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TechnoratiPOST PUBLISHED INFebruary, 2012
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Bad Submissions (and what you can do to make an agent believe in your work)
February 29th, 201212:02 AM ETIt happens every day. I open my inbox and there they are—submissions that shouldn't even be there. There's really no excuse for it. Our submission guidelines as an agency are very clear on markets that we don't work in at present. Not that we have anything against them, just that we can't spread ourselves that thin and have to make some choices.... -
The Lord’s Prayer My Way
February 28th, 201212:04 AM ETDavid wrote a heartfelt prayer to God in Psalm 23. It's probably one of the first passages you learned by heart if you went to Sunday school; it was the first chapter I learned by heart at a young age of 6. It was also my grandmother's favorite. She's the one who taught it to me when I was so young. My daughter, Sydni, also learned the passage by t... -
The Best Is Yet to Come
February 27th, 201212:05 AM ETAfter spending a few, unique hours with an amazing group of people last Saturday, I left their presence with an even greater sense of expectation and awe of what waits beyond the veil of this world for believers. Our time together didn't have the excitement of a sailboat race across the Straits of Mackinaw or the rush of standing at the top of Niag... -
Why I Write from a Dachshund’s Viewpoint
February 24th, 201212:06 AM ET"Why do you write from a dachshund's viewpoint?" Oh, I've been asked that question countless times . . . and I always give the same answer, basically something like this: "It is a running joke in our family that we just know what a dachshund is thinking by its facial expression and body language. My late father used to tell us what our dachs... -
On Looking Into Jane Austen’s World
February 23rd, 201212:00 AM ETI just finished reading Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James. It's something of a sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and is set in the same time period, the early nineteenth century. The book's protagonists are a long way from Adam Dalgliesh, the investigator in James' detective series. Yet the characters still engage in broodin... -
Sandeep, a True Saint
February 22nd, 201201:28 AM ETWhile in India, I talk to Sandeep after church. He is happy to see me again after a year and a half, but disappointed Sir Chuck is not with me. I am, too. It's only been four days, but I miss hubby somethin' terrrible! Hopefully, I'll return home with a deeper commitment to our marriage than ever before. As they say, "Absence makes the heart grow f... -
Be Not Afraid—A Not-to-Miss Suspense Thriller
February 21st, 201212:03 AM ET"I don't need to tell you Be Not Afraid is suspenseful. Just look at the cover. Neither do I need to tell you it carries a thread of hope and inspiration throughout the story. Just look at the title. Ms. Lynne has conceived a fascinating storyline that captured me at the very beginning. Our heroine, Samantha Cain, is the widow of a policeman. ... -
What’s Your Deal?
February 20th, 201212:17 AM ETFor one very long semester, I worked as a substitute teacher. The phone would ring before the sun came up, and I got my assignment for the day. On a particularly cold morning, I found myself in a room with fifteen EBD (Emotionally and Behaviorally Disordered), elementary-aged students from around our school district. There was one other adult who s... -
Blood Work
February 17th, 201212:13 AM ETMy husband, Chuck, and I stepped into the waiting room. A middle-aged woman glanced at us from behind her magazine while an elderly gentleman studied the carpeted floor. The glass panel at the counter whooshed to the side. The receptionist invited us to sign the sheet and take a seat. Annual blood work time. Three weeks prior, we'd tightened the r... -
Beneath Diversity, A Comforting Order
February 16th, 201212:26 AM ETAs winter began this year, my husband and I rented lodging on the far edge of the wild Olympic peninsula. No telephone, no television, no Internet. Out the window a few yards away, the boiling Pacific Ocean crashed onto the beach. We scanned the sculpted rocks and the writhing horizon that took away our breath with its beauty. We stayed only a few... -
Experiencing Shekinah: Are You Standing in the Radiance of God’s Glory and Love?
February 15th, 201212:25 AM ET"Then Moses said, 'I pray You, show me Your glory!'" (Exodus 33:18 NASB) Moses and the Israelites had been in the desert for a long time. They were all growing rather impatient...actually, they were all really sick to death of wandering in the hot sand and eating manna. The people complained incessantly to Moses; Moses complained to God. God ... -
Love Dancing In the Rain
February 14th, 201212:01 AM ETI'm not sure who exactly ended up with the hot dog bun and who, in shame, carried the hot dog wrapped in the last slice of stale bread. After sleeping through the alarm, scrounging up two socks that actually match, and a vicious fight over the remaining fruit roll up, we head to school in the rain. The argument continues on the ride; making m... -
Discovering Imre
February 12th, 201211:59 PM ETWrite what you know. Haven't we heard that pronouncement since our first class assignment, "How I Spent My Summer Vacation?" Naturally, there are those who can flaunt exceptions to every rule, and plenty of great works have been written from a terrific imagination. But try to describe the taste of pistachio ice cream when you've only tasted chocola... -
Sold!: The Horrific Crime of Human Trafficking
February 10th, 201201:24 AM ETShe could be your daughter, your sister, or your niece. She is one of 3,000-5,000 children sold or lured into forced prostitution every day. She is raped repeatedly, beaten, drugged, and left for dead. Traded as a commodity on the black market, she is a victim of the sex industry, the second largest area of organized crime in the world. When I was... -
I’ve written for 30 years with only one rejection!
February 09th, 201201:11 AM ETYou don't believe that? It's true. The dictionary says rejection is "to refuse to accept or to repudiate." Repudiate? That's not about writing, that's personal. When I started writing, I was doing a lot of writing and a lot of querying and submitting. Obviously heartless little slips were coming in right and left. I took them very personally. Th... -
Let Freedom Ring! Vote Intelligently
February 08th, 201212:00 AM ETWith this year's presidential campaigns already in full swing, I urge all registered voters to cast informed votes in the November elections. To begin with, I am not going to mention how I plan to vote or tell you how to vote. I will, however, give my personal criteria for choosing political candidates. How does one cut through all the hype, politi... -
The Birth of a Serpent
February 07th, 201212:08 AM ETWe were strolling out of Islands of Adventure. It had been a good day. Our family had enjoyed a sun-soaked day in the Orlando-based theme park, but it was late. It was still hot. We were tired and on a quest—for A/C. The park has a central corridor leading into (and out of) the complex designed to mimic storefronts one might find nestled in a fa... -
Tim Tebow: Has Another Great Awakening Begun in America? Why We Need The Constitution – Part 7
February 06th, 201212:08 AM ETAmendment I (Freedoms, Petitions, Assembly) Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. For decades, many who claim,... -
Blaming God
February 03rd, 201212:00 AM ETOur island community grieved deeply (and is still grieving) when a tree fell on a car driven by a family on the way to a relative's house on Christmas Day, causing death and injury. Could God not have stopped that tragedy? Could have but wouldn't? Would have but couldn't? When I was about four, I was happily walking through a field of clover when ... -
Alzheimer’s: Finding Peace in the Midst of the Agony
February 02nd, 201212:06 AM ETMy sister and I stood in the funeral home singing, one last time, for our grandmother. "To the old rugged cross, I will ever be true It's shame and reproach gladly bear Then He'll call me someday, to His home far away Where His glory forever I'll share!" (by Rev. George Bennard) My grandmother was 84 years old when she died, having suffered o... -
Releasing Rachel
February 01st, 201212:04 AM ETMy daughter Rachel, a missionary to India, was addressing a conference luncheon. As she spoke, my mind drifted to earlier days and the ways God had prepared her for this moment. Rachel hadn't been the only one with lessons to learn from God. I, too, was in God's school of preparation. And one of the hardest courses was learning to relinquish my sin...
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