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Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:56:36 -0400

I sort of understand ‘clean’ to mean no sex, but I understand some people have far higher standards. Standards which I do not always agree with. For example, some ‘crude’ words are cultural.
British people like me don’t consider the ‘b’ word (the one that rhymes with ‘study’) to be especially offensive, and yet I understand it would not make it…[Read more]

In reply to - Josiah DeGraaf wrote a new post Dear Christian Novelists: Cleanness Is Not Next to Godliness “Is he quite safe?” “Safe? Who said anything about safe? Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I […]

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Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:56:20 -0400

Very good and useful article. I also don’t think we can escape the darkness of the world and there are times when Christian Fiction seems too sanitized. Some people think that the International Christian/Inspy market is too Liberal/Lax in its standards for allowing things like milder cuss words.
There are some words that just aren’t that…[Read more]

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Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:56:12 -0400

This is great advice, especially the part about reading books set during the period you are researching/writing about.

I’m a bit of an oddball, in that I have read more Medieval Literature than Classics. By Medieval Literature I don’t mean modern novels set in the Middle Ages, I mean actual Literature written at the time.
I think a lot of…[Read more]

In reply to - Faith Blum wrote a new post When I think about researching the time period my book is set in, I cringe. How do I write it without becoming overwhelmed and giving up? The amount of books to study (or lack […]