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  • The things you can do . . .

    . . . and the things you can’t. Sometimes one doesn’t know exactly what those things are. We might think we can do something and find out to our dismay that we can’t. Or we might think there’s no way we can do something else, and whaddaya know: we can.   I have a tendency…

  • Conference-tially

    Yeah, I’m headed to my third year at the same conference (Northwest Christian Writers Renewal). Thrilled that this year I will meet Brandilyn Collins face to face not just because I enjoy her work but because she’s genuine, a real person who loves the Lord. I will miss Mick Silva who I truly love because…

  • Tuesday, tuesday . . .

    Good grief. Wind and more wind. Power outage. Power on-age. Internet down. Internet down. Internet down. Just came on . . . good night. Thank you, Lord.

  • Monday, monday . . .

    I encourage you to take a look at the 2010 Christy Award Nominations and Athol Dickson’s comment. If you’ve read Lost Mission, please add your comments to ours. And if you’ve read any other of the nominees, please give your opinions of the novels—or of the award. (My reviews of the novels I’ve read are…

  • Sunday’s Offerings

    The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge. She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way. “Let all who are simple come in here!” she says to those who…

  • Book Launch for Crossing Oceans

      I will review Crossing Oceans, the debut novel by Gina Holmes, for the CFBA Tour on May 13th here. You can visit her site for the launch and a contest here:     http://www.noveljourney.blogspot.com/    

  • Here are the 2010 Christy Award Nominations:

    CONTEMPORARY ROMANCEBreach of Trust by DiAnn Mills • Tyndale House PublishersHow Sweet It Is by Alice J. Wisler • Bethany House Publishers: a Division of Baker Publishing GroupStand-In Groom by Kaye Dacus • Barbour Publishing CONTEMPORARY SERIES, SEQUELS, AND NOVELLASWho Do I Talk To? by Neta Jackson • Thomas NelsonThe Hope of Refuge by Cindy…

  • By design . . .

    Those two little words mean exact opposites to different writers. To one group they mean strategic and supremely organized planning and construction. To another group those two words mean the sublime and supernatural planting of an idea and the inspiration to continue. After yesterday’s post (and others), it’s no surprise which group I’m in. And…

  • As you might surmise . . .

    I’ve written seven novels. I have three more started. After finishing the first one, I was elated—as you might surmise—on so many levels. Many people strain to keep their eyes from rolling when writers recall how the Lord told them to write his/her novel. Well . . . as we all must admit, even if…

  • Continuing on with first things first . . .

    Continuing on with first things first . . .   Yesterday’s first lines weren’t spectacular by any stretch of the imagination. However, in order to judge them I think it’s only fair to keep the genre in mind. If I’m headed into a thriller, a mystery, a suspense, or a legal novel, I expect a…