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"I am the resurrection and the life." John 11:25 (NIV) Happy Resurrection Day.
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Cowering and hiding behind the hysterical yelling crowd of men and fewer women, some sobbing with tear-streaked cheeks and hands held over their chests, I watched in fear and horror as I caught only glimpses of the bloodstained man with swollen features who kept crashing heavily to the ground unable to sustain the weight…
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You’ve heard writers speak about cadence, rhythm, syntax, and the sound of the words as they’re read in stories. I want to discuss “sound”. Many of us crazy writers hear the voices of our characters in our heads. How they speak, the words they use, repeat, and emphasize when they talk, how their…
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Well . . . I finished it. Of the eight Randy Singer novels I’ve read to date, my favorite is The Cross Examination of Oliver Finney. Unfortunately, Fatal Convictions published by Tyndale Fiction is my least favorite of the group and was a chore to finish as I mentioned in a previous post. In…
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Writers sometimes forget it isn’t all about the writing. Of course it is to us when we’re working on a piece, but for many readers the writing is a sideshow to the main event of a novel. For writers, it takes a rare and sterling story to cast aside what some view as…
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It’s easy to ignore that big picture when you’re young. It’s the here and now that matters. It’s the current drama, crisis, trauma that occupies space and time. When you’re young. Youth slips away like a warm breeze you barely notice until the air turns crisp, and you reach for a sweater and…
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I kinda hate to suggest this, but I’m thinkin’ it’s true. If you’re a male blogger, you’ve got more potential to reach both genders than if you’re a female blogger. There. I said it. I’m not suggesting men don’t read blogs written by women, but just to browse? Huh-uh. I think men read…
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"Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone – an image made by man's design and skill." Acts 17:29 (NIV)
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(Excerpts from the ACLJ) For years we have been fighting for an up-or-down vote on defunding Planned Parenthood. Thanks to Friday's federal budget compromise, we will finally find out who in Congress really is pro-life. As a part of the budget agreement that prevented a government shut-down, Senator Harry Reid will allow a…
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What you want and what you will accept entail a lot of decision making. Naturally if you want something and you receive it, you accept it. A pleasurable experience or a defining experience, getting what you want can demonstrate whether or not you truly wanted it. Let’s use our usual subject matter: novel…
