A-ha moments for writers
Someone on my writing group asked for a list of a-ha moments for writers, so I compiled a short list. Add your own in the comments. 🙂 1) queries area lot easier to write than finished pieces, and they hurt…
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Monthly Archive: August 2009
Book Review: Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs
As part of the Thomas Nelson Book Review program, I received a free copy of Emerson Eggerichs’s “Love And Respect.” The book’s premise is that all marriages can be strengthened by doing what God commands: namely, that a wife should…
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the change jar
We toss all our spare change into a flower vase. It’s mostly for getting it out of the way, but I enjoy seeing how it adds up, and when I need money for school lunches it’s right there. We’ve done…
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backlash!
Are a lot of things suddenly going wrong in your life? It might be spiritual backlash. We all think of the enemy as trying to prevent good things from happening to us or preventing us from making positive changes in…
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O the irony
Last year, if you recall, we uprooted our lives and moved 65 miles south into Angelborough in order to shorten my husband’s commute. He was spending a minimum of an hour each way driving to work. Now we’re here, and…
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God versus Job, take two
A blog isn’t the best place to discuss the Book of Job (which we started yesterday) because there’s so much in there. But let’s take the disturbing aspect: God pretty much baits the adversary into testing Job. Job 1: The…
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Wanted: the end of the story
It’s my opinion that we’re missing the final chapter of The Book of Job. Writers refer to a “frame story” as the story that fits around the actual tale you’re telling. For example, in The Princess Bride, the actual story…
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Explore: Number Four
After adding a category for “biking” I figured for sure I’d never bike again, but I managed to get out Saturday morning anyhow. This time, I wimped out: I consulted a map. I took the cell phone. I (sort of)…
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I can’t take it. I can’t even dish it out!
The parenting forum (the only big one I’m still on, God permitting) had a poll about your family’s dishes. The excitement never ends! I answered the questions, then read through the thread. And then I had the shock of my…
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