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Ever since I was a young Christian I have been taught that there are no alien planets mentioned in the Bible and therefore they don't exist. It would be strange for the Bible to omit something that was of such huge importance. We are told to evangelise all nations of the world but not to evangelise other planets. Neither would Christians simply accept that aliens have their own religion. Salvation is found not in religion but in personal faith...

Here are some interesting facts I uncovered about this wonderful novel, while researching for my current project. If I have something incorrect or overstated, please comment and let me know. George Orwell finished writing 1984 while dying. He completed the manuscript on the Scottish island of Jura in late 1948, suffering from tuberculosis so severe he could barely sit upright. His publisher had to send a nurse to the island. Orwell typed the...

Questioning life and every aspect of it helps a writer in their craft, deepens their character’s outlook and personality traits. Life’s uplifting moments as well as its painful losses will add depth to a writer’s perspective, blending colors, shading dimensions and backgrounds. Channeling life’s adversity into characters and tales can be cathartic too. I found this to be true as I faced a quagmire of pain this last year and turned to writing as...

The day after tomorrow it will be 2026. It seems to have crept up unannounced tapping you on the shoulder and whispering '.. I'm here'. The year has been one of turmoil, death and uncertainty. And it may well continue for sometime to come, but there is always, always art. As Toni Morrison once said, 'This is precisely when artists go to work'. Whether its writing, music, dance, painting or sculpting, each of us in our creative field has a...

I'm seeking fans of this novel. I'd like to know what you think of its prose, plot, or even the ending. If you live near, or have visited, the locations mentioned in the novel, I'd love to know your thoughts on the geography and setting of the novel. Please comment (random thoughts welcome). - J.

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-quiet-girl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Girl The Quiet Girl is a quiet film with a quiet girl like a spider at the centre of a web of things that happen over which she has little or no control. Summer 1981. Nine-year-old Cáit (Catherine Clinchis) lives with her wastrel dad, a pregnant-again-mum and a brood on other brothers and sisters on a rundown Irish farm. Cáit’s belonging are packed up and...

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/anais-in-love https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs_in_Love Anaïs in Love is to Paris, what Frances Ha is to New York. Annais (Anaïs Demoustier) is the eternal student, with a half-finished doctorate whose subject matter of French passion in the distant past puts herself at the centre of her non-studying universe. Each moment, each day, each missed deadline, uncovers new material waiting for her. Her mum’s...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05569p9/good-vibrations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Hooley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Vibrations_(film) I was between books and wondering what shite to watch. I was going to say on the telly, but that’s as odd as admitting to owning a Singers Sewing Machine. Films and documentaries. Stuff that makes you think without really having to think. Good Vibrations was a bit of both and simply...