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Tag: writing what you know

by Josh Allen
Posted on January 3, 2012

Why I Spent Years Trying not to Be a Mormon Writer (and How I Got Over That)

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Griffiths “Truth Seeker: The Life of Joseph F. Merrill, Scientist, Educator, and Apostle” (Reviewed by Chad Curtis)
Anderson, “Bruce R McConkie: Apostle and Polemicist, 1915-1985” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
Page, “Future Day Saints” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
Smoot & Passantino, “Joseph Smith’s Unpublished Revelations: (Reviewed by Mark Tensmeyer)
Alford, “Book of Mormon Insights: Letting God Prevail in Your Life” (Reviewed by Ivan Wolfe)
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Eves, “Beyond the Mapped Stars” (Reviewed by Michael Austin)
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