Into the Fire
Passionate thoughts about the world of writing and the Power of God
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Most people enjoy awards—at least most of the recipients of those awards. Unless of course it’s “Worst Dressed” or the “Rotten Tomatoes” label or some other acknowledgement of how awful something is. I continue to be surprised at the different awards, i.e. The Academy Awards, and their choices of nominations. Utterly mind boggling…
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How do you define style? In my writing I use a fair amount of sentence fragments. Less commas than grammatically correct—if you stick to what you learned in English, those commas can drag a story along. I love similes if done well. And italics don’t bother me at all. Some cinematographers use panoramic…
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Okay. If you’re a film connoisseur or a polished critic of the silver screen, don’t bother seeing "The Tourist" with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. If you sometimes go to the movies just for the fun of it and occasionally enjoy a film where you can sit back, chomp on your overpriced popcorn, and…
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Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who finds great delight in his commands. . . . His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes. He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever; his horn will…
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Thanks for this, Christian Fiction Blog Alliance Online Magazine. It's for my review of Rusty Whitener's A Season of Miracles, one of the best novels of 2010. If you need a Christmas gift for people of all ages, this novel is the one.
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Okay. We’ve decided covers can be enticing. Back cover copy might be the deciding factor. And then we mentioned reading the author’s first page or pages as a contributing factor. I confessed I rarely read an author’s words before starting a novel. Perhaps it’s because if I’m intrigued by the storyline and the…
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This is the place where I go to get information about the novel I’ve picked up. However, I don’t want to be told much and I rarely read beyond the second sentence. If ever an author is going to hook me, it’s here because I’m a patient reader once I open the cover, but…
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It would seem from some of the responses to selecting a novel that covers play an important role in the process—a drawing and/or selling point. As I mentioned, they’re important to me. I’ve told you how impressed I was with the graphics design staff at WinePress Publishing. They ask for your input and…
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If you make a decision to read a novel, I’m sure there’s a process you engage to pick out the book you choose. With some Christians this process depends on the genre. For others it begins with whether or not the story is considered to be Christian fiction. What is the starting point for…
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Regardless of your personal definition for Christian Fiction, it is what it is. And running side by side with those definitions are the preferences and expectations for that fiction. Back in May of this year, I attended the Northwest Christian Writers Renewal. A good conference, it’s local, and it’s inexpensive for me since…
Into the Fire 