Does a writer friend talks about NaNoWriMo, or the shortened version NaNo? Worried they are spouting lines from an ancient Mark and Mindy episode? Or you may suspect he or she is sleep deprived and jumbling words. Possible, but not the reason these mysterious terms are uttered. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. A nonprofit organization by that […]
I’ve wanted to read Ted Dekker for some time. I recently completed his young adult fantasy novel Chosen. Set in a world decimated by evil, “a world totally like our own, yet completely different.” Johnis and three others who are sixteen or seventeen years of age are new recruits to the Forest Guard The Guard
I’ve been head down researching and outlining my next book, codenamed Warrior. Today, I tweaked the chapter outline one last time and plunged into writing the draft. I started at chapter 19. I’m trying an approach taught by James Scott Bell in his book Write Your Novel From the Middle. This approach starts with the
Episode 6 of a flash fiction series. Find previous episodes at Claire’s Story – Flash Fiction Series. Claire’s closed eyes twitched, though she didn’t notice. She drifted in darkness. But something stirred her. What was it? A sound. She focused on a voice. “Claire, I’m here.” Something warm slid around her right hand, holding it gently.
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Episode 5 of a flash fiction series. Find previous episodes at Claire’s Story – Flash Fiction Series. Bart stared at his watch and pursed his lips. Over an hour late. He drew a deep breath and slowly released it. He needed to think about something else, anything other than his bride in surgery. Adelle sat beside
Time swept by like a raging flood this month, carrying all my good intentions away. I planned to post another episode of Claire’s Story at the beginning of the month, followed by the final episode in the newsletter by the end of the month. But other things took priority. ACFW Conference I attended the American
Episode 4 of a flash fiction series. Find previous episodes at Claire’s Story – Flash Fiction Series. Claire’s knee-length wedding dress rustled as she moved gently on the patio floor. She looked up into her father’s face. Vince held his head high against the blue afternoon sky. A smile lit his face as he led her
If you study the bible, one of the first reference books to purchase is The IVP Concise Atlas of Bible History by Paul Lawrence, edited by Richard Johnson. The book is more than a collection of maps. It contains dozens of color photographs, chronological charts and plans for different sites important to bible history in
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Meditations for the offering and communion Communion Meditation When you count your blessings, what do you include? Are you happy to live in an age of medical science? Are you thankful for your job? Perhaps your family is a blessing. When we start to list all the good things we enjoy in life, the list
On Basilisk Station begins the classic science fiction series featuring Honor Harrington. Honor, an officer in the Royal Manticoran Navy, is banished to a remote worm hole transit station after humiliating a superior. Charged with finding smugglers with an aged light cruiser, she suspects Manticore’s militaristic enemy operates in the star system. So begins a
