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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.
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Jokes. Love 'em or hate 'em. These are clever and clean and might elicit a chuckle or two, especially the last one (my favorite). A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work. As she got to one…
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Editor Stephen Parolini offers both of the options in the title. For humor, wit, irony, irreverence, and brilliance . . . http://www.noveldoctor.com/ Father, you've given Stephen such amazing skills. Please continue to instruct and direct him as you go before him to make his paths straight. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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The Academy Awards. It seems we either love them or hate them anymore. I rarely watch them nowadays. And usually I've only seen a handful of the nominees if that. "Movies aren't what they used to be" we often hear. And they're not. But really they are. They speak to…
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Writers tend to make cases for this versus that. Literary v. Commercial. Genre v. Genre. Christian Fiction v. General Market Fiction. Rules v. Freedom. You get my drift. I think at the basic level we all understand that most things aren't captured in an either/or but in some form of acceptability for most. You…
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Those of you who visit here regularly know there's a good reason when I'm not posting. So this time it's because at 8:30 Thursday (19th) morning the power went off. The weight of ice encased branches and temperatures holding steady between 30 and 32 degress kept the effects of the freezing rain from producing…
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O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 (NIV) Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever. Psalm136:1 (NIV)
