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How Was Your Productive-in-Its-Own-Way Thursday?
Now, I typically don't write my Thankful Thursday posts at eight o'clock on Thursday night, but when life hands you lemons and a busy...
nikiflorica
Jan 14, 20212 min read


When Caring Is Inconvenient
It's remarkably easy to give someone the impression that we care about them. We all know the proper protocol: paint our faces in the...
nikiflorica
Jan 12, 20213 min read


***AuthorTube Special*** The Wordiness Conundrum: Part II
So, here we are. It's 2021, we have a mountain of writing goals for the year ahead and an arsenal of new strategies to tackle them with....
nikiflorica
Jan 6, 20213 min read


Here's What We Know About 2021
So, I could write an entire post on the ups and downs of 2020 and its multiple dimensions of weird/difficult/sobering/painful/illuminatin...
nikiflorica
Jan 4, 20213 min read


Here's What I've Learned About Expectations
I think it's fairly safe to say that we've all had expectations drenched in a cold wave of reality. Human beings are creative. We're...
nikiflorica
Dec 30, 20203 min read


Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen: Review
The five Bennet daughters of Longbourne Estate have their life's goal laid out by society and their meddling mother, in equal parts—to...
nikiflorica
Dec 26, 20202 min read


A Cumulation of Clarity
A day or so ago, I entreated heaven for clarity. I've struggled for a long time with the desire to use my passions for the Lord, but my...
nikiflorica
Dec 21, 20203 min read


Snowmen Smiles
Meet Dudley, Myrtle, and Rudy, the three happy snowmen mascots of this Thankful Thursday post. Technically, I should be studying for my...
nikiflorica
Dec 17, 20202 min read


Ahikam's Lead
Jeremiah—what a book. I mean, really, what a story. Like so many of God's prophets, he was thrown into a role he felt ill-equipped for,...
nikiflorica
Dec 15, 20203 min read


***AuthorTube Special*** The Wordiness Conundrum
Starting a BookTube channel this year has been an adventure, but unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control, I'm no longer...
nikiflorica
Dec 9, 20204 min read


The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Roger Lancelyn Green: Review
Once a lord, now an infamous outlaw, Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest seeks justice for the poor by robbing the rich and cruel. Along with...
nikiflorica
Dec 5, 20202 min read


Joy to the World
God's was the first voice I heard when I woke up this morning. He didn't speak through words, but He was among the first thoughts in my...
nikiflorica
Nov 30, 20203 min read


Glorify Thy Name
I had a beautiful weekend. My brother gave his life to Christ, my other brother from a couple of provinces away was here to witness it,...
nikiflorica
Nov 25, 20202 min read


Unblemished, by Sara Ella: Review
Eliyana is used to the shadows. With a birthmark covering half her face, she just hopes to graduate high school unscathed. That is, until...
nikiflorica
Nov 21, 20202 min read


Problems, Prophets, and Progress
We think of progress as something linear—an arrow from present to future, improving all the time, always a step ahead of where we were...
nikiflorica
Nov 17, 20202 min read


And Bob's Your Uncle
I do not have a spontaneous bone in my body. I mean that in the most literal sense. I am not impulsive. I hate making decisions and...
nikiflorica
Nov 12, 20202 min read


Constellations
Since making the spontaneous decision to start a brand new project for National Novel Writing Month, I've been thinking a lot about...
nikiflorica
Nov 10, 20202 min read


Oathbringer, by Brandon Sanderson: Review
The Knights Radiant have returned—just in time for the end of the world. (Read full description here.) There's no question that I had...
nikiflorica
Nov 6, 20202 min read


NaNoWriMo and Me
It's National Novel Writing Month, and I'm a roiling blend of nerves and excitement and dreams of a finished product by the end of one...
nikiflorica
Nov 3, 20203 min read


How Great is Our God
In our effort to have a relationship with God, to know Him and His Son on an intimate, personal level, I think there is a pitfall we...
nikiflorica
Oct 29, 20202 min read
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