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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Larry Nicholl I get to be a story teller. I know that people write for all sorts of reasons. I write to tell my stories. And I see my stories as parables, in the Bi…moreI get to be a story teller. I know that people write for all sorts of reasons. I write to tell my stories. And I see my stories as parables, in the Biblical sense. Jesus was a lot of things, one of which was that He was a marvelous story teller. It was His way of teaching. And most of the time, He didn’t explain. He left it up to the listeners to decide what the story—the parable—meant. And so each person could take away something different for his or her life.

So I see my novels as long parables. And there is more than one point to each novel. Each reader, I hope, will find something that is meaningful for him or her to take away.
Jesus set his parables in the towns and countryside of where He grew up. I set my stories in the towns and countryside of where I grew up, which is the Panhandle of Texas. But if the story—the parable—is well told, it is universal, that is, it doesn’t matter where the reader grew up.

I’ve reached the age—my seventies—at which I hope I have something worth telling. I’ve seen a lot, done a lot, been a lot of places and met a lot of people. Hopefully, I have learned from all my experiences, and so I have something worth telling people. And my way of telling people is through my novels—my stories, which are actually parables.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Larry Nicholl I sit down and start writing about whatever. Once I start writing, the block goes away. I think of something funny or different that just happened to …moreI sit down and start writing about whatever. Once I start writing, the block goes away. I think of something funny or different that just happened to me and write about it. Or I start thinking about clichés. For example, "everybody and his mother." I try to imagine what that means. I get the picture of everybody standing around with his or her mother behind her. When I ask a question, all the mothers start answering first, not letting the person answer me. I laugh and get over my writer's block.(less)

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Average rating: 4.82 · 11 ratings · 3 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Tayla of the Golden Spread (Once Upon a Time in the Texas Panhandle Book 1) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beth's Story: A Runaway Bride (Once Upon a Time in the Texas Panhandle Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Alice Landergin Brings Solace to a Ghost Town: The Tragedy of Landergin, Texas (Once Upon a Time in the Texas Panhandle Book 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Susanna's Ballad: The Dirt Farmer's Daughter it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maggy and the Red Dragon (Once Upon a Time in the Texas Panhandle Book 11) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quality education for Mexican Americans/minorities: Sí, se puede! : Yes, it can be done! 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1980	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nadya: the Restoration of a Flying Tiger (Once Upon a Time in the TX Panhandle Book 4) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colleen and the Statue: A Soldier's Redemption (Once Upon a Time in the Texas Panhandle Book 5) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tammie's Destiny: A Native Girl and a Texas Cowboy Are Meant to Be Together (Once Upon a Time in the Texas Panhandle Book 6) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gina the Bonsai Girl: Texas Daughter of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tammie’s Destiny, the latest volume of my series, Once Upon a Time in the Texas Panhandle, is a love story. It follows the seemingly impossible romance between a Comanche Apache young lady and a West Texas cowboy in the 1950s. Tammie is a reservation Native struggling to support her family by trick riding in rodeos throughout New Mexico. Grant is the pampered son of one of the wealthiest cattlemen Read more of this blog post »

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