Hope your holidays were fun and restful and full of the fodder for great writing. Mine were good, though I’ve been sick today following a week away with family. I thought I’d avoid the dirty little bug this year, but all the herbal supplements and dietary concern weren’t enough this time. Luckily, I think it’s getting better, but I still
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Okay, results of the contract contest are in, and it seems our ubiquitous General Bertrand was favored from the start. Yet what connections between the 2 articles did you find? I’d hoped the stunt would get you to think about the way we work as Christians who write fiction. With Leithart’s article as context, Pamuk showed just how critical our
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Please congratulate J. Mark Bertrand on his enlightening and intriguing connections between the two articles posted Dec. 8th. We’ll see what happens in our editorial discussion. For all those who took part, thank you for your thoughts. I’ll be working with Mark to include some of his thoughts here soon. For now, go on over and get yourself acquainted with
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Anyone familiar with L.A. Story, that Steve Martin film from the mid 90s, will recognize this quote, from Hamlet. "There is more in heaven and earth…than is dreamt of in your philosophy." Back in college, this struck me as a good bit of trivia to remember. In those mind-bending, soul-stretching days, I thought a lot about life and where mine
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For all of you who’ve been hoping for a book contract under your Christmas tree, here’s a fun little contest. Orham Pamuk’s Nobel lecture Why Evangelicals Can’t Write First one to properly connect the dots between these two ideas, and show how your work-in-progress responds to the question, will win a free manuscript evaluation and a hearing at my next
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