Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Blargon

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A couple of notes-- first , notice that you can now subscribe to this blog's feed. Just put your email addy in the box beneath my blogro...
Monday, February 27, 2006

For Our Soldiers . . . a true story

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The following letter came from novelist Terri Blackstock: A friend of mine just shared something that happened to her, and I thought it was ...
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Sunday, February 26, 2006

Update

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Well, I'm back and recovered from four days in the Christian schools of Virginia. Had a wonderful time talking to kids about books and w...
Friday, February 24, 2006

A Fun Quiz for Friday

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Your Hair Should Be Red Passionate, fiery, and sassy. You're a total smart aleck who's got the biggest personality around. What'...
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Thursday, February 23, 2006

Da Bunnies

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One of my friends pointed me to this web site: it's plot capsules of major movies enacted in thirty seconds, more or less, by bunnies. H...
Wednesday, February 22, 2006

The Book Club that Wasn't

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Tuesday I spoke at Norfolk Christian School, both branches of the lower schools. The sweetest thing happened at the end of the second chape...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Writing Tip: Backstory

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The other day a dear novelist brother and I got into an email yin-yang (we do this all the time; it’s good mental exercise.) He was making a...
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Monday, February 20, 2006

90 Day Bible Reading Challenge: Isaiah

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Photo: My office/desk. Believe it or not, it is organized. (We were talking about writing spaces on Charis, so I dug out a picture). Onto th...
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Sunday, February 19, 2006

UNCHARTED review

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The Publisher's Weekly review of UNCHARTED just came out. (The ellipsis was inserted where a spoiler was removed). This one is scheduled...
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Friday, February 17, 2006

My Parents and 50 years

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I'm out of town this weekend, driving over to my parents' home on the east coast of Florida. My folks have been married 50 years! Ca...
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Thursday, February 16, 2006

This and That and Sneaky Things . . .

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There's a move afoot--a clever backhanded effort to keep the cash registers singing while Christians deal with the heresy of The DaVinci...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

The Organized Blogging Plan

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I'll confess that I'm one of those pathetically-organized people. My kitchen spices are alphabetized, and when I get dressed every m...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Family Photo Album

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Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours! And a happy Valentine's Day to my family, whom I've never introduced. Welcome to the Hun...
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Monday, February 13, 2006

90 Day Bible Reading Challenge: the Psalms

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I am so enjoying the psalms! And part of that enjoyment is reading along and finding passages that are obviously messianic or were repeated ...
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Why I Love Theology

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I have just completed (ta da!) my masters in theology. As soon as I get my diploma, I'm moving on for more study. Why do I love theology...
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Sunday, February 12, 2006

The Elevator's Eddie Vaughn

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THE ELEVATOR started out being a book about three women . . . then Eddie showed up. And the more I write about him, the more I like him. He ...
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Saturday, February 11, 2006

The Elevator's Regina Rossman

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The Elevator: third scene, third character. (For fun, we've talked about casting this for a movie. Gina would be Susan Sarandon. Michell...
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Friday, February 10, 2006

The Elevator's Isabel Suarez

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The Elevator: second scene, second character: Isabel Suarez drives the vacuum across the carpet, her hips working to a disco beat as Donna S...
Thursday, February 09, 2006

The Elevator's Michelle Tilson

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Okay--for the next four days, I'm introducing you to my four main characters of THE ELEVATOR. The text you'll be reading isn't p...
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

The Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner

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Yesterday a man came to give me a bid on some pool renovations. While we sat outside and he jiggled his numbers, he said, "Have kids?...
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