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NEW ~ 8.29.05 ~ Book analysis of Joel C. Rosenberg's The Ezekiel Option added to Why Books Work • click here

NEW ~ 8.26.05 ~ Post "Everything but the Kitchen Sink" with example from Diary of a Mad Black Woman added to Blog • click here

NEW ~ 8.24.05 ~ Post "The Devil's Devil" with examples from Diary of a Mad Black Woman added to Blog • click here

8.22.05 ~ Post "Antagonists and Villains as Mentors" with examples from Star Wars and Sleepless in Seattle added to Blog • click here

8.19.05 ~ Post "The Benefits of Mentor Characters" with example from Diary of a Mad Black Woman added to Blog • click here

8.17.05 ~ Post "The Mentor as a Character" added to Blog • click here

8.15.05 ~ Movie analysis of Diary of a Mad Black Woman added to Why Movies Work • click here


New Book

"A Voice in the Darkness", a short story by Mary Lynn Mercer, is in Then Along Came an Angel: Messengers of Deliverance. It is the first anthology of true angel intervention stories by authors all over the world who recognize the circumstances as the hand of God at work. Life changing stories include accounts of an abducted child miraculously returned, a van of youth pulled from crashing over a cliff by an unseen hand, thwarted suicide attempts, helpers who changed lives and then disappeared, victims saved from serious injury, and more.

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Then Along Came An Angel

Quick Tip

Topic: Formatting

Begin new chapters halfway the page. Indent the first line of all new paragraphs 1/2". Avoid line breaks between paragraphs, except where indicating a break between actual scenes.

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