Although I write Christian books with a paranormal bent, and although my favorite books to read are paranormal suspense (my shelves are filled with Steven King and Frank Peretti), I also enjoy reading other genres as time permits.
I am the author of Christian-based Paranormal Suspense Novels that are based in South Central Alaska. I live in and love Alaska and enjoy writing, gardening (in our oh-so-short summer), and RVing.
Today I came across something worth sharing (from The New Book of Lists by David Wallchinsky and Amy Wallace). It can be found in the section entitled “Well Known Sayings Attributed to the Wrong Person.”
I was watching Hannity on Fox News this evening. A man named Bill Devlin, Pastor of the Manhattan Bible Church, stated that on January 5, 2012, several pastors (Pastor Devlin included) and a government official in New York were arrested. Why? Because they were praying (outside attorneys offices, I believe) that the Lord would intervene and change the Mayor of New York's decision to drive any religious organizations, namely the poorer churches, out of all public schools, institutions and buildings. THE MEN OF FAITH WERE ARRESTED FOR PRAYING. That's the part that hit me between the eyes.
As any author will tell you, writing is hard – very hard. Writing an exordium, the definition of which is, “A beginning or introduction especially to a discourse or composition,” is almost as hard as writing a 200-page book. After the initial angst caused by the thought of summarizing my books in a few sentences, I breathed a resolute sigh and sat down at my computer. Then, I got up and paced the house because I went completely blank. Then, I prayed. You’d think I would have done that first-but no, once a slow learner…always one J. Low and behold, I wrote the exordium. With polishing by my wonderful publisher, here it is in final form:
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We are in the darkest time of the year for Alaska. In Anchorage today, we have 5 hours and 48 minutes of daylight. So, as I sit here watching the snow start to fall, I am asking myself what I’d like to get done outside before night falls again. The answer? Today in an inside kind of day. Since my last blog post, I have finished my new novel, Ingress, and it has been published.
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