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Revision in a Time of Quarantine
March 30, 2020 March 30, 2020 SJ4 Comments
Nothing like rekindling your memories of your first great literary love just as a pandemic sweeps through the world.
To be honest, my daily life hasn't change a whole lot even as everything is canceled and shut down. We already homeschool and we already prefer to stay home as much as we can. I'm used to shopping for a week or two at the time and feeding six people all day, every day. I'd also stocked up a bit because my mother told me to. DJ is working from home for a month, so that's been a big change for him; but it turns out that my preferred lifestyle adapts pretty well to pandemic living.
While we continue with school and take long drives when the walls start closing in, I immersed myself yet again in that original Great Literary Work of mine.
An advantage of the revision of 2007 was that the story now had a plot. A disadvantage was that for some reason I decided to lower Ria's age from 18 to 13, and I changed the tone of the story accordingly. It was not a happy choice. Re-reading it was, as my kids would say, massive cringe.
"Most of the time, she was just plain Ria. And this morning she was a very sulky Ria."
"She didn't intend to apologize to him, either, once she got her revenge."
"And to think she'd complained about being bored in her Castle. What a silly little princess she'd been!"
Apparently in 2007 I was temporarily possessed by the spirit of an early 20th-century Sunday school teacher.
Earlier this month, I sat down to rewrite the terrible first chapters, and then send the rest to my sister. But once I got the first part in better shape, I couldn't leave the rest of the tripe that Miss Flossie Jones of Millerville Baptist Church, circa 1902, communicated through me.
So for the past two weeks I've worked my way through the story, smoothing out the dialogue, creating better conflicts, and removing the saccharine moralization.
Since I returned Ria's age to 18, I also reintroduced the romance that Flossie seemed very uncomfortable with. I suspect it was this aspect that made me decide to lower the age in the first place. I spent my teenage years in a real-life version of the Fellowship, so even at 30 I didn't know quite how to handle romance in fiction.
The hardest part of the rewriting was Ria herself. She was a typical first-timer's heroine. She had no real motivation, and she spent the whole story being propelled by other people's decisions. She was also, as a writer friend of mine put it, "insufficiently hobbied." What did Ria like to do in her spare time? The answer appeared to be "ride horses and complain about having nothing to do." Ria's sister, on the other hand, is always designing clever contraptions and figuring out how things work. She would have made a far better heroine. But this is The Ria Story, so I just had to try to work with what I had.
It was a lot of work… but so much fun. I stopped worrying about the unfixable worldbuilding problems and just let the story be what it is. Yesterday I finished it and emailed it to my sister. It's not a great story, but I think I made it into a solidly "okay" story.
And now I'm at loose ends again.
Well, unless you count my actual serious novel. I've left Richmal and Co. cooling their heels in the third draft for nearly two months now. I've been stuck on a pretty thorny plot problem. Oh, hey, here's a message from a reader who has a suggestion! BlessedAssurance.millertownbc points out that Richmal's story features a lot more kissing than it does Bible reading, and she would be happy to take over the writing for a while.
Get thee behind me, Flossie.
The Fellowship of the Southern Baptist Convention
June 11, 2018 SJ1 Comment
"Your an example of why women should stay silent."
The putdown was posted by some brilliant wit on Twitter. I said it better, and more grammatically, in The Fellowship:
"I don't think God wants me to stay silent if I see something out of line."
"That's where you're wrong. God hasn't appointed you to a position of authority. He doesn't expect you to do anything except obey."
In both scenarios — one real, one fictional — a young woman was questioning a pastor about his teachings. And in both settings — one real, one fictional — the challenger was shut down.
The Fellowship takes place in a small Southern cult, where the women must wear long dresses and can't work outside the home. Not very many people have lived in that specific setting.
But I guarantee you're familiar with the story as it unfolds.
My newsfeed has been full of the scandal of Paige Patterson, misogynist ex-president of Southwestern Theological Seminary. If you aren't caught up, here's the statement by the Board of Trustees of Southwestern as to why they fired Patterson. And well they should have. But what about all the years leading up to this? Surely someone thought he was going too far when he counseled wives to return to abusive husbands? Or any number of other questionable teachings?
On a related note, I'm not Catholic, so didn't follow the fallout of their abuse coverup very closely. I never was part of Sovereign Grace Ministries, so that didn't register on my radar much either. But I almost could have lifted my novel material from those scandals.
Meanwhile, the #metoo movement, highlighting the pervasiveness of sexual harassment and sexism, proved the downfall of several prominent men in the entertainment and political realm.
It's all the same story as my little Southern Bible cult. No one could challenge these men. They silenced their accusers and protected their power.
