Work On What Is Real Rather Than

With The Help Of The Lord, You Can Handle Life's Challenges And Heartaches, Even The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death. What Comfort Your Fainting Heart Has, Knowing That In Those Stumbling Times Of Discouragement And Despair, Of Depletion And Seeming Defeat, The Shepherd Will Find You...restore And "fix" You...and Follow You...until You Are Well On Your Way.

Each New Day Is Another Chapter In The Unfolding Promise Of Deliverance And Life.

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 . . .

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.

I'm Interested In The Dark Side Of Man. I'm Interested In Taboos, And Murder Is The Greatest Taboo. Characters Are Fascinating In Their Extremity, Not In Their Happiness.