Few writers have the rare gift of being able to tell us about someone else well. It is difficult for any writer to do the research and connect with the heart of their topic, expecially a living, active, able to-talk-back-well subject. You just can’t fudge.:^)
Bob Smietana has done that in this article (.pdf) about Gordon Atkinson, whom many of us bloggers know as Real Live Preacher.
Both men work hard at their writing, and both are bloggers. Smientana blogs at god-of-all-small-things. Bob takes our eyes off his own talent and gives us a compassionate look at this salon blogger who found his blog and his stories being discovered by nearly a million online readers and then a book publisher.
Atkinson has another book under way.

Enjoy the article - then take a minute to pray for both Bob and Gordon. Good and gentle gift givers are not always appreciated in our busy, noisy world.

For another introduction to a fellow writer see Smientana’s “From Sex Pistols to Shadowmancer” - the story of G.P. Tayor, another amazing storyteller who has struck a rich chord.