Thinking about stuff, again
I contemplated posting prose on this site.
Just a bit of it.
But I don't think I will.
I picked up "Piercing the Darkness" again this afternoon; BIG MISTAKE.
I've already read it through twice, and every time I see it I pick it up and either consume select pages with my eyes, or I rant about it to the nearest moving object. It is a book that I could never hold a candle to in craftiness.
And the competition on the new Writers' Forum is leaving me sad. If anyone feels so inclined (and if you are a nice, un-spamlike godly gentle-human), sign up, read the stories, and vote.
Something of mine is included anonymously someplace therein.
You can't vote unless you sign up, but you can read.
Just a bit of it.
But I don't think I will.
I picked up "Piercing the Darkness" again this afternoon; BIG MISTAKE.
I've already read it through twice, and every time I see it I pick it up and either consume select pages with my eyes, or I rant about it to the nearest moving object. It is a book that I could never hold a candle to in craftiness.
And the competition on the new Writers' Forum is leaving me sad. If anyone feels so inclined (and if you are a nice, un-spamlike godly gentle-human), sign up, read the stories, and vote.
Something of mine is included anonymously someplace therein.
You can't vote unless you sign up, but you can read.
posted by Florence at 7:34 PM
13 comments:
you are writing prose flo.
shut up.
Ahahahaha! Someone shares my passion for that book! I'm glad u enjoy "Piercing the Darkness," Flo!
I'm also glad I gave that novel to Elaina (yes, I officially give it to u, now), as I can't seem to control my time whenever I've picked it up to skim. It was, "either read it on ur Restnite, or don't read it at all," b/c I'd inevitably stay up till 3 in the morning reading it (not as fast a reader as Elaina, eheh)!
I think the closest thing to it in the HL bks is probably "Warriors: At the Edge of Time," b/c of the spiritual warfare in it, but Frank E. Peretti has an amazing gift for spinning plots, I gotta say. I think the first time I read that book, I was terrified by some of the descriptions, though (it was b4 we started getting all the info on spirit warriors & demons, & my poor uninformed mind was going, "Oh, God!! Protect me!")
I LOVE THAT BOOK.
The plot is amazing. There is NO weakness in all of it.
You gave it to ELAINA? You did???
Any idea where one can get a temporary hold on This Present Darkness?
I have This Present Darkness. You can borrow it whenever.
Can I borrow Piercing?
Aich!
Did you get it from Angel, by any chance....?
Whoa! Elaina! If u're on track, u're sharp!! I see the pieces coming together...
...hopefully!
Flo, yes, I JUST now gave the bk to Elaina (for u both to read, of course). ;)
"This Present Darkness" & "Piercing the Darkness" was a set I bought after hving borrowed "Piercing" from a friend & missing it so much when I had to give it back. This was the only time in my life I ever bought any novels -- actually, I believe it was b4 any HL bks had come out, & wow, that was godly ...& riveting, to boot!
Years ago, I loaned the 1st bk to my good friend Angel, (that's y Elaina asked, Aich), but since then I was never able to track it down, & figured maybe it got lost somewhere down the line, oh well, PTL! (I thot the sequel was better, anyway.)
I was going to say u should read "This Present Darkness," too, in my 1st post, but thot maybe I shouldn't set u on a novel-buying spree, heh heh!
Just don't expect too much of the 1st bk, 'cuz IMO, Peretti was just getting into his spiritual warfare writing groove then, & so u may not get as much of a thrill out of it when u've already read the 2nd bk, but it's still pretty cool.
And one caution: If u hvn't already, get personal safeguards for time & frequency of reading those bks. God knows, I needed that safeguard of only reading it on my restnite, & even tho' I know u're stronger, & probably hv better control than I did, safeguards r important when it comes to novel-reading, especially riveting stuff.
Ahhh...I'm worse. I'm so bad. It's so hard not to read it during work hours...or (god forbid) even WORD TIME!!!
It has happened upon occasion. I must admit and cower my head in shame.
But Piercing the Darkness I read it in all innocence. I read it in two free afternoons. It was wonderful and guiltless.
I think I WILL take you up on that offer sometime, aich.
I don't know for sure whose it was. It was on a bookshelf that was going to get cleared and all contents trashed, so I asked Mom if I could keep it.
It very well could have been Angel's (if you're talking about my sis Angel).
Someone shares my passion for that book.
I can't seem to control my time whenever I've picked it up to skim..
There is weakness in all of it.
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