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Fred Hurr: Posted on 13 June 2012 15:29
This blog comes from someone who fails miserably most of the time at ensuring a trouble-free relationship for my spouse. Flowers and chocolates as gifts to say ‘I’m sorry’ are pretty transparent these days, even when the chocolate delicacies come in a cute little box tied with ribbons and cost £1 a sweet. Is forgiveness infinite just like Jesus said or does patience of the spouse finally run out when you find yourselves in an emotional cul-de-sac? It would be miraculous to have a spouse who has the patience of a saint; but alas we are after all human aren’t we? |
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Fred Hurr: Posted on 05 June 2012 14:03
Write your post here. It is a common enough assertion in society that immigrants do the jobs that most of us are unwilling to perform even when we ourselves are destitute and unemployed. Speaking to an Anglican priest yesterday he mentioned a part of the priestly vestments that in these times is rarely worn. A small insignificant part of the priest’s apparel that might easily go unnoticed. Yet sometimes the smallest thing has the greatest meaning.  The ‘maniple’ is an embroidered piece of silk worn over the left arm and resembles a hand towel. |
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Fred Hurr: Posted on 30 May 2012 14:45
BURY ST. EDMUNDS In the year of 1908 It was twelve months or more since I had left my tutoring post at the University of Cambridge. You may recall that I recorded in my journal the extraordinary events that befell me during a short vacation at Caister-on-Sea in the east of England. The experience of coming face-to-face with the supernatural had for many months quite an unsettling effect upon my mind. As a fundamental materialist, I had comfortably reasoned away in the closet of my mind any belief in the hereafter, gods, ghosts and ghouls of any size or shape. |
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Fred Hurr: Posted on 24 May 2012 11:40
“Well I believe you mate because I had a similar experience when I was young!” The third guy said nothing but just smiled. “Tell us about it.” “It was just as you said except I kept feeding it all kinds of stuff. I even spent my pocket money and went down to the butchers every Saturday morning and bought a bagful of cheap red meat. I was scared of it so I used to open the door a crack and throw it in to the dragon. Outside I could hear it eating the raw meat really hungrily and in seconds there was silence and I knew it had eaten the lot. |
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Fred Hurr: Posted on 16 May 2012 18:20
 Part 1 There were these three guys sitting in the pub, old friends, having a pint when one said “What was the worst thing that ever happened to you as a child?” One of the friends spoke up and told this story. “I think I was about six when my Mum and Dad moved house. The house belonged to my Granddad who’d died. Well it was a big old dusty house with loads of rooms and even a cellar. I was exploring the rooms when I saw a door off the ground floor hall. Opening it I saw a long flight of stairs going down. |
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Fred Hurr: Posted on 08 May 2012 11:02
What is this? The first page of a newpiece of writing that floated into my head in the early hours today. I have written so many first pages of novels that never got finished that once in a desperate moment to get published I thought I would put them altogether and make a book out of them and call it simply ‘FirstPages’. What is this first page?Well it could be as GK Chesterton once said “The finest book I never wrote.” *** The day was lost. Even in the morning in the broad golden sunlight something good, almost imperceptibly,was slipping away from me. |
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Fred Hurr: Posted on 17 April 2012 20:17
'Whatever we do for a living there is always something that has to be protected so that we can carry on doing it without interruption. I read about a famous philosopher who decided at a young age to protect his mind because he knew that it was his greatest asset as a thinking man. So he never touched drugs or alcohol all his life. I heard just yesterday that a professional singer has to spend a lot of time protecting their voice, their money earner. As an author I too have to protect and look after my body and yes of coursed my brain is needed but sitting at a PC all day can cause serious back problems at times. |
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Posted on 15 April 2012 16:25
Step 6– You may still have ten or maybe even twenty publishing companies still on your list. Now take a look at their own websites to see for yourself what kind of books they publish. Pick out one or two books similar to your own story and discover where the publisher actually sells them. For instance are they available in book stores or only on internet sites like Amazon. Browsing the books for sale can also tell you if the books are best-sellers. Read the readers reviews etc. Spending time in this area can help build up a picture of the publisher and this kind of research is always fruitful for new writers. |
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Fred Hurr: Posted on 01 March 2012 12:29
10 Steps to Success – Part 1 If you are a first time author and looking for a publisher you need to know several facts about the book publishing business. It’s a big ocean to dive into and remember there are sharks. Like any kind of business, and book publishing is a business, there are people who want to make a quick buck out of naïve and vulnerable authors so avoid them at your peril. Step 1 – Write the book. Publishers are not really interested in ideas they want to see proof that a would-be author has the skill, the stamina and the discipline to finish the job. |
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Fred Hurr: Posted on 13 February 2012 15:23
I am in the process of writing a short book entitled ‘Spiritual Awareness 7 Astonishing Truths to Radically Change Your Life.’ The first three truths are:- Truth No.1 - You may ask me for anything Truth No.2 - God’s new covenant with you Truth No.3 - The mysterious power of the ‘Logos’ (Word) Here is an excerpt from Truth No. 1 ‘Have you ever had someone say to you “ask me for anything and I will do it.” Just imagine waking up every morning and your first thought is ‘now what do I want today’ and knowing all you had to do was call your generous friend on the mobile phone and simply ASK. |
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