The Story is — must be — enough. I am a fangirl of old. I don’t just like stories; I…
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Finding Lucy
This year is about returning to WONDER. Among the several movies the Hubs and I watched during Christmastide was the…
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Put On Your Big-Girl Pants
During my semester abroad at Oxford, my closest friends were guys. This was super fun, but also led to some…
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A (Positive) Rant
I hate to begin 2021 with a rant, but it will end on a positive note. (I promise.) In November,…
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Let’s Talk MORE About Writing
Let’s talk MORE about writing, friends. I recently read a chapter entitled “Faith and Fiction” from Frederick Buechner’s Secrets in…
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Why I Write Fantasy, Part 2 – Believing With Alice
My last post was a study in romance. I examined that deep surge of feeling I experience at the end…
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Brad and Harry: A Study in Fantasy
I have recently begun my fourth readthru of the Harry Potter books. This readthru began as a “rest” strategy –…
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The Thunderclap Series #12: Tolkien
Tolkien: the Thunderclap to end all thunderclaps. I saved Tolkien for the last “Thunderclap” post (in this round; I may…
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The Thunderclap Series #10: Harry
Oh, Harry. So much muchness. It took me a while to get on the Harry Potter train. There were a…
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