Your details might not be the same as my fictional Bekah and her struggle to be a woman under an oppressive patriarchal system. But the structure is the same. Authority without accountability, used to protect the powerful.
This structure enables abuse, encourages misogyny or misandry, and its ultimate goal is to protect the institution over the victim. Every time.
The insult I quoted at the beginning was part of a long Twitter battle in which women tried to engage a pastor (again, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, which is in serious need of repentance and reevaluation — and maybe a good disinfectant). You can read the synopsis here.
That particular aspersion was cast by a supporter of the pastor, but don't worry, the good Brother gets in quite a few jabs himself. The sexism aside, it's obvious that the pastor's goal isn't to empathize, or even engage opponents in a debate — but to silence the challenges to his power.
When I wrote The Fellowship, I was drawing from my own experience with Bill Gothard (Institute in Basic Life Principles/Advanced Training Institute) and Doug Phillips (Vision Forum), and my husband's experience with an older New England cult. I kept saying, "My little novel is for a niche audience. Not many people will 'get' it."
Three years later, as the voice of the oppressed grows louder and people are less willing to tolerate injustice from those in "authority," I now realize that my book joins many others in telling and retelling a familiar story. It's the story of our time.


I think that I like suspense better, but a good mystery is also hard to beat!
I love solving riddles so I like a good mystery component. This does look like a gripping story and anything that gets you praying has done something great!
Great review. Living in the UK novels with Christian themes aren't in any of the popular bookstores. Always interesting to see how more widely accessible they seem to be in the US? Book sounds really good.
This book has been on my wish list for a while. I'll definitely be checking it out.
I love how you point out that she was able to introduce Mai in a very realistic and true fashion. Because you are right, not everything in this world is cookie-cutter-perfect.
Wow, my stomach dipped while just reading about the book! I have a love/hate relationship with suspense. I hate it when I'm reading it (meaning I'm terrified for the characters) but I love it when I'm done (meaning the story stays with me for a long time). Especially if there's such a strong emotional hook, which is sounds like this one has. Thanks for the summary!


With the end of 2011 quickly approaching, it's officially hit me that this year I will be ringing in the New Year…at home. And, although, I'm at peace with my choice to stay local, I will miss being abroad for a holiday that is honestly more fun when spent far away from home.
Fireworks over Edinburgh, Scotland to welcome in 2011.
"Let's spend every New Year's Eve in a different country!" was the vow my best friend and I made to each other last year at the strike of midnight. We were drowning away the sorrows of the past year with champagne in the center of Amsterdam, and welcoming in 2010 with open arms.
2009 was anything but perfect in my eyes. Full of heartbreak and confusion: exactly what one should expect in their mid-twenties. After moving in and moving out with my ex-boyfriend, moving home to my parents after a depressing break-up, meeting someone new on a cruise to Bermuda only to discover he had a girlfriend that he neglected to tell me about, panic attacks, and the normal drama of everyday life in between, I had had enough. 2010 had to start in a way that was unlike any other.
So, my best friend, Lara, and I decided to spend our Christmas vacation in Europe: visiting my family in Dublin, her friends in Brussels, and ending in Amsterdam for New Year's because, why not? So, after an exhausting mini-Euro-trip, we ended up in the crowded Leidseplein square on New Year's Eve surrounded by champagne and fireworks. It was the best New Year's I've ever had, and aside from running away from the fireworks that anybody is allowed to shoot off, it was perfect. Which is why, that night we decided to go abroad for every New Year's Eve from then on.
After that night in Amsterdam, things in my life started to look up. To start it all of, we even got bumped up to Business Class on the way home. 2010 was filled up with wonderful adventures and experiences. It was quite possibly the best year of my life.
This year we are headed to Edinburgh, Scotland. I cannot be more excited to ring in 2011 in this beautiful city.
When it comes to travel, I am often last minute in booking my trips. In all walks of my life, I am far from a planner. But with traveling I'm even more last minute. I find it more exciting to only a have few weeks, or days, to look forward to a trip. I booked New Zealand and Fiji at the end of May for a trip on August 6th, and two years ago I booked a cruise for Bermuda ten days before departure. These were among some of the most incredible trips, and I didn't have to wait long before going on them.


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Childcare drive for film & TV gains traction with first nursery at Warner Bros. Studios
Ravindran, Manori
The movement for an effective childcare infrastructure for workers in the U.K. film and TV industry is taking a major leap forward with the opening of the first dedicated, on-site childcare facility at a U.K. studio.
Variety can reveal that Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, home to the forthcoming "Wonder Woman 1984," will open a nursery this summer, providing 40-50 places to both Warner Bros. staff and productions shooting at the studio. Crucially, the nursery will hold flexible hours in order to meet the demand of extended production schedules.
