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Guest Blogger Mary Lou Cheatham and MoGo7000

maryloucheathamheadhotToday is the fifth Tuesday, which means we have a guest blogger! Thanks to Mary Lou Cheatham for sharing her thoughts with us today.

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Author and Book Give-Away with Julie Papievis

juliepheadshotOn May 10, 1993 Julie Papievis’ life was changed forever because someone ran a red light. In the horrendous car accident, she suffered a severe brain stem injury and medically died, rating a 3 on the Glascow Coma Scale, the lowest number possible. According to medical experts, 96% of the people with such a severe injury either die or remain permanently comatose. The few who survive typically face a non-functional life.

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Grant Skellenger on Screenwriting & Filmmaking and Writing Opps

grantskellengerheadshotI just returned from the Gideon Media Arts Conference and Film Festival–a wonderful week of learning about filmmaking, acting, screenwriting, music videos, graphic novels (a genre, not a judgment), and just about anything else you can think of related to media arts.

Many of you know about my love of acting, but only a few know that I’m working on a screenplay, an entirely new area of writing for me. And since some of you might be interested in learning about it too, I thought it’d be good for all of us to hear from someone who’s actually completed a movie script that ended up on the big screen. So please join me in welcoming screenwriter, filmmaker, novelist, and new friend, Grant Skellenger.

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Plot Points with Indiana Jones by Pepper Basham

pepperbashamheadshotLast week Pepper Basham wrote a blog post about plotting over at her group blog, The Writers Alley. Since I’m at the Gideon Media Arts Conference and Film Festival this week, this is a good time to focus on movies and plotting. Thank you for sharing it with us here at the Christian Writer’s Den, Pepper!

Plot Points with Indiana Jones by Pepper Basham

Okay, so put on your brown Fedora, pick up your whip, don your best sarcasm, and watch out for snakes, because we’re going to look at Plotting Tips from Indiana Jones.

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I Spy the Truth

littlegirlwithmagnifyingglassistock811Several years ago, my granddaughter, Ellie, and I were passing the time on a family road trip by playing one of our favorite travel games, I Spy. It was Ellie’s turn and she had me searching high and low for something purple, our favorite color. It wasn’t the beach towel, the flower on her shirt, or her purple nail polish. I had a good view of the entire van from my back seat location, but it wasn’t helping. What else could it possibly be?

“You’ll never guess this one,” the seven-year-old announced. That was all I needed to hear. Zooming down the highway at 70 miles per hour, my competitive streak went into overdrive.

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