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Writers, Do You Have Any Idea What You’re Doing?
Don’t say “I work with words.”Rather say, “I handle hazardous material so combustible it has destroyed careers and incited revolutions.” Don’t say, “All I can do is write.” Rather say, “All I can do is create life-infused dispatches from behind enemy lines using the same compound that sparked what the uninformed refer to as the …[ read more ]
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Pray for the Poets – They May Be Our Last Hope*
We say prayers for the preachers and prayers for the hands of missionaries and teachers in foreign lands We say prayers for the soldiers who are off at war and prayers for the workers serving food to the poor. But a time is coming twisting round like a cloud when the preaching of truth will …[ read more ]
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Revolt of the Storytellers or Fight the Darkside, Luke! Use the Force!
Have you noticed how hard it’s getting to tell the good guys from the bad guys? When my son was home one year for Christmas break, I watched a couple of his action/adventure movies and had to keep asking, “Is that guy on the good side or the bad side?” My son’s answer was often, …[ read more ]