Perelandra College

01/03/2023

" . . . college has more to offer than job training. You’re a worker for only part of your life." Consider Perelandra College.

Students must be willing to learn.

03/06/2022

I was finishing draft five or six of a novel and wondering how many times more I would go through and make changes, when I realized I had best give it up or I might still be working on it when death does us part. Raymond Carver commented that we know we should quit working on a story when we find ourselves going back and inserting the commas we removed last go through....

I was finishing draft five or six of a novel and wondering how many times more I would go through and make changes, when I realized I had best give it up or I might still be working on it when deat…

03/06/2022

An Artist? "We are God's art, created in Christ Jesus to do works of beauty, which God has prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:10 "So God created mankind in his own image… male and female…" Genesis 1:27. We are made in the image of the master artist, the creator of all creation, to create works of beauty....

An Artist? “We are God’s art, created in Christ Jesus to do works of beauty, which God has prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 “So God created mankind in his o…

03/06/2022

Okay, We're Ransomed, Now What?

We Christ followers believe we were ransomed, bought out of imprisonment, and granted freedom. So what does this mean to us writers (and by extension to every believer)? I suspect the answer depend…

03/06/2022

My dad loved Christmas. He even raised poinsettias. I believe they were the only plants he ever raised. Whatever time he could squeeze during the season, he drove us around to wonder at vistas of lights, and to buy a thick and symmetrical tree. The presents he gave us were always thoughtful. Then he died, late one Christmas night long ago....

My dad loved Christmas. He even raised poinsettias. I believe they were the only plants he ever raised. Whatever time he could squeeze during the season, he drove us around to wonder at vistas of l…

03/06/2022

In another post, I suggested that Isaiah, in chapter 61, while prophesying the ministry of Jesus, may have also offered career advice to us writers. Suppose he did, and suppose a writer who decides to follow the prophet's advice chooses to start with the assignment "proclaim the good news to the poor." Now the writer may ask, "What exactly does this mean to me?"...

In another post, I suggested that Isaiah, in chapter 61, while prophesying the ministry of Jesus, may have also offered career advice to us writers. Suppose he did, and suppose a writer who decides…

11/08/2021

The latest from Rats iyn th Ivory Tower
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The Customer is Always What?

12/02/2020

The End. You want more, get the book. https://www.hickeybooks.com/books/spirit/

11/22/2020

(San Diego, Mount Shasta, Denver, Tijuana, 1942) A gifted jazz singer leaves her job at a Tom Hickey's San Diego nightclub to avenge the sexual crimes of a spiritualist guru. To save her from throwing away her future, Tom risks losing his business as well as his wife and daughter.

11/22/2020

You don't want to be seen as ridiculous. The for heaven's sake, don't be a writer.