Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
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Helping to Change the World Word by Word
Phoenix is home to the MIM (Musical Instrument Museum) where there are over 6,000 instruments on display. If you are ever in town plan to visit!
Today’s video is a fellow who is called Mystery Guitar Man who plays 90 of the instruments from the museum … at the same time (via some top level video editing, of course).
How many of them can you name? Beside “guitar” and “drum.”
One of my favorite Bach compositions (Cello Suite No. 1 in G major) completely re-envisioned with a different instrument and setting and personal creativity. A great artist can take the familiar and give it a slight twist or two and make it their own. May this inspire you to do this with your writing today.
This is an amazing story. Sportsmanship at its best. You can’t beat the ending. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNv2BojVz8
Isn’t this is EXACTLY how you feel when a great book is over? At least he is consistent! (see the frame at the 1:19 mark) What was the last book you read that made you wish it had not ended? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIEeakeXvMM
Travel back in time to 1947 and watch this documentary on how books are made. Fascinating. But remember it still starts with you, the author!
Sing along! And don’t hate me for putting this tune in your head today…
Despite the rumors concerning of the demise of Christian books, bookstores, and especially Christian fiction there is news that tells a different story. There were a couple statistics released this past week that show signs of encouragement! General market sales: According to the U.S. Census Bureau. Bookstore sales hit $698 million in the month of June 2015 compared to $672 million last June. …
In case you missed the news, last Tuesday the court approved the sale of the Family Christian Stores (FCS) to FCS Acquisitions. The new owner is basically the previous owner since Richard Jackson was part of that company too (which I have written about before-click to read). This sale, in essence, wipes clean over $120 million in debt that the stores owed. Their $75 million in assets will be …
Since Karen wrote a blog on dialect I thought this video was appropriate this week. Take a deep breath and for seven minutes be mesmerized by the language differences around the world. If you are writing a novel set in one of these places…be very careful with your regional research! Wow.
