Into the Fire
Passionate thoughts about the world of writing and the Power of God
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Football mania accelerates after each game. We fly high or sink beneath the radar each week. High fives or down lows. Nothing quite like the fans of football, the devotion to a team. Manic v Depression. I’ve been a Seahawks fan since their inception. We used to be in the AFC before the restructuring.…
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I know some of you grow weary of TV Talk here, but I’m excited about the new fall lineups. As I’ve said innumerable times, I love the medium of television even though a lot of it isn’t worth viewing. That’s the way it is. I pick and choose what inspires me. Number one: Chemistry.…
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I took a rare step back in time to the late 1920s America in order to read a Julie Lessman novel published by Revell. A Hope Undaunted is vaguely reminiscent of the heart of Pride and Prejudice for me in a different culture but with lots of sisters, a couple of brothers, and the defiant…
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Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives…
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The T-shirt is dark grey with a black sketched anatomically correct heart in the front and center. The words SPREAD THE LOVE appear on the lower right portion of the sketched heart in red. You can win it by leaving a comment on any post through the day I review Immanuel’s Veins by Ted…
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Remember back when the professionals commented on desired changes for Christian fiction? Remember how some peripheral discussions during that rather highly-charged debate time regarding a certain author’s initial post brought comments of weariness on the whole subject? Remember how some author/agent/editor comments were succinct? Some were light-hearted and some were downright ticked off? Remember the…
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Yes, I think I’ve figured it out. The more I read, the more it takes to impress me. And I think I know why, too. Which is important, don’t you think? Go to any writers’ sites. Any of them. Except for this one of course where I only occasionally refer to “the rules” with…
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Can you tell me what commercial fiction is? I think I’ve read a lot of it this past year. Generally easy and quick reads with limited character development. Sometimes the plot takes some outstanding twists but usually not so much. I think it’s possible to write meaningful commercial fiction like Vince Flynn’s novels definitely…
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Continuing the promotion for Tedd Dekker’s Immanuel’s Veins, the publicity department at Thomas Nelson has requested participants in the CFBA Tour to ask and/or answer the thematic question of the story: What is sacrificial love? There is no sacrificial love like the One determining sacrifice of Jesus Christ. No one can equal it in…
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There was a mix-up at the book distribution part of publicity at Thomas Nelson for the CFBA Tour scheduled for today through Wednesday, so my review of Ted Dekker’s latest and apparently controversial Immanuel’s Veins will most likely appear next Monday since the book will likely arrive the final day of the tour. However,…
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