Translating the past
When author Dani Shapiro took a DNA test at age 54, she discovered that the man who’d raised her wasn’t her father. Her…
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I’m excited to share some news with you!
I’m pleased to announce I just signed a contract with Moody Publishers to write my 5th book! The working title is Nowhere To…
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ParableLife
In ParableLife many of Jesus’ most familiar parables are examined in three ways: From the context of the text, through an imaginative retelling…
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My 2012 writing life: shock absorbers and flat tires
I am preaching the message below to myself. I wrote the words below four years ago, and need to revisit them again today:…
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Graduating from my own writing “school”
“Mrs. Van Loon, I couldn’t do my assignment for you because I was too busy doing my work for Mrs. Stewart’s class. Three…
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Found in the back recesses of a file cabinet
A one=page publishing contract for my first play. Play and contract were typed using electric typewriters. Contract is dated October 19, 1983. They…
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