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I always wondered why babies cry when I walk by, and now I know. I am a beast.

You ask me how I know. You see, I was walking through a beautiful forest on a Sunday afternoon stroll when a horrible snort sounded in the bushes to my right. I whirled and came face to face with an enormous hairy boar with two red eyes and long bloodied tusks.

I couldn't move. But when the boar charged I managed to uproot my feet and run. Through the brush, over rocks, leaping ditches—I don't remember because panic...

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I recently came across a web page that rocked my world. In the worst of ways.

It's the writing guidelines for a major publisher of "Christian" fiction called LOVE INSPIRED GUIDELINES. Interestingly it was another major Christian publisher that brought the webpage to my attention. They were as taken back as me. There was something disturbing about what showed up on the page before us. Something offensive to all of us.

The guidelines represent an unintentional but devastating attack against...

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Flash fiction, a new morsel of story to keep we in the Underground well fed. See, I have written something for you, about you and me. Read The Gunslinger in The Underground, it will take 20 seconds. Then post a comment on Ted's Facebook Fan Page BY CLICKING HERE and tell me what it means to YOU then join the larger discussion on Facebook.

A) A prophet is seldom welcome in his own stomping grounds.

B) The world conspires to steal what is yours.

C) Both or Other. I have been heard, now it's your t...

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Asking readers what they think about reading a novel that both begins and ends a series, such as Green, is a bit like asking someone what they think about being thrown out of an airplane with a parachute strapped on.

Until you've done it, you can only guess.

Those who've read the Circle Series thus far will likely say it's not wise to start with Green. But then, they have never done that, so can't really know.

It's also a bit like the Star Wars Saga. Many debate whether it's better to start with th

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It has been said that words are one of God's greatest gifts to mankind. In that they allow us to scratch the surface of an idea and to share that experience with a limited group of others… yes, words are invaluable. But without the incarnation of idea, words are hardly more than mathematical symbols. They are, in fact, rather blunt instruments that often get in the way of true magic. This basic linguistic understanding greatly informs my own storytelling.

IMO too many writers are confused about t

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To me it feels like the beginning of a much larger phenomenon. The best kind of crazy madness. Hundreds of passionate believers who had crossed the land to bask in the glow of their own redemptive story were once again surprised by just how powerful that story is. I know I was surprised.

But really, let’s be honest, we are surprised only because we tend to forget just how powerful our own redemptive history is.

The dancers eloquently wove a tale of the Great Romance and Teeleh’s seduction of the

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SCOURGE OF THE EARTH or compassionate lovers of human kind? Depending on where you live and what your experience is, Christians may be identified as either one, and, much to the chagrin of those who use the label to describe themselves, legitimately so. It all boils down to what you mean by the label ‘Christian.’
Regardless of what we think any particular word should mean, it actually means what society interprets it to mean. Linguistics 101. Like the word gay. I’ve been quoted as saying that I c

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The release of BoneMan's Daughters is upon us. The one question I am asked at nearly every interview is, "What inspired you to write this novel?" My answer is nearly always the same, I write to explore.

But BoneMan's Daughters has a unique story behind it: The unnerving story of my own daughter.

Now, I would like to think that I am a good father. That I have raised each of my children in the way they should go, and given them freedom to make their own choices once they have enough of a sense of th

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The release of BoneMan’s Daughters is upon us. The one question I am asked at nearly every interview is, “What inspired you to write this novel?” My answer is nearly always the same, I write to explore.

But BoneMan’s Daughters has a unique story behind it: The unnerving story of my own daughter.

Now, I would like to think that I am a good father. That I have raised each of my children in the way they should go, and given them freedom to make their own choices once they have enough of a sense of th

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The Problem with BoneMan’s Daughters

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I was on the phone with a ranking member of the establishment recently, a gatekeeper for a major retailer in CBA who was giving me his lowdown on BoneMan’s Daughters.

“Deeply moving,” he said. “The best from you in years in my opinion. I couldn’t put it down.”

I chuckled. “You liked it, huh?”

“I did, I really did…” There was a pause. “But it’s definitely not for everyone.”

My smile vanished. “What do you mean?” I asked.

“Well, the intensity. It’s…” He chuckled. “

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