Villains: “Rescue me from evil men; protect me from men of violence, who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day. They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s the poison of vipers is on their lips. … I love David. (This is from Psalm 140). He calls it like he sees it – “stir up war” and “poison of vipers” “Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet. Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.” What are Villains? I believe a villain is anyone or anything […]
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Just when you think they’re not learning anything from Television…
Hey all! It’s going to be a sparse week at MBT – Rachel and I are in Florida, ducking the rainstorms, talking about writing, brainstorming stories…we’ll be posting some pics as the week goes on! In the meantime, my daughter was home this past week from working at camp, and she feasted on Lois and Clark, the second season. I’d come downstairs from my office and discover her at three in the afternoon, in her bathroom and Superman pants, digging through the fridge. She’d swoon and say, Oh, Clark is sooooo cute. I thought — hey, this isn’t a super productive way to spend your summer… until she sent me this devotional she wrote before she left again for camp. She’s 16, but I like the way she thinks. Here […]
Read the RestThe God of Romance
MyBookTherapy is entering a fun writing phase – talking about romance! Now, lest you groan, all stories have romance – at some level. You can’t get away from it. We’re going to look at the romantic journey, discovering the soul mate, the arch of the romantic plot. Even if romance or a relationship is a sub plot, you’ll need to make sure it’s viable enough to capture the reader. I’m a big fan of the biblical book, Song of Solomon, because it depicts God’s heart toward the believer. Yes, a man wrote the poetic prose, but I spent several years unearthing the symbolism and metaphorical language of this great book and came away with this conclusion: Jesus is in love with His Bride. You and me. We’ve so perverted romance […]
Read the RestGrappling with the uglies
Dear Susan, “Wow you’ve done it again! That book was fantastic. You have a way of developing believable characters that suck you into the story as if you where there. I don’t know why or how, but your books have stirred in me a new sense of faith. Your messages have hit home and I am seeking my place with God, and how I fit into the picture in his eyes.” I love those kind of letters! People often ask me what I write – my answer (because I’m all over the place in genre!) is – I write Novels with a Christian World View. But inside, I’m really wanting to say – I write 4 dimensional stories. I believe that with Christian fiction, because it deals with not only […]
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