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Christian Poets and Writers
Christian Poets and Writers is an online literary community inspiring and educating today's and tomorrow's poets, writers, and speakers.
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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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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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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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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Glynn Young
- Jun 4, 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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Glynn Young
- May 28, 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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Glynn Young
- May 15, 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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Glynn Young
- May 7, 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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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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Glynn Young
- Apr 23, 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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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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Glynn Young
- Apr 9, 2018
- 3 min
The Right Reason
I was at a writer’s conference, carrying with me my selection of a work in progress like hundreds of others, scheduled for a meeting with...
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Glynn Young
- Apr 2, 2018
- 3 min
Writing and Publishing
I started reading a novel recently where what mattered to the writer most was being published. I stopped after four chapters. The writing...
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Glynn Young
- Mar 26, 2018
- 2 min
The Writer at Rest
I’ve invented a word: “misculturalized.” It describes being born, raised and living in one culture when you’re probably better adapted to...
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Glynn Young
- Mar 20, 2018
- 2 min
Writing: Is It Themes or Story?
In 2013, a study by three researchers at the University of Toronto suggested that people who read literary fiction are more comfortable...
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Glynn Young
- Feb 19, 2018
- 3 min
Can Fiction Predict the Future?
The comment came in a tweet: “Finished my reread of A Light Shining last night. I found the section ‘The Violence’ to be remarkably...
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Shira Garnett
- Feb 18, 2018
- 1 min
The Second Annual "SoCal Writers' Conference"
Are you a writer looking for the tools needed to pursue your craft? Would you like to learn more about the publishing industry and...
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Glynn Young
- Feb 5, 2018
- 3 min
Writing: What I Learned from a Gargoyle
I was attending a two-day writers’ conference. I didn’t know a soul. I hadn’t heard of any of the speakers, the writers, the agents or...
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Glynn Young
- Jan 29, 2018
- 3 min
Finding the Emotion in Our Stories
An email arrives from the other side of the world. “I finished reading Dancing King this afternoon. Well done, Glynn, I feel it’s the...
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