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Dear Grateful4God, your thoughts on forgiveness were very helpful to read. Your analogy is excellent, and one I had never seen before. You're quite right. Forgiving a debt doesn't mean extending credit for the future, and forgiving an abuser doesn't mean acting like it never happened. I'm so...

You're very welcome--and thank you for the gracious and uplifting reply. I said special prayers for you. Many blessings!

Michael, I'm currently reading a book that addresses the very questions you raised. It's called You Were Meant for More, by Jim Cymbala. The premise is that some of us who have experienced a great deliverance--similar to God leading the Israelites out of Egypt--may feel as if we haven't quite...

Hi, lovesparrow. I survived an abusive marriage, and I have PTSD. It's getting better with time, but from what I've experienced personally, I would say there is no quick fix. What I've found most helpful is to pray each day, ask God for healing, and accept the fact that in most cases it doesn't...

Thank you for sharing your reflections upon such an inconceivable (to me) tragedy. Prayers for you and your wife, and all those dealing with this immeasurable loss. Self-centeredness does seem to be the sin of this age. Each generation has its particular pitfall, and the practice of elevating...

You're very welcome. All the best to you, too.

This is obviously not a very active site. It used to be; evidently a lot of participants drifted away. Anyway, on one of the other sites I belong to, there is a term for people who are not regulars, but who drop in with the name of their blog, etc.: blog pimps. They are frowned on because they...

bleedingheart, Stephen King is an interesting case. I'd heard he wrote some 'Christian' oriented stories, so I finally looked into it. His quotes on the subject are pretty interesting [he says he portrays a 'dark Christianity', which certainly comes through in what I've seen]. Here are some...

Sounds like a great lecture! I enjoyed meeting you. Please let me know how the novel and the screenplay go. If my novel is accepted, I'll be sure to let you know that too. :) Blessings to you and yours.

Pacino is one of the greats. Yes, I love the message. Remember the part where Pacino says he always knew the right thing to do, but did the easy thing instead. [I'm paraphrasing.] I think that was a few beats before he delivered his show stopper: 'I'm just gettin' started!' The TV version of...

Thanks for the thumbs up on the title. I can take no credit for it--my fabulous, wonderful beta reader gave it to me as a special gift. It's immeasurably better than my previous title, and you can believe if the working title ends up being the ultimate title [chances, very slim] she will get...

I REALLY like the title 'Fourteen Days'! If I saw it on a shelf [or on a marquee] I would be extremely curious, and want to know more about it. :thumbsup:

Wow--great minds think alike! My MC also goes through the motions of church, but she's only there in hopes of meeting single men. It sounds like a very rough thing you went through, but I can imagine it translating into a powerful film. May I ask if you have a working title? My title is Willing...

Thanks for your input. Also, since you asked the question, I went to my favorite search engine and discovered that this agent does occasionally sell outside the CBA. This particular story wouldn't be a candidate for it, though, because the conversion is outside the span of secular interest...

I wanted to add that it's exciting to hear about your screenplay. I can't imagine the type of talent it takes to write one of those. Whatever it is, I don't have it. Do you have a hook for your screenplay? If so, what is it?

Lol! I don't mind. The MC is a very lonely 29 yo woman desperate to get married, and possessed of a very shaky commitment to chastity. [She becomes a Christian later.] When her good friend's uber-hunky husband puts the moves on her, she makes up her mind to cross the Rubicon. At exactly the...

I don't think it's explicit in any real sense of the word. It's a situation where a man is trying to get a woman to go to bed with him. At the last minute he fails for a very non-conventional reason. I tried to make it as tasteful as possible. I think it can squeak past, or if not, and the agent...

Yes; CBA only.

The Christian Booksellers Association is the power behind throne. If you don't care whether the CBA will carry your book or not, you have far more latitude.

Every writer has to decide what market and genre, etc., suits them best. For some the secular market is obviously the best, since they don't want restrictions on their content. I am stuck writing for the Christian market because my novels have obvious Christian content. As such, I have to go...