She Thought About How It Was So

Everything In Our Lives," She Said Quietly, "leads To Everything Else In Our Lives. So A Moment In The Present Has A Reference Point, Both In The Past And In The Future. I Want You To Know That You--as You Are Right Now And As You Ever Will Be--are Fully Enough For This Moment . . .

The Degree Of Our Spiritual Strength Will Be In Direct Proportion To The Time We Spend In God's Word.

Lots Of People Want To Have Written; They Don't Want To Write. In Other Words, They Want To See Their Name On The Front Cover Of A Book And Their Grinning Picture On The Back. But This Is What Comes At The End Of A Job, Not At The Beginning.

It's Easy To Talk About How Much You Love God, But Loving Others Reveals How Much You Truly Do.

Be Critical Of But Not Brutal With Your Writing. If Something Isn't Essential, Get Rid Of It. Remember That Good Dialogue Can Serve A Whole Passel Of Purposes In Your Novel, And To Overlook One Of Them Is To Overlook One Of The Tools Of The Craft. Like Hitting A Nail With A Screwdriver, If You Know What I Mean.