“I had to write this.” Ever heard an author say this after receiving an award? What do you think they mean by it? And why do so many say it anyway? Are they serious? They couldn’t help it? Over the next few posts before Christmas, I’m going to try something I’ve resisted for a few months now. I want to
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Welcome back to the discussion. We’ve been dissecting this idea of “books for God.” As publishing professionals and hopefuls, we need to know what makes our books Christian. What makes them “godly?” Is it worth discussing how “books for God” might be different from “Christian books” or books for Christians? Your Writers Group has an intentionally broad focus to encourage
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Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Mine was good…apart from the debilitating worry that I’d dug myself into a hole I might never work my way out of. Actually, it wasn’t that bad. I did feel thankful for so many who contacted me with encouragement and constructive response to the Screwtripe thing. Had I known just how many people he
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Just some thoughts for discussion tonight. I considered giving Screwtripe the chance to respond to some of the controversy he stirred up, but he had far too much fun with that last post. No need to encourage him. (Just for the record, I’m not him.) No, but you’re not so far off, are you? When we make others think it’s
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Dearest Wormwood, I smiled for the first time in a long while today. Can you guess what I was thinking? Of the impressive work you’ve done in removing that horrible stain of “good reason and common sense” from the torpid minds of our feeble enemies. That there are no longer any categories with which to define a discussion of high-quality
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