‘The First Five Pages’ by Noah Lukeman — review and summary

I’ve already reviewed Stephen King’s On Writing (here) and Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird (here). The third book that makes up this holy trinity of writing bibles is Noah Lukeman’s The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile. As the title suggests, The First Five Pages is all about how not to get rejected
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My European Adventure Round-up

[Note I have posted a new European Adventure Round-Up after my trips to Greece, Sweden and Denmark – see here] Well, I’m finally back. 20 days, 5 countries, 12 cities. It was pretty hectic, but also one of the best vacations of all time! I’ve also finally brought the Travel Diary up to date, and
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And just like that, I became a dad

You may have noticed the lack of action on this blog lately. In fact, 10 days is probably the longest I have gone without a single post since I started this blog almost 3 years ago. Ironically, while this is a ‘personal blog’, I generally try to stray away from the personal as much as
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Review and Analysis: ‘Misquoting Jesus’ by Bart D Ehrman

Consider my mind blown. After reading the polarizing Zealot by Reza Aslan (review and analysis here), I decided to to check out one of the books mentioned in it, the equally controversial Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Change the BIble and Why by professor Bart D Ehrman. Whereas Zealot was focused on who the “historical Jesus” was
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