Patricia Reding's Blog - Posts Tagged "quills-faith"

Join "A Drift of Quills" for our June 2015 joint post. Our topic this month: Is there a particular code/faith/belief that inspires your writing and how/why?

First up is Kristie Kiessling, author of Sanguis Dei.



Japan, her people, and her language has fascinated me since grade school. The beauty and mystery of such an ancient place takes me to a land I've never seen, but long to visit. From this far off isle comes a philosophy that strikes a chord in my soul and meshes with the beliefs that inspire and underscore every aspect of who I am as a writer.

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Robin Lythgoe, author of As the Crow Flies, also has some interesting comments.

In all honesty, I don't think the limited space of this format is up to the task of dealing with the subject. The best we can do is skim the surface of the tender, personal area that is our beliefs, codes or faith. Do I have faith?

Read more at http://robinlythgoe.com/the-stuff-bet....



Finally, I had some comments to add.

This is a loaded question - and not one fully answered in a few short paragraphs - but I can share some general thoughts . . .

At the outset, I would say that this topic makes me think of posing the following question to a judge: can you render a decision without letting your ideology play any part? Anyone who's ever studied the law knows . . .

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