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Click here to read previous articles by La Shawn BarberMe and my blog. Oh boy. As I've mentioned a few times, I'm writing a novel in the paranormal and Christian genres. I started a year ago, and I'm presently rewriting/revising it. I hope to have it agent-ready by my birthday, May 5. Will I make it? I've invested a year writing this story. I'm determined to try.

Every day, whether I'm working on it or not, I discover ways to make the story better, deeper. In the process, I've learned tension- and suspense-building techniques, the qualities that keep the reader turning the pages, without being over the top. These things must arise organically from the story you're trying to tell. So much to learn. I think my idea is good, but the execution? TBD.

If you're an LBC reader also working on a novel, or you've completed one, I'd love to hear from you. No one in my offline life is writing a novel, and I've yet to join a writers group. It would be nice to "know" others also aspiring to be published novelists.

(Questions for writers who've completed at least two drafts of their work-in-progress: Are you a member of a writers group? Or do you go the critique partner route?)

In the meantime, I've become a contributor to The Bible Answer Man Hank Hanegraaff's Christian Research Journal. My article on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, theologically speaking, is the cover story for the February/March 2010 issue. Quite an honor. I've never written a cover story before. Two more articles are forthcoming.

I miss football season. Over and out.

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