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Mid-Week Motivation
Starting Your Day out Right The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21 In our women’s Bible study at church, we’re watching a video series right now called Conversation Peace, by Mary Kassian. The focus is on the importance of learning how to…
Thinking Blogger Awards
I’ve won a “Thinking Blogger Award” and want to pass it on. Heather of Mom2Mom Connection graced me with an unexpected award. Here’s what she said about Portrait of a Writer Interrupted. I love Gina’s writing because we’re in the same season of life! She’s a busy mother of four who desperately loves her family,…
Don’t Always Say What You Mean, But Always Mean What You Don’t Say
Really. I mean it. Go ahead and subtext, already! Subtexted dialogue can be one of the most powerful elements in a storyteller’s arsenal. This is the art of talking around the subject, rather than head on, in order to intensify the meaning of the part that isn’t said. Sometimes it’s actually having your characters say…
Easter Seder Part 3
The Story of Passover During this time Exodus 12:1-13 is read with brief comments and with the elements held up at the appropriate moment. The Lamb Bone: The lamb was killed, its blood spread on the doorposts and lintel of the house to protect the home from the tenth plague, the slaying of the firstborn.…
A Tribute
Earlier tonight I was thinking about how critical support is to dreaming. Without my husband’s consistent and demonstrated support, I wouldn’t be writing. It would be an ember of a dream rather than a reality. Every time I would think about writing, start fixating on the hunger to do something special with words, my husband…
Celebrate Easter with a Seder Part 2
Yesterday I shared with you the beginning of the Christian Seder my family has during the Easter weekend. We try and have this on Good Friday to reminisce about the “Last Supper”, but sometimes have it on Saturday. We reserve Sunday for a relaxing time of Church and casual dinner. Though this year with my…
Family Friendly Easter Seder Part 1
It’s snuck up on me again! The Easter Holiday season. I thought by getting the bunnies and egg hunts out of the way early, I’d have time to plan some really great Jesus stuff. But it’s Palm Sunday and I’ve done nothing…yet. I just pulled out my Easter file and for the rest of the…
Smoke
I always thought Ecclesiastes was like Proverbs. That’s probably because of the “to every time there is a season. . .” passage. So when a friend of mine read Ecclesiastes from “The Message,” I wasn’t prepared for her reaction. Her first comment was, “It made no sense.” I tried to get her to explain that.…
Mary E. DeMuth
I can’t tell you how very tired I am of boring Christian books. There exists some sort of “acceptable” content that we write about ad infinitum, but rarely do we hear from writers who dare to go out on limbs–to share what is really, really inside. It takes guts. It’s not easy. I’m not talking…
Are You Ready for Meat?
There’s a great discussion going on at Your Writer’s Group Mick Silva’s blog about writing for CBA, ABA, and the untapped Christian market. Make sure you check out the comments section.