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Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, provided me with Lynette Eason’s latest novel Too Close to Home, a suspense novel with a dab of romance entwined with catching a serial teen girl kidnapper and eventual killer. Those of us who write and read can echo Solomon’s declaration of “There’s nothing new under the…
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In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is immortality. Proverbs 12:28 (NIV)
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Sibella Giorello was no amateur when she wrote The Stones Cry Out, her first novel in this FBI Special Agent Raleigh Harmon series. She followed it with The Rivers Run Dry, and now those of you who’ve invested in this author’s enticing writing and plot lines can enjoy her latest The Clouds Roll Away. …
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Wow. My blog “attendance” plummeted this and last week. Hmm. Reviewing a good novel tomorrow. If you’ve seen The Book of Eli starring Denzel Washington, I’d be interested in your thoughts. May the Lord bless you and cause His face to shine upon you.
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Yes. And no. Are you? I can be. Sometimes. A few years back I stopped reading an author whose novels no longer appealed to me. What happened? It wasn’t the writing per se; it was the “process”. By that I mean this particular author began a new series by making the first book a…
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I don’t know about you but I don’t read blogs on the internet to gain instruction about how to write. Like it or lump it: I’m a writer. An author even. It’s a fairly insignificant fact because really I’m nobody in the world of writing. An unknown except to my internet friends and colleagues, some…
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Michael Jamison: protagonist in my novel Breath of LIfe Few people truly consider the cost of sexual sin . . . until it’s too late. Breath of Life tells the story of embittered, wounded, and divorced Michael Jamison, who, after a prolonged period as the casual observer of a lovely woman, discovers his…
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While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is…
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For those of us who’ve seen death up close, the coined phrase “Death with dignity” doesn’t exist. Death is an ugly thing. It takes the last breath of a body and leaves that body empty. While it’s possible to die in quietness and “peace”, the only real peace comes from knowing your eternal residence following…
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Okay, yesterday I gave you a brief description of what I don’t like in female characters, at least in female heroines. Today let’s explore male protagonists. Protagonists need to have some redeeming quality right from the start. The first line or chapter can present an angry man, but if there’s a reasonable concern at…
