In poetry, rhythm may be complicated, but it is regular and stylized enough to enable almost anyone to learn to recognize it and classify it. Rhythm in prose is very nearly as important, but because it cannot be too regular without being distracting, prose rhythm is so extremely complex that no one has ever yet…
Month: September 2010
Review: Never the Bride
I was browsing through the library’s Christian fiction section and saw the title Never the Bride. So I picked the book up. This is probably evidence of some sort of problem, but whatever. Jessie Stone has lived her life with one dream: to be married. She longs for chivalry, she practices wedding vows, she fills…
Review: A Hideous Beauty
Demons. Angels. Nephilim. Spiritual warfare. It’s left the theology section for a new home on the Christian fiction shelves. In A Hideous Beauty, Jack Cavanaugh offers another supernatural thriller. The cover has the White House in the background, which is why I picked it up. I’m a sucker for stories about presidents. I quickly learned…
Neat Website
Stephanie Whitson and Nancy Moser have started a blog called Footnotes. Both of them write historical fiction, and the blog is about facts and inspirations they’ve gleaned from history. Here is a sample: To stray from the serious posts about the slums of New York… let’s talk about etiquette. Here are some gems from The…
Review: Washington’s Lady
Written by Nancy Moser Nancy Moser’s website “First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.” This is the most famous tribute to George Washington, the father of our country. The greatness of Washington consisted not only in that he was first, but that he was first out of patriotism rather…