Why Keep Growing? by Jeremy D Vance

After reading many craft books, we writers may believe we’ve arrived. We know all about grammar, voice, plot, research, etc and we’ve even published some manuscripts.

Why keep growing?

Because we owe it to our readers. They deserve the best of our writing. We need to keep delivering quality stories to capture their imagination so they may forget the stress and junk of life.

Because even widely published authors do it. I know of examples where authors of many books keep attending conference workshops or continue within a critique group for outside input. If they continue working on their craft, why shouldn’t we?

We can’t let our work stagnate. We need to stay up-to-date to maintain a freshness in our work so that when the art changes, we can change with it to grow our readership.

May we all progress as writers.

Press on!

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Transferred to New Site by Jeremy D Vance

Finally! I’m moving to my new website: jeremydvance.com Thank you to Blogger for my time here! I’d recommend this site to use before acquiring your own domain. The interface is pretty easy to use in my opinion. Also thank you to all who came here to read my blogs. I hope you were encouraged and if you still need encouragement, please follow the link to my new website .

When God Derails Your Plans by Jeremy D Vance

All this time, I believed I would be writing speculative fiction. After another period of distraction, I read about the church at Ephesus in Revelation 2:1-7. This inspired an idea that morphed from time travel to a contemporary inspirational fiction story. The story just didn’t fit with what I was writing so it became what it is now. God has a way of shifting our life’s plans when we least expect. Instead of being directed towards children or teens, the story is geared towards adults. This looks like it’ll be a permanent move as well. So….the website will be changing soon. God knows what He is doing and He will continue to direct my future as I trust in Him. All glory to Him. Jeremy D Vance

Our Hope In the Midst of Trouble by Jeremy D Vance

Everyday we deal with the world’s trouble. We may experience the loss of loved ones or our savings might dwindle from unexpected bills. We can grieve or be angry for awhile, but do we allow these troubles to lead us to despair? Do we drown in our feelings without any hope whatsoever? When trouble comes to us believers, we are given the opportunity to focus our faith on Jesus. In the above passage, the news of Christ’s imminent death confused and saddened the disciples. Yet Jesus wanted them to know that though trouble exists in the the world, He has in fact overcome it. Though death exists, it has been overcome. Though pain exists, it has been overcome. What an assurance! We don’t need to fear the world’s troubles, because Jesus has overcome them all and the power behind them. Believers, let’s not fear hardships anymore. Let them come for we rest our faith in Jesus.

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