Grammar Girl – Personal Trainer for the Creative Writer

I can’t say that I am a good writer. I wish I was, and I pay close attention to the rules of grammar I understand so that I apply them. I want my writing to be clear and understandable for everyone. If my readers have to translate what I write into better english, then I’m failing as a blogger and aspiring author. Continue reading

The Arts Have Purpose

Does all art have a purpose?

Does all art have a purpose?

You can’t make art up for the sake of being art that doesn’t have a meaning to the art you create. Many intelligent and prolific artisans think you can, but if you examine the examples around you you’ll find man is a lier if he believes he can create anything without a purpose. Whether you are a student of the arts, a hobbyist, or a professional designer of some sort, you make your piece of art for a specific audience with the express purpose of some message — even if the message is as sad and contradictory as “this piece of art has no message.” Even if you don’t take your art seriously, you’re at least creating it to humor one’s self (this is a purpose also). Continue reading

Reading is the Best Practice for the Creative Writer

I have wanted to be a writer since I was twelve. I had a obsession with the movie It’s a Wonderful Life. I couldn’t get enough of Jimmy Stewart’s role of George Bailey, and I so wished there was a novel adaptation of the movie so I could delve deeper into the world of Bedford Falls. Since there was none, I wrote my own adaption.
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Churching on the Internet

The New Testament is primarily where I like to get what I believe the Church is meant do. The Church has specific functions and jurisdictions. For example, biblically, the Church is not lawfully permitted to supersede the authority within families. Likewise, it is not permitted to supersede to authority of civil government. Continue reading