TTT: Know Me, Know My Blog

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. They set the topic which one of TB&TB team answers. We are then invited to blog on the same topic and publish the link to our blog in their link list. It’s a great way to discover new books and get to know fellow book lovers.

This week, The Broke and the Bookish wants to know:

The Top Ten Posts On Your Blog That Would Give The BEST Picture of YOU

As you can see from my blog title, I’m a reader, a writer, a theologian, and other things. Among the many articles on this blog, here are ten that I think demonstrate these various aspects of who I am:

The Reader

• THE SHINING by Stephen King–a review.
• THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern–a review.
• BREATH, EYES, MEMORY by Edwidge Danticot–a review.

The Writer

• Hourglass: A short dystopian-paranormal tale in which a strange challenge proves too tempting for young Harrison Kinley. (If you want to read more of my short stories, go here.)
• Lightening Flashed: Back in May, Cherie Reich ran a competition challenging people to write a 300 word (or fewer) story that starts with “Lightening flashed.” This was my entry.
• My entry for one of literary agent Janet Reid‘s flash fiction Writing Contests. This story was a semi-finalist in a contest that two other agents actually judged. I’ll call it UNFORSAKEN, DEADLY, WITCH, GHOST, DECAY, SLAY, since those were the words that had to be in the 100-words-or-fewer story (with a bonus for using INSALUBRIOUS). In case you’re curious, I have won one of Janet’s contests. The entrants in that contest had to write a poem which can be read from top to bottom or bottom to top and still make sense (i.e., a reversible poem). It’s not on my blog, but here’s a link to it anyway.

The Theologian, and Other Things

• A Devotional on Philippians 2:3–one of my “life verses.”
• Notes on Romans 6:12-14–I help to lead an adult Sunday School class at our church, and for the past few years we’ve been studying Paul’s letter to the Romans. Each week, I post an overview of the previous Sunday’s discussion. The class is on Summer break at the moment, but will resume in September with Romans 10.
• A Writer’s Love Story–In which I parallel querying a novel with how my wife and I got together.
• Five Essential Classic Doctor Who Stories–I’m a big fan of the British sci-fi show Doctor Who. Growing up in England, watching Doctor Who was part of our Saturday night routine for as long as I can remember. I love the reboot of the series that began in 2005, but here’s a list of what I consider to be must-see stories from the “classic” era.

There were a ton of other articles I passed over that I could have shared. If you want to read more of my reading, writing, theology, or personal-type stuff, you can use the Categories drop-down list on the side to filter the articles. Most of the “personal” articles are filed under “misc.”

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