Into the Fire

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Passionate: right or wrong. Writes love stories with a passion. Raw Romantic Redemptive

  • My books (Part 8)

    I took great care in the writing of Seeing . . . because of the sensitive subject matter. While it’s the story of a man who becomes a widower at a very young age, it’s also the story of a truck-stop waitress whose life was ruined at the tender age of four.

    “When a waitress and a widower truck driver are thrown together out of desperation and necessity, temptations rise high and reveal the need for true love. But hardened Bonita Carson wants nothing to do with the real love that insightful Micah Jones has to offer. Can Micah ultimately rescue Bonita from herself before it’s too late, or will Bonita choose to leave and continue living a life of hopelessness?”

    Micah has been gifted with “seeing” the human condition in an assortment of people, strangers mostly. At first, it’s just a word of description, but then he sees pictures of what has happened to them. As startling as that is for him, it’s his cue from the Lord to pray for them even when it’s doubtful he’ll learn the outcome of his prayers. What happens after “seeing” Bonita leads to the totally unexpected – and trials neither of them expected to experience.

  • My books (Part 7)

    As an author, I write love stories heavy on the romance. But I mostly read thrillers, mystery, and suspense. (In previous posts, I explained why I read so little in the romance genre.) However, for literally years, I had a picture in my mind of a murder which took place back on the racetrack. I never thought I’d write “it” because I’ve never felt I had the talent to compose a good mystery. Finally, the pressure from the Lord indicated I needed to write this story, so I did.

    Race was the most difficult of all my novels to write because I was so afraid I’d do it poorly. Make too many mistakes and embarrass myself in the “police procedural” parts. I had a detective helping me along the way – even when I froze up on it. He encouraged me with the details I needed, and without his help Race wouldn’t exist. The Lord knew that and had it all lined out for me – in spite of me. In the end I thought it turned out well.

  • Tuesday Tunes

    Oh how I remember this one – very poignant at the time . . .

  • My books (Part 6)

    At some point in the past, I wrote three novels in one year. I haven’t come close to that in recent times. Two of those novels remain unpublished. For one of them entitled The Fixer, I have a cover design and a back-cover blurb. The other one is titled Wounds and Healings, and I don’t foresee a publishing date for it in the near future, if ever. Not sure why. The first of those three was Sweet Release.

    IF The Fixer ever gets published, it will be another e-book.

    Three sisters . . .

    The oldest took after their mother.

    The youngest took after their father.

    The middle one broke the mold.

  • Sunday’s Offerings

    Whenever the evil spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” But He gave them strict orders not to tell who He was.

    Mark 3:11-12 (NIV)

  • 9/11

    Hard to forget where you were, how you felt, what you did after learning it . . .

    Never forget. So many lost.

    Father, we ask that you would protect this One Nation under God for another season of your making because of your great mercy. Only you can keep America safe through the undermining of all that’s right and good within it. Only you. Thank you for giving us all the Savior of the world in Jesus. We ask for your divine guidance and protection in the Name above all names, the Name of Jesus, Amen.

  • Tuesday Tunes

    The late great Nat King Cole, singing with that silky voice in this old favorite “When I Fall in Love.”

  • My books (Part 5)

    Destination has one of my favorite characters of all my creations. Her nicknames are “Grams” to those who know her well and “Henry” (aka Henrietta) to most of the town. She welcomes the protagonist of this story into her home after not seeing him since his parents’ funeral and before that as a little boy. He’s “all grown up” now, and Grams can tell he’s hurting.

    I’m going to share the Foreword because I think it sets up the story well.

    FOREWORD

    WARNING: This is a novel that presents Christianity. If somehow taking a look at the faith offends you, this book is probably not for you although you might find yourself in its pages.

    People in this world have their “come to Jesus” moments in both subdued and spectacular ways. They meet Him through family, attending events, visiting churches, talking with friends, hiking in the forests, the testimonies of athletes, or on country roads alone in a car the way I did. There can be abundant tears, mounds of regret, simplistic acceptance, unemotional responses to facts, or any number of reactions to the prodding of the Holy Spirit producing what the world has mockingly dubbed a “leap of faith”.

    In Destination both young and mature meet the Master. Their journeys are simple and complex, easy and hard, calming and perplexing, but always supernatural.

    And some refuse to accept His gift . . .

    Once again, this novel is only available as an e-book and is longer than most books of its kind.

  • Sunday’s Offerings

    “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction; and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” (Jesus)

    Matthew 7:13-14 (NIV)

  • My books (Part 4)

    I’m fairly sure Sweet Release was written just after The Famous One. It’s only available as an e-book.

    As you can tell by the cover, a chance meeting develops into so much more but not without challenges of many kinds. An Architectural Designer inadvertently meets a newspaper Film Critic.

    My early books were longer novels with a multitude of fully-developed characters including their particular/unique circumstances. By “longer” I’m saying they’re not the typical “romance novel” length.

    I’m not afraid to say my novels aren’t for every romance reader, Christian or otherwise. Again, I emphasize that “the world” is portrayed as it is (sans profanity and literary porn), and it’s contrasted to the lives submitted to Jesus.

    If you enjoy real love stories, I write them.