Into the Fire
Passionate thoughts about the world of writing and the Power of God
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I'm not going to tell you how to write. I will tell you what works for me. I'm not going to give you ultimatums and start capitulating all the writing rules. I will say that if you do certain things which I have done in the beginning of this novel writing business, your writing…
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When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him. When evening came many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a…
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Senator Marco Rubio tells it like it truly is. He's straightforward, reasonable, and intelligent. http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Rubio-Obama-election-Republican/2012/02/02/id/428365?s=al&promo_code=E18A-1 Father, we're desperate for you. Please forgive our nation for its ongoing sins and intervene on your people's behalf. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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Knowing what you do when you write is a boon to your composure. Knowing who you are after your first novels are under your pen or tucked away in the docs folder, can be comforting. Although not always because writers seem automatically wired with different kinds of angst. Whether we're insecure or…
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Utopia or Nirvana for the unbelievers in the Christian God. It's heaven for the Christian. It's the decision that humankind can make everthing perfect given enough time. Is it noticeable to those who believe this that the "evolution" of humanity simply invents new ways to compromise and pronounce those things once considered evil…
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If you like suspense, mystery, or thriller novels, how do you like the bad guy to be revealed? Do you want to know right up front? Do you want to follow along and try to discover the perp along with the investigators whoever they might be? Do you want to read…
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Discriminating? Entertainment-seeker? Prefer light to fluff? Humor? Romance only? Historical addiction? In a nutshell, I'll tell you the kind of reader I am. I want to catch every nuance that the writer intended and maybe some unintended. I want to understand the motives of the characters, relate to them in some…
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Sometimes it is how you play the game. And how long you play the game. If it was just about writing, the writer's life would be much simpler. Just write, baby. But it's not. An accomplished and multi-published author once said to me "It's more about perseverance than it is talent." Some writers can…
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"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Matthew 7:13-14 (NIV)
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Fact v. Fiction in The State of the Union Address: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/25/fact-check-10-dubious-claims-from-obamas-state-of-the-union/ Father, forgive us. Right our nation from its many wrongs. Give clarity to those who earnestly seek it. You are the Way, the Truth, the Life. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.