Last week I was interviewed on WNYG in New York on the “Iron Sharpens Iron” broadcast. One of the most significant elements of my upcoming book, The Mormon Mirage 3rd Edition: A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church (Zondervan 2009) is a section...
Writers have their own set of abbreviations (especially in this age of Twitter — find me there under “Latayne.”) The power of language! Ever since I first heard “BIC” (Butt In Chair), it has reminded me that manuscripts don't get written...
Why must uniquely- LDS Biblical interpretation be rejected? Because a supposedly Biblical doctrine that is based on possibly-plausible possible exceptions to other historical doctrines is not a firm enough foundation on which believers in the rest of the Bible...
In our NovelMatters discussion, we seven novelists — and several guests — sparred about whether or how to engage postmodernism in our novels. Do we use some of the outward characteristics such as the elimination of quotation marks in dialogue? Do we...
Reason #29 is from guest blogger Michelle Scott (no relation) Privacy, to me, is very important. In Mormonism, there is virtually no privacy whatsoever. Hypothetically, if a Mormon member was to enter a Starbucks (strongly opposed because of their particularly...