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Year: 2013

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What We Talk About When We Talk About God by Rob Bell

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

For those open to it, I think Bell offers some fresh ways of talking about the way we see the world and what we think we know. And about how the way we see God ...

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More than just books? CM as just another WordPress blog …

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I am contemplating expanding CM beyond just books to more of a general purpose blog with a wider range of content (sports, current events, personal musings, etc...

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Michael Hauge's Six Stage Plot Structure

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

This Infographic/Poster explains Michael Hauge's Six Stage Plot Structure for screenwriting but how applicable is it to novels and/or storytelling in general? ...

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The Standard of Literature – Gatekeepers or Critics?

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Dan Green has an interesting post up at The Reading Experience on The Standard of Literature. Responding to a piece by Alison Walsh on Why writers still need ga...

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Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Six-Gun Snow White seemed like the perfect book for me: From New York Times bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente comes a brilliant reinvention of one the be...

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The goal of art is something grand—a glimpse of living mystery.

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Walter Pater famously said that all art continually aspires to the condition of music. Not arranged pieces inside a box—though that might well be what the work ...

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