The message is simple, according to co-founder and "Peaky Blinders" actor Charlotte Riley: you can't talk about equality without talking about childcare.
The initiative is driven by the "Press" actor and business partner Mark Radcliffe, who set up creative sector-focused childcare firm WonderWorks, alongside Emily Stillman, VP of Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden.
Riley created WonderWorks after returning to work after the birth of her first child and observing that while her childcare needs were addressed as a cast member, the vast majority of crew were unsupported.
"It was blindingly obvious that people were struggling with this. There were so many people who'd just left (the industry) because there was no way of making family life and film life work," Riley tells Variety.
"Although I was seeing diversity with more young women (in the workforce), what's happening is that people are having to sacrifice having a family in order to maintain a job they've worked hard to get in a male-dominated department."
Productions set to shoot at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden are being encouraged to reserve spaces at the nursery ahead of shooting for crew members, which can then be subsidized. Overall, there is a two-tier system, with coverage for standard nursery hours and extended hours for production staff. Payment is based on market day rates and flexes up as days get longer.
Stillman highlights that what differentiates WonderWorks' pitch is its aim of helping workers in production.
"When you think about trying to manage a family, how can a childcare facility cope with split days, night shoots, schedule changes or last-minute changes? The project that (Riley and Radcliffe) put together…is a purpose-built facility for the film industry. For us, that made a huge difference," says Stillman.
The nursery will be located at Warner Bros. Leavesden Park, adjacent to the Hertfordshire-set studio in southeast England, and will cater to infants and children up to the age of five.
Riley notes that the U.K. industry has so far been devoid of specialized childcare services for the creative sector because workers are made to feel ashamed if they're "not prepared to make sacrifices."
"But U.K. production is booming like never before," says the actor. "And yet we are losing swathes of people because there are very, very few people who can manage parenthood and film."
In the U.K., where the film and TV industry is built upon an extensive freelance workforce, the accessibility and cost of childcare presents palpable barriers that disproportionately affect women.
According to a 2018 study by U.K. film and TV childcare advocacy group Raising Films that surveyed 640 workers across the industry, 79% of respondents said their career had felt a negative impact due to parenting and caring duties.
At Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, there is a firm belief that when productions buy up spaces in advance of a shoot, they will be "actively helping people get back into the industry," says Riley, who plans to roll out WonderWorks as a mobile nursery this summer, catering to film and TV sets across the country via a decked-out double-decker bus.
"You can support all the opportunities for women you want but if you don't support women when they're bearing fruit creatively and personally, there is no point providing them with opportunities because you're not supporting them through their child-rearing years as well."
The initiative comes just weeks after the European Film Market at the Berlinale hosted its first creche for filmmakers and delegates — an initiative spearheaded by EFM director Matthijs Wouter Knol, and also supported by the fest's new executive director Mariette Rissenbeek.
Operated by volunteer group Parenting at Film Festivals — a group founded by four film professionals based out of France, Spain and Germany — the creche cost €50 ($56) for 10 days, running from 10AM-8PM. The group, which launched the initiative at last year's Cannes Film Festival, funded the childcare, while the festival provided the infrastructure and venue.
Co-founder and former Melbourne Film Festival artistic director Michelle Carey tells Variety, "This is not just for professionals — it's for filmmakers who travel. I worked at the Melbourne Film Festival for 10 years, and (when we invited) female filmmakers, so many of them who'd just had a baby weren't able to travel, whereas when we invited the men who've had babies, they were always able to come."
The group recently expanded the service to Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival, and plans are in place to bring back the Cannes creche in May.
"It's really heartening to see this becoming more visible and talked about," says Carey. "We talked to industry veterans who tell us what they had to go through when they were younger and how they'd have loved something like this. For us, it's about keeping people in the industry so we don't lose them — particularly women."
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Cincinnati Zoo says gorilla's spinal cord condition is 'increasingly affecting' him
Sarah Brookbank
Guests at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden might start to see one of the gorillas slowing down.
Jomo, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla, was diagnosed by vets and neurologists with a degenerative spinal cord condition. The zoo said it has no medical or surgical cure.
Jomo is father to Mona and Elle and he's easily recognizable. The zoo said he's the largest gorilla at nearly twice as big as the adult females.
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"(The condition) is increasingly affecting his mobility, and his quality of life is being closely monitored by the care team," the zoo said in a Facebook post. "To alleviate his symptoms, Jomo is being treated with medications and both laser and physical therapy."
The zoo said gorilla keepers have a close relationship with Jomo and have been able to train him to do exercises for physical therapy.
"As the condition progresses, visitors may notice more labored walking and other physical changes caused by the disorder," the zoo said. "For now, Jomo still enjoys time with his family and maintains his important role as the silverback leader and role model for the youngsters in his group."


