It’s that stressful time of the year for me. School is about to start. Add to that a bathroom that’s torn apart, the launch of a new book, being responsible for a new website and a professional conference trip on top of that and you can see why my wife was worried why I hadn’t … More Back to Basics
I was challenged by a thought the other day that I wanted to in turn share with you. We have a new professor in our department. Kyle Portbury is an award-winning filmmaker from Australia who has come to join us at Southwestern Adventist University to teach radio-TV-film. We were talking about social media in our … More Community or Creativity?
Friday is the day I will announce the winners of our next drawing, when two winners will receive ARC advance copies of Salome’s Charger, the new Christian suspense novel I have been going on and on about for so long. Why do I keep talk about this book? Well for one reason, I was one … More Two More Days, Two Lucky People
My school had its traditional pre-school colloquium this past weekend, and I attended for the 18th time, hearing a lot of the same things I have heard many times before. The Christian university attracts students from a variety of backgrounds as well as faculty from diverse viewpoints as well. So it’s always interesting when I’m … More Righteous Imagination
I’ve been getting a steady stream of name of people interested in the drawing this Friday (Aug. 7) for the two advance copies of Salome’s Charger that I’ll be handing out, so this is just a reminder. If you want to be part of the drawing, make sure your name is in the pot. All … More Reminder: Drawing This Friday for ARC
I know I told you I wouldn’t have a drawing today, but I couldn’t bear the anticipation. So here it is: I’ve never been much of an artist, but you get the idea. I hope my writing does a better job portraying the story than this scribbling does. In any case, two lucky people will … More And Here’s Today’s Drawing!
One of my mentors once told me, “You can tell where the successful writer lives. His is the home where the lawn isn’t mowed.” I read somewhere else–I think it was the Bible–that Man cannot live by Pen alone. I kind of live by both credos. I love to write, but I can’t write all … More The Hole in the Floor and Other Grand Adventures
Recently I’ve been talking a lot about the writing project fellow author Céleste Perrrino Walker and I have been working on tsince the beginning of the year. We’re just about a month away from unveiling it. Yesterday I announced that I’m going to let two lucky people get a free ebook early on August 7 … More The Mystery Revealed: “Salome’s Charger”
Or maybe it means Almost Right Clean. But these are the closest things you are going to find to the real items. Yes, I’ve been talking about Salome’s Charger for more than a month now. And now than we are just about into August, I am happy to announce that our next drawing will be … More ARCs = ‘Ats Really Cheating…
I really have been trying to keep up with the blog these days, but things have been crazy in real life. Yesterday, I finally got the official go-ahead to move from my large office to my new, even larger office here deep in the heart of Texas. I’m currently about 90 percent of the way … More The Great Expanse…Or Moving In
The Great Adventure 