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  • Friday Five

              Let's keep it simple this Friday. I'll give you your choices. One group or as many as you want – how's that?  Five of your favorite novels Five of your favorite authors Five of your favorite heroes Five of your favorite heroines Five of your favorite book covers  One group…

  • Throwback Thursday

            (Posted on 10/25/21, titled "Every story's been written.") Many readers and authors know the most purchased stories in the novel world are in the romance genre. Literally millions of romance novels have been penned and read throughout the history of writing fiction. As many readers and writers of romance novels as there…

  • Wednesday Whimsy

                                The Prelude to my novel Breath of Life: Prelude      She could make smoking a cigarette look elegant, seductive . . . and dangerous even. Chic. Cool. And somehow romantic. Of course she could make anything look good. She appeared…

  • Tuesday Tunes

        Another old recording of one of The Beachboys' best hits. A little love song for you this Tuesday.   Father, again, only you know hearts and minds and the struggles we face. May all of your creation find the beauty you've set before us. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.   

  • You don’t wake up to . . . The Sandman

                                            The Sandman by Mark Dawson is Book 21 in The John Milton Series.  When an unusual circumstance at the prison where Tristan Huxley (human trafficker and international arms dealer) resides results in his disappearance, John…

  • Sunday’s Offerings

         So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, because I know that I will soon put it…

  • Throwback Thursday

                  Yes, you've seen it before because it's one of my favorites. A long time ago needless to say.   Thank you, Lord, for rescuing me. Thank you is never enough. In the Name of Jesus, Amen. 

  • Wednesday Whimsy

                          Where we're headed for a couple days.    Father, beauty belongs to you. Thank you for sharing it with us. You didn't have to – but you did. Thank you is never enough. In the Name of Jesus, Amen. 

  • Tuesday Tunes

      That seductive voice of Grace Slick so many years ago in one of the many dynamite hits of the late 60s. Yes, you'll see the dark influences of the day no doubt performed "under the influence". Such talent in the darkness.   Father, only you save souls. Only you know hearts. Only you love…

  • Genre Authors

                Can you state five of your favorite thriller authors (in no particular order)?  Mine: Vince Flynn/Kyle Mills Mark Dawson  Brad Thor  J.B. Turner  L. T. Ryan  These guys know how to write thrillers.    Father, you know hearts and minds. Bless those who seek after you and help those…