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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The archive begins with the most recent writing. Use the numbered pages below to move backward through time.
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Novel Excerpts–The Boaz Schoolteacher, Chapter 18
The primary aim of the “Novel Excerpts” blog category is to showcase my creative writing, specifically from the novels I’ve written. Hopefully, these posts will provide a glimpse…
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The God Illusion: Why the Doctrine of Inerrancy Contradicts the Gospels
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Novel Excerpts–The Boaz Schoolteacher, Chapter 17
The primary aim of the “Novel Excerpts” blog category is to showcase my creative writing, specifically from the novels I’ve written. Hopefully, these posts will provide a glimpse…
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The Marginalian: Love After Life: Nobel-Winning Physicist Richard Feynman’s Extraordinary Letter to His Departed Wife
Here’s the link to this article. BY MARIA POPOVA Few people have enchanted the popular imagination with science more powerfully and lastingly than physicist Richard Feynman (May 11, 1918–February 15,…
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Flash Fiction: A Lesson in Letting Go
In the quiet town of Elmwood, Harold sat at his kitchen table, thumbing through a stack of old photographs. Each picture, a whisper from the past, showcased moments…
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The God Illusion: Turek Takedown:10 Concise Counters In 30 Minutes Flat!
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Novel Excerpts–The Boaz Schoolteacher, Chapter 16
The primary aim of the “Novel Excerpts” blog category is to showcase my creative writing, specifically from the novels I’ve written. Hopefully, these posts will provide a glimpse…
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Novel Excerpts–The Boaz Schoolteacher, Chapter 15
The primary aim of the “Novel Excerpts” blog category is to showcase my creative writing, specifically from the novels I’ve written. Hopefully, these posts will provide a glimpse…
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Snowflake Summaries–The First Deadly Sin, by Lawrence Sanders
The primary aim of the “Snowflake Summaries” blog category is to showcase the creative writing of great authors. I use Randy Ingermanson’s ‘Snowflake’ method to create these summaries.…
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Novel Excerpts–The Boaz Schoolteacher, Chapter 14
The primary aim of the “Novel Excerpts” blog category is to showcase my creative writing, specifically from the novels I’ve written. Hopefully, these posts will provide a glimpse…
Richard L. Fricks 