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Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine. They have harps and lyres at their banquets, tambourines and flutes and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord, no…
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Much like the Tea Party movement, there is a civilized outcry regarding Christian publishing about the lack of genre selections from our publishing arm. If you shop at Christian bookstores, you’re going to see a predominance of Amish/historical/romance/Karen Kingsbury novels offered on the shelves. Some larger CBA bookstores/chains will stock a variety of genres, but…
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So often it seems to be the other way around. Take then give. “You reap what you sow.” This implies you will receive what you’ve given out or worked toward—planted. In other words you do something first and then there will be a return. People apply this biblical principle to positive methods of the…
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Broken by Travis Thrasher and published by Hachette Book Group’s FaithWords is a featured novel for the CFBA Tour. Let me start by saying I love Travis’s writing. It’s always straightforward, doesn’t pull punches, isn’t afraid to look at the seedy stuff and plunge right into it, and he’s never been one to write by…
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Just a few things to say. Repetition, I know. But as a self-published author, I really do take offense at some of the statements that roll off the fingers of those who know next to nothing about it. Some of you know The Shack was a self-published phenomenon. The overselling of the little novel…
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Robert Liparulo brings the current six book Dreamhouse Kings Series to a close with Frenzy, published by Thomas Nelson, and featured this week in the CFBA Tour. This series for young adult—and younger or older—readers concludes with more of the same frenetic visits to different times and places with the potential for tragedy in every…
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Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. Psalm 2:10-12…
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Those words so apply not only to writing but to us. To me. I am a Work In Progress. One the Lord never forgets to add to, edits profusely or as needed, and keeps perfecting according to His perfect will. I probably take a little more work than you, but the beauty comes from His…
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Who doesn’t want to write . . . . . . a best-selling novel? Oh I know. The elitist literary crowd loves to insist that exquisite words in dizzyingly unique storytelling won’t draw the “average reader”, which is code for the largely illiterate or unable to recognize excellent writing when they read it. The…
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My two favorite ice cream flavors are Pralines and Cream and Daiquiri Ice. Otherwise, I’m not much of an ice cream fan. What does ice cream have to do with writing? Nothing really. It’s just that if you’re a fan of vanilla fiction, it’s logical to assume that any stories which incorporate “weird” flavors…
