April 29, 2011 Leave a Comment

A Hideous Beauty – Cavanaugh

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Jack reads selected passages
from his favorite books

Unscripted. Unrehearsed. Unedited. 


TODAY’S READING 

Kingdom Wars: A Hideous Beauty, Jack Cavanaugh, 2007. 

 

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 If you’re not having fun while writing a novel, you’re doing something wrong. Jack reads from two scenes he had fun writing.

 

TODAY IN FROM MY LIBRARY:

Two scenes: When Grant Austin returns to his old high school, he is surprised when all his adolescent insecurities come flooding back. Later, in a hotel room, Grant is spooked by a strange coincidence of television programming.

 

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April 27, 2011 Leave a Comment

Let’s Hear It For Rhetoric – Smith

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Jack reads selected passages
from his favorite books

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TODAY’S READING 

“Let’s Hear It For Rhetoric”, Wen Smith, 1996. 

 

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John F. Kennedy said of Winston Churchill: “In the dark days and darker nights when Britain stood alone . . . he mobilized the English language and sent it into battle. The incandescent quality of his words illuminated the courage of his countrymen.” — The Power of Eloquence, Montalbo, 18.

 

TODAY IN FROM MY LIBRARY:

A challenge to speakers and writers to polish their writing until it sings.

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April 25, 2011 Leave a Comment

The Stand – King

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Jack reads selected passages
from his favorite books

Unscripted. Unrehearsed. Unedited. 


TODAY’S READING  

The Stand, Stephen King, 1978. 

 

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You’re not reading his books, you’re living them. It’s a good writer who can make you feel he’s sharing his experiences with you, but it’s a genius who can make you feel that you are sharing your life with him . . . . You feel so comfortable in Steve’s world that you feel as if the author has become the person who is listening. Somewhere along the line, you begin to feel you’re the tale. — Reviewer

 

TODAY IN FROM MY LIBRARY:

These opening paragraphs from King’s epic post-apocalyptic tale is a great example of verisimilitude, an essential tool for every novelist.

 

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April 20, 2011 Leave a Comment

The Red Fairy Book – Lang

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Jack reads selected passages
from his favorite books

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TODAY’S READING  

The Red Fairy Book, Andrew Lang, ed, 1890. 

 

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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” — C. S. Lewis

 

TODAY IN FROM MY LIBRARY:

“The Twelve Dancing Princesses” — Once upon a time there lived in the village, a little cow boy . . . .

 

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April 18, 2011 Leave a Comment

Postmarked Heaven – Cavanaugh

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Jack reads selected passages
from his favorite books

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TODAY’S READING 

Postmarked Heaven, Jack Cavanaugh, 2002. 


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Behold now the kingdom, see with new eyes! — John Michael Talbot, Terry Talbot

 

TODAY IN FROM MY LIBRARY:

A deceased Hollywood screenwriter describes the out-of-placeness he felt while living on earth. He didn’t know it at the time, but he was longing for a heavenly home.

 

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