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    Transparency keeps it real!
    Shira Garnett, Admin
    • Nov 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Transparency keeps it real!

    Transparent stories help others to relate to real life experiences.
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    Where Do Our (Fictional) Characters Come From?
    Glynn Young
    • Oct 10, 2018
    • 3 min

    Where Do Our (Fictional) Characters Come From?

    My wife has said, more than once, that the main character in my Dancing Priest novels is an idealized version of me. The first time she...
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    Have You Tried Writing by Hand?
    Glynn Young
    • Jun 25, 2018
    • 3 min

    Have You Tried Writing by Hand?

    In the summer between my freshman and sophomore years in college, I taught myself to type, and for a very good reason. I was starting my...
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    Writing: Follow Your Passion?
    Glynn Young
    • Jun 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    Writing: Follow Your Passion?

    We see a lot of advice these days about following your passion. Determine what your passion is, pursue it, and you will find happiness....
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    Inspired by a Horror: Because It Matters
    Glynn Young
    • Jun 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    Inspired by a Horror: Because It Matters

    Grant’s Trail, a biking-walking-jogging-rollerblading trail in St. Louis some 10 miles long, begins about a mile-and-a-half from my house...
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    Why Publish? Why Write?
    Glynn Young
    • Jun 5, 2018
    • 3 min

    Why Publish? Why Write?

    My head’s swirling. I’m editing, rewriting, drafting, doing other projects, maintaining a rather hectic if not torrid pace when I’m...
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    He Wants to See You. Now.
    Glynn Young
    • May 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    He Wants to See You. Now.

    The phone rang. Focused on the words on my computer screen, I absentmindedly picked up the phone. “He wants to see you.” “Now?” I asked....
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    The Story of the Second Chance
    Glynn Young
    • May 16, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Story of the Second Chance

    I was raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran, courtesy of my mother. I was raised with a strong Protestant work ethic, courtesy of my father...
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    The Gospel According to Stephen King
    Glynn Young
    • May 8, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Gospel According to Stephen King

    Three or four times a day, I receive email notices of conversations on discussion boards and Facebook groups, usually about Christian...
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    Making the Time for Writing – and Honoring It
    Glynn Young
    • May 1, 2018
    • 3 min

    Making the Time for Writing – and Honoring It

    In On Being a Writer: 12 Simple Habits for a Writing Life That Lasts, Ann Kroeker and Charity Craig ask this question: To what extant...
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    I Know My Platform Holds at Least 2 or 3 People
    Glynn Young
    • Apr 24, 2018
    • 3 min

    I Know My Platform Holds at Least 2 or 3 People

    The year 2013 was not the easiest for me or my family. My mother had to be moved from her home of 58 years to a retirement home, which...
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    On the Power of Noticing
    Glynn Young
    • Apr 16, 2018
    • 3 min

    On the Power of Noticing

    One very vivid memory I have from when I was five years old is from kindergarten. During recess in the front yard of the church which...
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