Posted by Laura on November 21st, 2008 at 11:23am
After meeting Cecil “Cec” Murphey at a writers’ conference several years ago, we knew we’d instantly made a friend for life. Cec has that effect on people.
A prolific writer, mentor, and all-around good guy, Cec will be keynoting at the upcoming Florida Christian Writers’ Conference (Feb 26-March 1, 2009).
Whether you’re an aspiring writer, an [...]
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Posted by Laura on July 30th, 2008 at 6:00am
“You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.” Annie Dillard
I didn’t want to hurtle toward the ground face first from 191 feet up, strapped into a roller coaster called Aftershock. The problem was, I did.
As I stood staring up at the two towers of the [...]
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Posted by Laura on April 25th, 2008 at 5:00am
“My friend’s brother is in the newspaper—he’s even on the front page!”
My 15-year-old son handed me the paper. Sure enough, splashed right beneath the Sunday paper’s masthead, in full color, was a photo of the kid, with the headline, “12-year-old a Business Success.”
I turned to the “Money” section, where the story of Daniel Franklin, [...]
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