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Trump Signs More Executive Orders as a Last-Ditch Effort to Lower Drug Prices
Raymond J. March • Tuesday August 4, 2020 10:45 AM PDT
It has been over three years since Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States of America. During his first run for the Oval Office, he vowed to take on drug companies and lower the cost of prescription drugs. With less than one-hundred days until the 2020 presidential election, he has yet to keep his promise.
Hoping to make up for lost time, President Trump recently signed four executive orders to lower the prices for many important drugs. He announced last month, "I'm signing four sweeping executive orders that will lead to a massive reduction in drugs costs" and "completely restore the prescription drug market."
President Trump's first order calls for the Department of Health and Human Services to guide federally qualified health centers to provide cheaper insulin and injectable epinephrine (the drug used to treat severe allergic reactions found in EpiPens) for low-income patients. His second order calls for the HHS to permit more importation of drugs from Canada and the European Union. His third order calls for the elimination of "kickbacks" for health plan sponsors and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), who often serve as negotiators and middlemen between drug producers and healthcare and health insurance providers.
His fourth order, which President Trump calls to the "granddaddy of them all," requires Medicare to purchase drugs at the same prices found in "favored nations." By purchasing drugs at comparatively lower prices found in other countries, he hopes that U.S. patients will pay similarly lower prices.
Each of President Trump's orders addresses important and ongoing issues within the U.S. healthcare system. Insulin and EpiPen prices have risen considerably in recent times. Prescription drugs are often significantly cheaper in other nations. Some PBM negotiation tactics provide more financial benefits for the negotiators than for patients.
Unfortunately, the president's executive orders to solve these healthcare woes have little chance of making prescription drugs cheaper. Further, many of these ideas have been recently tried and found little success.
In October 2018, President Trump implemented an international pricing index model to help Medicaid patients to receive the same drug-discounts that many producers provide in other countries. Despite his efforts, drug prices have continued to climb.
Last May, Colorado became the first state to cap co-payments for the purchase of insulin. State law limited co-payments to $100 a month while expecting health insurance companies to "absorb the balance." A Denver Post article last February found that insurance providers had "absorbed the balance" by exploiting increasing premiums and exploiting loopholes in the laws to make financial ends meet. Consequently, many diabetics in Colorado are still struggling to balance their finances and health.
State-level failures to make insulin more affordable cast doubt as to whether an executive order to institute a similar national-level program will be successful.
President Trump also previously initiated policy changes to target rebates between PBMs and drug producers and grant states more authority to import drugs from Canada. Although these efforts have greater potential to lower the cost of prescription drugs, political pressures forced him to abandon these pursuits. As the November election draws closer and politically unpopular policy pursuits become riskier, we can certainly question the president's commitments to these reforms.
Executive orders to correct for other shortcomings in the U.S. healthcare market have also come up short. In 2017, President Trump issued orders to restructure the Affordable Care Act to provide more affordable healthcare. In 2018, he signed a similar order to lengthen short-term healthcare plans. Although the president's orders were well intended, research published in Health Affairs in October 2018 found that healthcare premiums increased despite the use of executive orders.
President Trump's repeated past failures to reform healthcare are predictable. In his brilliant book Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis, economist and Independent Institute Senior Fellow John C. Goodman reminds us that the market for medical care is a complex system, involving too many dynamic components and complicating factors for any individual to grasp fully. Using blunt instruments like executive orders to change the healthcare system naively presumes policymakers can tinker with complex systems and achieve desirable outcomes.
As I have stressed many times in recent posts, executive orders will not lower prescription drug prices. The latest round will be no exception.
Raymond J. March is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Assistant Professor of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at North Dakota State University.
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We've just finished a busy and brilliant week of Egg Fest 2018. The weather was much kinder than predicted and even when the rain did pass through the woods everyone was ready with their colourful wellies and waterproofs.
The tractor & trailers were constantly on the move throughout the week with our fabulous story telling chickens & rabbits coming back muddy but happy each day. Even our spring lambs thought the tractors were great as they danced and played alongside them when they came down the lane.
The golden egg was successfully found everyday though our hearts skipped a beat every time someone was near it (or stood on top of it)! and every child got an Easter egg at the collection station with our lucky lambs trying to find their raffle number as quickly as possible.
There wasn't just eggs in the woods but also lots of characters to find and pose with, challenging children from all ages and amusing the adults! Our easter bunnies worked very hard all week and probably know each nook and cranny by heart.
As we take down Peppa Pig and the egg creation station it's not long until I hear chatter about new ideas and how to get things even better next time - I think we're going to have to find a bigger woodland!
If you were unable to make it to this year's Egg Fest CLICK HERE to watch the video.


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