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Step Seven on our Journey by Louise M. Gouge

Thank you for sticking with me on this journey. Today, I’m posting an opinion piece titled: Ahab’s Bride Versus Ahab’s Wife When a writer completes a novel and begins the arduous task of finding a publisher, or better still, finding … Continue reading

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Keeping Easter In Our Hearts All Year Long…

As I write this, my family celebrated Easter yesterday and it was a wonderful day, filled with remembering what sacrifice was made for us so that we can have eternal life. Normally, we have a party for the grandkids, but … Continue reading

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All About the “Like” by Julie Arduini

My husband jokes that I am the definition of the marriage book we highly recommend, Men are Like Waffles, Women are Like Spaghetti by Bill and Pam Farrel. Where men compartmentalize, women tend to start talking on one topic, switch … Continue reading

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When is a Writers’ Conference a Retreat?

By Marilyn Turk Two years ago, I believe God called me to direct a small Christian Writers Conference for our geographic area, the Florida panhandle and lower Alabama. He led me to the location where it should be held, a … Continue reading

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Step Six in our Journey

I hope you’ve been enjoying our journey to show how I developed my character of Moby Dick’s Captain Ahab’s “young girl-wife.” Here’s the next installment. To best show Hannah’s conflicts, I chose a limited omniscience, third person point of view. … Continue reading

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Some Things New

It’s always exciting to have a new book out. Even more fun when you have two new books out in one month. This month, I’m excited to announce the release of two men Christian romantic suspense novellas. Love’s Deadly Secrets, … Continue reading

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Introducing Guest Author Dani Pettrey

Welcome, Dani. Thank you so much for joining us today. How did you get started writing: I have always loved daydreaming and making up stories. I dabbled with creative writing growing up, but set it aside. A good number of years … Continue reading

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A Prayer for the Blank Page

by Jim Denney “Almighty God, bestow upon us the meaning of words, the light of understanding, the nobility of diction, and the faith of the true nature. And grant that what we believe, we may also speak.” —Hilary of Poitiers (A.D. … Continue reading

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Do You Like Where You Live and Why?

Lyn Cote here-I know that’s not a question people ask you directly but many times they ask it indirectly with comments, intimating that they wouldn’t want to live where you do! ‘-) I live in the far northwoods of Wisconsin. … Continue reading

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New Release: Hunted by Margaret Daley—Interview with the Hero

New Release: Hunted by Margaret Daley—Interview with the Hero Luke Michaels, tell me the most interesting thing about you. I don’t know if it’s necessarily interesting, but I love working with animals from the horses I own to my German … Continue reading

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I Get By with a little Help from my Friends.

By Marilyn Turk A writer’s life can be lonely and isolated – separated from the activities of the world outside his or her office. However, the isolation is a choice dictated by the profession, a condition under which the writer … Continue reading

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Step Five in Our Journey

What kind of woman would Captain Ahab fall in love with? Ahab would not be Ahab if he fell in love with a typical Victorian woman. But to figure out what sort of woman he would choose, we must look … Continue reading

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Put a little humor into it…

hi I love to laugh. Most of us do. With so many serious things happening in the world around us, I think it’s important to find ways to put laughter into each day of our lives. So what makes you laugh? … Continue reading

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The Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt is on!

by Elizabeth Goddard Good morning my Christians Read friends! I’m late in posting to you this first Saturday of the month (my days to post). The sun has finally shown its face, pushing away the gray clouds of a Michigan … Continue reading

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Surprises and Fun While Researching

On a visit to Iowa for some research, I had the fun of visiting the Antique Car Museum of Iowa in Coralville, not far from the Amana Colonies. I’d never before stayed in Coralville and wasn’t even aware of the … Continue reading

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