Tag: faith
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Of Envy, Doubt, and Still More Risks…
Following crisis, the protagonist must choose, decide and act. Will she or he return to business as usual, keeping secret what they have learned, or will they share it with others? Will they share the healing they have undergone with others, or will she or he choose the safe path of saying little or nothing…
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Of Borderlands, Willingness and Shifts in Consciousness…
Leaving the world as it is, and entering the border between the world as it was, and presently exists in the newly leveraged chaos of change requires courage and faith. It also asks for willingness to acknowledge that one has entered the unknown. Like our protagonists, each time we venture to write a new story…
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Picture and Story
The face is an organic mask. It can’t hold falsehood forever. Eventually there is an unguarded moment when the muscles relax. And you see the true face of the person.” –Lisa Book, sister of Isabel Raine in Die for Me, by Lisa Unger Isabel Raine, the protagonist in Unger’s latest suspense thriller, Die for You,…
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Inhabiting Your Character: Journeying to the Ends of the Earth
Crafting a novel requires a major character with whom the author is willing to spend at least the next year. Much of the time spent with that character requires inhabiting her or his skin, living inside their situation that we have created. As writers we expend a significant part of the energy of our imagination…
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Loss
At a loss for what to write? Examine your own losses. Seek out what’s hidden within you. Ever had a drought of faith? What about the death of a loved one, a lover, someone you thought you loved, but realized you didn’t even like?
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Radio Show | A Literary Interview Gone Awry: The End of Christian America
Don’t let the title frighten you. Today’s broadcast was everything but horrible. William Cooper, author or There’s Always a Reason, and Tyrell DeVon Floyd mesmerized me with their quick wit, sincere humor and substantive and unconditional honesty. What started out as a discussion of their contributions to the anthology, The Soul of a Man (June…