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James Rush Manley
The Young Lions, by Irwin Shaw
Lincoln, Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee
The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield
The Game, by Terry Schott
The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Beyond Band of Brothers, by Major Dick Winters
Champion of Mars, by Guy Haley
Claus, by Tony Bertauski
Encounter with Tiber, by Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes
Lunar Discovery, Salvador Mercer
The Sculpted Ship, by K.M. O'Brien
The Frugal Editor, by Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Lincoln, Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee
The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield
The Game, by Terry Schott
The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Beyond Band of Brothers, by Major Dick Winters
Champion of Mars, by Guy Haley
Claus, by Tony Bertauski
Encounter with Tiber, by Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes
Lunar Discovery, Salvador Mercer
The Sculpted Ship, by K.M. O'Brien
The Frugal Editor, by Carolyn Howard-Johnson
James Rush Manley
Growing up I loved reading. Devoured every book I could lay my hands on. Losing hours wandering the library's stacks, reading random books on random topics became my candy. Even though I spelled terribly and remained clueless about grammar rules, I loved putting words together. Then, when I realized I saw life in ways others sometimes missed, I knew I'd found my sweet spot.
James Rush Manley
Start today. Write something every day. Don't quit.
James Rush Manley
1. The privilege of translating some of what I see and hear about creation and the Creator into people-speak.
2. Free license to create.
3. Make my own schedule (usually more demanding than working for others)
2. Free license to create.
3. Make my own schedule (usually more demanding than working for others)
James Rush Manley
Do the work and don't quit.
Start typing (or scribbling on paper) whatever crosses your mind. Even if it's something like, "I have no idea what to write and sitting here in front of a blank page is the stupidest thing I've ever done and I can't imagine whatever gave me the idea I could write..." If I keep my hands moving on the keyboard, eventually something comes out. And, most often, it surprises me. Didn't even know I was thinking or feeling it. And then, if I don't quit, the words slowly morph into something worth reading.
Start typing (or scribbling on paper) whatever crosses your mind. Even if it's something like, "I have no idea what to write and sitting here in front of a blank page is the stupidest thing I've ever done and I can't imagine whatever gave me the idea I could write..." If I keep my hands moving on the keyboard, eventually something comes out. And, most often, it surprises me. Didn't even know I was thinking or feeling it. And then, if I don't quit, the words slowly morph into something worth reading.
James Rush Manley
While flying over the Amazon Jungle, the clouds' otherworldliness captured my imagination. I planned a coffee-table book of dramatic pictures. But after tropical mold serendipitously ate 150 of my best slides, I realized there was a deeper, more important story. Only the tiniest fraction of our planet's population ever get to see what I saw, do what I did, feel what I felt every day. My desire to share that rare, unseen experience motivated me to write Mile-High Missionary.
James Rush Manley
I'm working on a near-future SciFi novel called, The Perelandra Paradox. It should see the light of day this Fall.
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