An Egyptian Rapunzel: Were Both Joseph & Asenath Held Captive?

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Fact or Fiction: Joseph’s wife Asenath was held captive in a tower before she married Joseph? Well, I counted it as sort of both. An ancient Jewish novel, written sometime between 200 B.C. and 200 A.D., tells the story of Joseph and Asenath. It was reworked a few centuries later as ancient Christian fiction! Fascinating, huh, to think that “biblical …

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The Fallout of Betrayal: Part III – Judah’s Redemption

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Have you ever wanted to run away from home? When I was little—maybe five or six—I had a friend over to play and I remember feeling like my mom liked her better than she liked me. The sting of betrayal was sharp, and I somehow talked myself into believing my family wouldn’t miss me if I ran away. I packed …

The Fallout of Betrayal: Part II – Silencing Despair

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Despair–it’s an awful thing, isn’t it? When we’re eight months old, it can be satisfied with a bottle of warm milk. When we’re eight, eighteen, eighty years old–or any age in between–it’s gonna take more than warm milk to stem the emotional tide of despair. Where We’ve Been… In last week’s blog post, we talked about the possibility of Terah’s …

October Polling Reports and Calendar Cuts

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Beginning in October, we’re hitting on all cylinders for my favorite season of the year–FALL! In both my newsletter featured articles and blog posts I’ll begin sharing more of the spiritual impact and behind-the-scenes writing information about my May 2023 release, In Feast or Famine (my Amazon affiliate link). Last month I offered surveys in both my blog and newsletter asking what interests you about: research, …

Why Write or Read Biblical Fiction?

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I’m often asked why I write in the biblical fiction genre. I usually laugh and explain that I only write fiction to support my research habit. A core question remains, however, for those who love Scripture: Why does anyone need to write OR read biblical FICTION when the Bible already tells the TRUTH of God’s eternal story? It’s a valid …

Author Life–the Good, the Hard, the Glorious!

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In 1999, I was determined to turn a Bible study on Song of Solomon into a hybrid novel/study and take the publishing industry by storm. It didn’t matter that I knew nothing about publishing, writing (fiction or non-fiction), and had no idea what a published author actually DID–besides write. So I bought a book to teach me: You Can Write a …