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Forever Launch Team
I have met some great Lutheran authors in the last five years or so, one of whom is Vanessa Rasanen. I recently read a pre-release copy of her first novel, Soldier On (Releasing Fall 2018), and...
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Breaking the Silence
Today I get to share a heartwarming, informative podcast episode titled “Breaking the Silence.” Do you know Mike Rowe’s That’s How I Heard It Series? It’s pretty new to me, but my husband’s been...
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I’ve mentioned a number of times that I intend to self-publish a collection of my poetry. Yesterday I played around on Amazon’s CreateSpace website with some good results. As is regretfully all too...
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Motivation
I don’t know whether book clubs bring out the best in me or the worst. The book selections can be so . . . dark! I mean, I’m not some chipper girl who only reads sickly sweet stuff! O contraire, mon...
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Church Year Calendar
Many thanks to Rev. Andrew Richard for telling me about his latest resource: a church year calendar! Remember Rev. Richard from my previous post about him and his free marriage booklet? I’ll admit I...
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Rhonda Chandler
Another Lutheran author: Rhonda Chandler! A dear friend of mine recommended her book, The Fires of Autumn, a piece of historical fiction released this summer. Imagine my delight to learn that two more...
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45 Minutes
I may or may not make up genre names, but this one is from Amazon (!): 45-Minute Religious & Spirituality Short Reads! I just found out that Jonathan Fisk and Bryan Wolfmueller have stuff in it,...
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Good
Hello. I must be inconsistent. The other day I vented about reading hopeless books and largely blamed it on lack of belief. I want to be fair now: I read another dark secular book and LOVED it! What is...
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Write Well
Still reflecting from yesterday, perhaps something is good if it is a gift from God used wisely. I tend to think that sin is a twisting of something good: man is not in essence sin, even though sin has...
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Aslan’s World
Let me tell you about the latest book I love: Aslan’s World: Biblical Images and Themes in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, a Bible study by Dr. Angus Menuge. Review of Aslan’s World This review...
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Forgotten
Today I read a short story/ deleted scene, which I loved, by Vanessa Rasanen as she gears up to release the first novel in her Hearts on Guard series. Woo hoo! I’ll try to type up a review of that over...
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Poetry fighting heresies
I’ve had two totally great ideas this weekend. I just hope I remember them!!! Because, while I did do a bunch of outdoorsy work on our first beautiful day in forever, I did NOT get the writing done I...
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Human Care Topics
You know how I am about resources. I want them sound, ample, and free! So my next resource project is going to be looking for human care topics, especially those that need to tread careful lines...
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I lost my list outlining my blog for the week. I forgot entry day for the county fair. I got lost TWICE on a single trip yesterday!!! And, I totally cannot get on Facebook on 9/11 anniversaries. But...
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Creativity Runs Low
It’s a real blow to me that I lost a slip of paper. I’d charted out my blog week and wrote three themes for poetry. And, isn’t it easy to just sink into a loss sometimes? It’s a piece of paper. It’s...
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Art/Veith Sale!
Maybe your weekend needs a random art/Veith sale. Wonder what that means? Dr. Gene Edward Veith has frankly probably written more books than you realize. He really is a culture guy, as well as vocation...
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Enjoyable
Enjoyable. We want what we write to be enjoyable, so what, exactly, does that mean? A simple definition is pleasurable. Don’t we want our writing to be pleasurable? Sure, but that’s not all of it....
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Apples are Apples
Not everyone likes poetry and that is fine. At the same time, maybe we can admit that we often like to read rhyming scripts to our kiddos. We like how little lessons can seem a little more learnable....
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Endorsing Problem
I don’t remember what I was doing yesterday, but it occurred to me that our country—modern age? zeitgeist?—has an endorsing problem exacerbated by its weird relationship with “banning.” As writers, do...
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Come in and Launch?
Another Lutheran author has opened enrollment into his launch team! Rev. Tyrel Bramwell, author of The Gift and the Defender and Finding the Truth in Story: Grimm’s Fiary Tales, Vol. 1, has two books...
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