You know what writers need? Distractions. Humor. Maybe double-amounts of humor, actually. Words and criticism—from the self or silence or someone else—are serious business. Maybe we need to share a movie recommendation or two to help balance that out. 🙂
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Overly Eager
I’m not sure it is possible to be overly eager with a project, unless it makes you sloppy. I figure that eagerness should help brace you through research. However, I’ve been recently reminded that I can still be overly eager! Particularly with early readers.
Filed under Writer Troubles, Writer's Life
Looking for God in All the Wrong Places
Fall is in the air. Our congregation just had its “Thanks for Giving” turkey supper. It’s time to take a breath of contentment before the holiday season begins. And, after that brief moment, I am pleased to announce that my friend, Rev. Chris Matthis (LCMS), has released another book: 
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The Story People
Filed under Books to Purchase, New Release
Writing Daily
Ladies and gentlemen, let’s take a minute to remember a careful distinction. Writing daily is great discipline and exercise. Still, you may have connotations with “writing daily” that interfere with actually writing daily. Writing daily is not full-throttle progress down the road toward success. It isn’t juices flowing every second of that time. It’s just writing. Sometimes for ten or twenty minutes. Sometimes even that is in bits and pieces throughout a busy day. It’s still ok.
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The London Syndicate
I’ve introduced Kelly Klages before. She’s truly extraordinary: an artist of diverse media, jeweler, hymnist, writer, etc. She’s particularly taken with Agatha Christie and the one and only Hercule Poirot. As in, she’s so good at what she does that David Suchet pays both attention and his fond regards! Anyway, she takes cool to a new degree with a new announcement. The title? The London Syndicate.
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Called to Help: Vocation in Mercy Work
Have you emailed disaster at lcms.org yet to request your free book, The Mercy of God in the Cross of Christ: Essays on Mercy in Honor of Glenn Merritt? Hop to. It’s well worth it. I was able to contribute two essays to it, one particularly to honor Rev. Merritt and his dedication to vocation in mercy work: “Called to Help: Vocation in Mercy Work.”
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No Good Son & Violet’s Daybreak
I was going to post about another Lutheran book available through Goodreads Giveaway: J.L. Vaughan‘s book, No Good Son, and now I’ve just found out about another one ending super soon: Sarah Baughman‘s Violet’s Daybreak!
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Mom said!
It is with humor and awe that I think of my children. Admittedly, I’m biased. Still, I’m going to share a little anecdote which may or may not demonstrate the joy of having an author in the family. Like many other stories it centers oddly on “Mom said!”
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