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Many writers claim they don’t remember when they weren’t writing something. I’m among them. I wrote letters to relatives. I wrote stories. I wrote essays. I wrote poems. I wrote. And I read. Novels and more novels. An occasional biography. Mostly horse stories when I was in grade school but expanding to the likes of…
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Does anyone else try to pronounce the crazy letters which so often sound like weird words when they appear as a requirement to make a comment on a blog post? If the Lord was keeping score, we’d be competing with each other for His favor. Why do we act like we can’t do enough for…
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Christians know God Is Love. Not God knows how to love, which He does. Not God loves, which He does. Not God demonstrates love, which He does, has, and always will. None of these are adequate. God Is Love. As in embodies, defines, and IS. What Christians are more reluctant to address in light of…
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Beguile: To deceive by guile; to delude. To take away from by guile; to cheat. To divert. To cause to vanish unnoticed or without pain. Beguiled is a novel I looked forward to reading on the CFBA Tour because of the unique partnership featuring two authors (and friends) who collaborated on this story. Having heard…
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Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!” Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else–to the…
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As Dick was shaving in the bathroom, he smiled to himself. The girl of his dreams slept, still lying there in his bed with her blondish hair tousled and covering most of her face. He stepped over to the doorway just to look at her and thanked God for helping him through their courtship. He…
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The athletes have proved their abilities. Wide receivers making extreme catches. Defensive backs shadowing opponents after hearty bumps within the first five yards. Quarterback avoiding sacks. Decent running game. O-line working together to provide a reasonable pocket. D-line rushing the passer. Coach retires. New coach steps in. Confident. Ready. With a whole new scheme. Proclaiming…
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I’ve said this before, but it’s important to me. I’d rather have my work respected than published. Probably doesn’t make sense to most writers. There are only so many spots available for publishing these days, so it’s somewhat logical to me that the majority of those will go to “hot” authors and “hot” genres in…
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More of Jesus, less of me. That’s our mantra as Christians. Subdue the flesh. Escalate the Spirit. In all areas of our lives. Period. I’ve yet to hear a convincing argument to reconcile self-promotion when pressed against the “less of me” principle. Marketing is selling. That’s a fact. Figuring out the most effective way to…
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The old discussion about writing positive and negative reviews goes on perpetually in blog-dom. I suppose to qualify authentic meaning to the terms “positive” and “negative” when referring to reviewing a novel, it depends on the individual. For me, a negative review is one where the book is not liked and the reasons for this…
