Tag: life
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Of Blogs, The Umbilical Cord, and the Internet…,
Connecting with the godhead, that part of the divine that lives within all, the Imago Dei, coalesces the disparate parts of the soul, mind and brokenness of heart and spirit. Writing or revising and editing this part of a story or novel can and often dispenses healing to the writer whose words later transmit this…
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Of Illusions, Diamonds, and The Imago Dei…
Crises consist of many obstacles, the least of which include illusions, and deceptions. Illusions held about life, and deceptions by others, and self fiercely clung to often comprise the nets limiting awareness. Reaching the peak of crisis, and fighting the battle that awaits requires perseverance and remaining focused on the task at hand. Doing so…
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Of Romance, Truth, and Purging the Hidden Pools of Consciousness…
Many things can happen during the approach towards the heart of a story, or novel, both for the protagonist, and the writer. The blossoming flower of romance provides a mainstay in many stories that tug and keep open the hearts and minds of readers, wherein new possibilities enter for them to ponder both in the…
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Of Intermediate Regions, Hunger and Thirst…
There stands an intermediate region in the life and structure of a novel, that place between crossing the border of the opening and beginning and entering into a series of actions that lead to the penultimate center of the journey. It lies between the edge of that vast new world of survival that constitutes the…
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Dear John, A Daughter’s Wish and Moments of Awakening…
My daughter recently stated that she hopes that my husband and I live to a ripe old age and that we die together, much like Noah and Allie in the movie based on The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks. My daughter had just finished reading Spark’s novel, now a movie, Dear John. That’s the great thing…
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Of Long Weekends, Discipline and Time for Dreaming…
This past weekend was a holiday weekend. I relish long weekends. They give me more time with my husband and children. The greatest challenge of any writer is finding enough time. Time to write and time with family and friends. The true writer writes. She or he doesn’t talk or dream about writing. They develop…