the world's multi-faceted views and contrasting them to God's view in story form. The works. Threw some opinions in there about language and innuendo in novels, authenticity, reality. Again: the works. What I want to say…
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Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the…
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The attorney perspective on Chief Justice John Roberts' shocking decision: http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/mccollum-health-care-ruling/2012/06/28/id/443825?s=al&promo_code=F53E-1. In addition to this another shocking report. True or False? http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/roberts-decision-kennedy-cbs/2012/07/01/id/444121?s=al&promo_code=F5B0-1 Father, we wait for you to intervene. To put real justice in place. To remember your remnant. To hear our pleas, to forgive us. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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I don't have to write novels. Neither do you. As Christians we write for many reasons, but most of us claim to have a mandate from God. How we write our stories, both technically and aesthetically, depends on so many things it's impossible to blandly state them in list form. Some authors write profusely…
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So deep and piercing it produces monumental change to a human being. The human reaction surges to defiance. I'm not addressing the enormous types of physical pain so many individuals endure in their lives because of sickness, injury, and all kinds of physical trauma to the body and hence to the mind. I'm…
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A considerable amount of violence is allowed in Christian thrillers (speculative included), suspense, romantic suspense, mysteries, sci-fi, and I can only assume there is some in fantasy. In some novels the violence can be graphic (Robert Liparulo's and Steven James' novels both contain some graphic violence). I've read a few books from the…
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There's nothing pretty about the oceans of self-promotion required to get a novel noticed. The waves of wallpapering social sites with notices of your new release might result in fresh attention from the readers you hope to engage, but many times it only serves to get an understanding nod from other published authors…
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Working from a past history in Hollywood, author Janice Thompson penned The Director's Cut, published by Revell and the third novel in the Backstage Pass Series. Janice Thompson by her own admission writes stories that lead the reader to the happily-ever-after endings. If I had to identify the genre of this novel, I'd…