en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/814318 Comments by mikedellosso http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/did-lifeway-get-the-blind-side/#IDComment397808393 Great post, Tim, and lots of good stuff to chew on. Christian bookstores are hurting enough as it is without making senseless decisions like this. Your questions is well-put and one I ask myself daily . . . about the church, our nation, and at times, myself. The only explanation here is that someone just made a bad decision. It happens. Sun, 8 Jul 2012 10:04:03 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/did-lifeway-get-the-blind-side/#IDComment397808393 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/on-lord-byron-vampires-and-big-headed-writers/#IDComment280199439 Great post, Tim. I've often said that oft-repeated quote, "I write because I can't NOT write," did not apply to me. I love writing but I could not do it. Easily. Getting up at 4:30 am and sludging through stories is something I choose to do because I enjoy doing it, it gives me an outlet, and it helps pay the bills, but I've often (lately more than at other times) dreamed of just being able to sleep in and not have to be tormented by deadlines and sales numbers and pressure from readers and reviewers. And like Athol, I too have recently dropped writing a column about the writing life for our local newspaper because I simply ran out of things to say. Thanks for being bold enough to write this. For us who write, writing is important and many of us feel it's a calling . . . but it isn't life or death stuff. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:39:06 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/on-lord-byron-vampires-and-big-headed-writers/#IDComment280199439 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/the-f-pattern-why-people-dont-read-web-sites/#IDComment268942272 Great article, Tim. Thanks for the freebie! Lots to learn here. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:55:46 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/the-f-pattern-why-people-dont-read-web-sites/#IDComment268942272 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/happy-birthday-soldier/#IDComment251463898 Happy birthday, Josh! Thank you for your service, and Tim, thank you for keeping Josh and all our heroes in the forefront of our mind. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:08:12 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/happy-birthday-soldier/#IDComment251463898 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/no-plot-big-problem/#IDComment243751035 I don't know about the plotting but I know he still uses a way-outdated word precessor and can't type. He uses the index finger two-step to dance across the keyboard. Amazing how he is so prolific. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:37:32 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/no-plot-big-problem/#IDComment243751035 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/no-plot-big-problem/#IDComment243731403 I'm with you, too, Tim. I don't plot on paper but have a very general outline in my head before starting, then as I write I'm constantly plotting in my mind what will come next, running through different scenarios and testing where they will go and if it will make sense. Sometimes it works, sometimes . . . well, it ends very badly for a character in the story (when in doubt, kill someone). I consider myself a SOTPBPAIG (Seat Of The Pants But Plot As I Go) writer. Great post. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:14:14 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/no-plot-big-problem/#IDComment243731403 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/will-the-real-villain-stand-up/#IDComment225637719 Great post, Tim. In my own novels I try to create villains who are well-rounded, three-dimensional people. They have a past that has scarred them in some way, they wrestle with who they have become, with the evil that resides in them, and they all are redeemable on some level. Evil is real, yes, and I don't think we should shy away from it. Villains give us the ideal canvas to paint a picture of how terribly evil can corrupt if one gives in to it. But at the same time I want the reader to feel the villain's plight, to maybe even sympathize with him. Because in the end we're all made in God's image (though that image has been flawed) and all capable of acts of terror or acts of mercy. As the saying goes, "We all have a little Eichmann in us." Every time I write a villain I say to myself, "But for the grace of God, there go I." I hope the reader has the same response. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:40:27 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/will-the-real-villain-stand-up/#IDComment225637719 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/the-common-denominators-of-life/#IDComment221912015 But I'm still not sure I'd call that "Christian fiction." Christian has to do with Christ, either him particularly or a life lived for or through him, or empowered by him. Jews and Muslims both agree man is made in God's image. I wouldn't call a Muslim story "Christian fiction" just because it points a reader to God. But I digress and don't mean to steer this conversation into those murky waters of "What is Christian fiction?" That issue's been beat to death already too many times over. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:19:26 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/the-common-denominators-of-life/#IDComment221912015 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/the-common-denominators-of-life/#IDComment221881603 Great post, Tim. Could it be said then that, since man is created in the image of God, whether we write explicitly "Christian" stories or not, if we explore the human soul and expose the basic realities of life every man and woman struggles with, if we show humanity in its barest forms, unmasked, the real deal, that we are, in fact, pointing readers to God. Hmm. Something worthy of pondering further. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:11:04 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/Fiction/the-common-denominators-of-life/#IDComment221881603 http://www.ginaconroy.com/ginablog/wordpress/2011/06/01/darkness-follows/#IDComment158488534 Gina, thanks for your thoughts. I appreciate all the support you've been since day one! Thu, 2 Jun 2011 10:46:27 +0000 http://www.ginaconroy.com/ginablog/wordpress/2011/06/01/darkness-follows/#IDComment158488534 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?p=639#IDComment70040796 Aw, Jill, you can do it. I know you can :) Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:01:37 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?p=639#IDComment70040796 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69242836 Was it in stock at BAM? If not, you can always ask them to order it. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:44:57 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69242836 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69242391 Movies sound great. Anybody know a producer that might be interested? :) Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:43:25 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69242391 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69242150 Thanks, Lisa. Hope you enjoy Darlington Woods too! Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:42:36 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69242150 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69241951 I don't know if my kids would call me cool, Brian, but I'm someone thinks so :) Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:41:53 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69241951 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69241627 Yes, you must read them. This is your commander, you must read them. You must. ^_^ Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:41:00 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69241627 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69241401 Amy, if you love suspense and mystery I hope you'll enjoy my books. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:40:03 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69241401 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69241087 Hey, Becky, hope to see you at the signing in May! Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:38:57 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69241087 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69240843 Thanks for the encouraging comment, Ben! Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:38:16 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69240843 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69240620 Aaron, yes, God has blessed in ways I never expected! Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:37:38 +0000 http://www.tegeorge.com/unveiled/?page_id=636#IDComment69240620