Book Review: “The Restorer” by Sharon Hinke
As a responsible adult and ever-vigilant protector of all that is good and true, I feel it imperative that I issue a stern warning about The Restorer by Sharon Hinke. This is a very dangerous book. Reading this book will upset your place in the time-space continuum. It will suck you into its pages like [...]
Reccommended: “On Writing” by Steven King
A few minutes ago, I closed the cover of a book. Big deal, right? Not such an unusual thing to do, I suppose. As I writer, I’m a reader; the two are so tightly intertwined that they’re inseparable. I’ve got a big pile of books here waiting for me, some that I paid for, and [...]
My Makeup Case
It’s not every day that I’m complimented on my makeup, and that’s probably a good thing. Over the past couple of days, I’ve received several such compliments however, and accepted them graciously. Our church presented its annual musical Christmas drama this past weekend, and in honor of the event I pulled and old friend from [...]
A Ridgecrest Goodbye–and Guest Blogging, too.
Well, here I am again, writing another “farewell to Ridgecrest” entry from Rocking Chair Ridge. The first Blue Ridge Mountains Advanced Novel Retreat is officially history. The final time of worship (lunch ) is over, and I’m at that saddest of moments–having to say Goodbye to Ridgecrest until next time. God is everywhere. We all [...]
ACFW follow-up from Rocking Chair Ridge
It just occurred to me that I never posted a follow-up to the ACFW conference. It isn’t that there’s nothing to post. It’s that there aren’t enough hours in the day. I came away from ACFW with a different perspective on my writing. It’s not that my writing suddenly changed, but that God used some [...]
And there’s the pitch!
That phrase brings to mind the thousands of baseball games I’ve heard on the radio over the years. I think that all the guys who do MLB play-by-play must have attended the same broadcasting school, because they all seem to say the exact same line the exact same way every time the pitcher launches the [...]
News Flash! Dan Becomes an Honest Writer!
Back in 1990 or so, I lost the right to call myself “unpublished” (and disqualified myself from a remarkable number of writing contests) by selling the first article I ever wrote to Christian Single for a whopping $64. My pastor, and his drawer full of rejection letters, never forgave me. If I had realized that [...]
