For many years I wrote about fiction, story, belief, ordinary life, and the questions that shaped my work. More than two thousand essays remain here—not because every one represents my current thinking, but because together they tell the story of a writer learning over time.
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Life inside the Bible Bubble: If you’re saved, God is your Daddy
Watch this clip where the preacher makes claims about reality–that the Christian God is your Daddy (if you’ve been ‘saved’) and you can talk to him just like…
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Writing Journal—Wednesday writing prompt
Your character wakes up to discover that the electricity is out and there are no cell or radio signals; all electronics have ceased to work. Upon venturing outside,…
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Train Crash in Greece Kills at Least 36
Here’s the link to this article. A train with 350 passengers aboard collided with a freight train. Two of the carriages “basically don’t exist anymore,” a regional governor…
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Teachings of Jesus that Christians Dislike and Ignore, Number 2
By David Madison 2/24/23. Here’s the link to this article. They just say NO to their Lord and Savior Weird scripture has given rise to weird versions of Christianity. In…
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02/28/23 Biking & Listening
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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Writing Journal—Tuesday writing prompt
Your gamer protagonist discovers that the person he’s been talking to in a chat room is a murderer. Worse, the person seems to know his real name. Write…
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02/27/23 Biking & Listening
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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Review of Eternal Life
Here’s the link to this article written by Taylor Carr on October 31, 2022. [This book review is a slightly modified version of a review originally published on the…
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Writing Journal—Monday writing prompt
Your character is called to a town she’s never been to at the bequest of a close friend who has just lost her husband. After the funeral ends,…
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Cosmic Insignificance Therapy
Are you feeling stressed? Have more to do than you could ever accomplish? Or, not enough to do? Do you have regrets over past failures? Whatever your situation…
Richard L. Fricks 