Into the Fire

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  • Nostalgia Week . . .

                              Posted on 02/19/08 — titled "Confessions of an Unintentional Rebellious Writer". In a few weeks my second novel entitled The Famous One will be available for purchase at several online outfits including Amazon. While the satisfaction is sweet, it is inherently mixed…

  • Tuesday Tunes

            The iconic Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Amazing career, amazing theme song, and amazing film. Always good for nostalgia.    Lord, only you know hearts and minds and the number of our days. May those still searching find you. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.    

  • From a while back . . . and still applicable.

                      "Don't Make Waves" (Posted in 2013) Sit quiet with your hands folded on your desk. Don't ask any questions. Just write your stories and praise your publisher, your editor, and your agent. Be a good little writer and wait until we don't want you anymore. Hey,…

  • Sunday’s Offerings

      . . . They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead — Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.    1 Thessalonians 1:9b-10 (NIV)

  • Fan Fiction . . . a la Mitch Rapp

              Friday fun for me. Continuing in the first meet between Mitch Rapp and the girl I've selected for him.         He turned and left her office, quietly shutting the door behind him.      Back in the car, he put the key in the ignition but didn’t start it.…

  • Those authors of thrillers . . . Part Three

                            As noted in previous posts about thrillers and their authors, it takes a special kind of writer to embrace the research demanded for authenticity, to create the type of man or woman required for the hero/heroine position, to develop their abilities in an…

  • Fully . . . Armored

                                                   Armored is Mark Greaney's latest release. If you've ever been struggling to support your family and maintain the most basic of lifestyles, you can relate to Josh Duffy (aka Duff) after having…

  • Tuesday Tunes

              Anyone remember this one? In keeping with the love theme.    Lord, you're the lover of our souls. Thank you is never enough. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.   

  • Finding those . . . Lost Bits

                               First off, I have a confession to make: I did not read Kerry's novel. I listened to a portion of the audio book done by Joseph Courtemanche, author and audio book narrator – he did my novel Race.  What I listened to…

  • Sunday’s Offerings

      but the wicked will be cut off from the land,    and the unfaithful will be torn from it. . . .  Do not set foot on the path of the wicked    or walk in the way of evil men. Avoid it, do not travel on it;    turn from it and go…