Welcome to the new and improved blog of the-revolutionary-formerly-known-as-My-Writers-Group. You are now engaged in humble, hopeful dialog at “Your Writers Group.” Mainly, the change in format and title is to clarify that even though this is a personal blog, written by little me, it’s not about me. And it’s not about you. It’s about (you guessed it) God and what
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And we’re back. Alright, you wonderful, creative minds. Did you miss the group? I’ve missed you. Sorry for my extended absence there, but it was really time for me to take a step back and reevaluate my motivation as a character in this crazy movie. It’s been a good time for me, very needed, and probably overdue, but God used
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“A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.” It was a good day. Titling meeting was today for the books scheduled for the fall. Fairly typical except that we had 11 books and only knocked out
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Is this “new Christian Fiction” offering a deeper perspective on the reality of God than is currently offered in CBA? Do you know the story of Typhoid Mary? I just saw it on Nova so it’s fresh in my mind. At one point, she was called “the most dangerous woman in America.” During the early 20th century, the prevalence of
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We’ve talked already about Stephen Lawhead and his concept of the writer’s High Quest: struggling to honestly portray Goodness, Beauty, and Truth. He says, “If our art tries to do anything else—such as preach or evangelize—it devalues itself and thus falls prey to the same fate awaiting other works whose creators have abandoned the Quest.” I love fantasy, sci-fi, other
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