Life-Transforming Fiction

When Sparrows Fall

One of the pleasures of writing this “Life-Transforming Fiction” column is that I am always keeping an eye out for new books and authors worthy of bringing to your attention, and this month I have something special. It is my pleasure to introduce author Meg Moseley and her delightful debut novel, When Sparrows Fall ...

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Diary Of A Crazy Writer

Writing Pains

I must be in for a mighty big blessing. At least that’s what I keep telling myself. I hope my thoughts will take root and sprout something of interest after the ordeal I’ve been through.

What ordeal, you might ask?

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Quantum Marketing

Sound Bites R You

One of my goals for 2011 was to clean out my inbox every day. Epic fail. Wait. Epic isn’t a big enough word. Gargantuan failure is more accurate. I lasted until January 3 before the e-mail flood buried me.

Being a the-glass-is-half-full-and-someone-will-be-along-soon-to-fill-it-up kind of guy, I do believe somewhere in the recesses of my deep insanity that I’ll catch up and get that pup cleaned out.

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Character Therapy

The Lone Wolf

How many of us have read novels about a lonely, brooding hero who is emotionally unable or physically unwilling to engage with others in the story? The ranch hand who prefers his horse to people, or a business tycoon who rarely comes down from his penthouse to interact with the masses?

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