Just how forgiving are you of how others behave? Do you stop and think that they might just have a reason for acting the way they do? Or are you a person who believes that if someone does something immoral, they should be punished no matter what the circumstances? Father Ray’s life is thrown into…
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Easter, Fiction Writing, Holidays, Phobias, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Easter and Leporiphobia, the Fear of the Easter Bunny
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• •Each Easter, store owners make lots of money from selling candy, Easter baskets, stuffed rabbits, chocolate rabbits, and other things aimed at the Easter holiday. Have you ever stopped to wonder where the cute little Easter bunny came from? Did he just magically appear one day? Leporiphobia is a fear of rabbits. It’s hard for…
Collective Nouns, Easter, Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
A Colony of Rabbits
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• •How civilized is a colony of rabbits? Would a flick of rabbits make their home inside the colony? Have you protected your garden against a drove of rabbits? Or has a trip of rabbits been able to sneak through your traps to devour all of your vegetables? Random Facts About Rabbits Rabbit families consist of…
Book Reviews, Memoirs, New Words Learned, Words
The Blessing of Movement – a Review
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• •Fiction Writing, Phobias, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Anablephobia and Other Phobias
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• •Even though some phobias may appear unreasonable or silly to those who don’t have any, they are no laughing matter. When someone encounters something he has an excessive fear of, he experiences the following: rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, trembling, anxiety, panic, terror, and/or dread. Phobias are a like a treasure chest full of gold…
Confusing Words, Fiction Writing, Words
Confusing Words from Elementary to Emend
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• •If something is delightful, is it elision or Elysian? When a murderer is unable to be captured by the police, does he allude or elude them? Is a false sense of reality an elusion, allusion, or illusion? elementary, alimentary If something is described as elementary, then it is simple. The solution to the mystery of the disappearing…
Book Reviews, Christian Books, New Words Learned, Nonfiction
The Miracle Ship – a Review
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• •In this world we live in, so many things can go wrong. Life would be so much easier if we knew for sure that God was real, that miracles really do happen. If you have ever wondered about this, if the wrongdoings by so-called “faith healers” and televangelists have left you faithless, The Miracle Ship…
Fiction Writing, Grammar & Punctuation, Writing
Comma Splices
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• •Fiction Writing, Holidays, Saint Patrick's Day & Other March Articles, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Dr. Seuss Day & Other Bizarre Holidays
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• •Do you prefer to write mysteries or romances, thrillers or fantasies, science fiction or historical fiction? Whatever genre you prefer to write in, I’m sure you can find a way to include one of the bizarre holidays that occur in March in your story. It will add a bit of something different to your story.…
Book Reviews, Fairy Tales / Folk Tales, Fiction Writing, Saint Patrick's Day & Other March Articles
Favorite Irish Folk Tales – a Review
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• •Seumas MacManus retells fifteen marvelous Irish folk tales that are full of adventure. The similarities between many of these folk tales and a lot of the fairy tales I was already familiar with astounded me. These tales have not been watered down any, so some of them are violent and bloody. A lot of these tales…