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Nancy Roman

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In Praise Of Childish Things

♦ October 7, 2017 ♦ 35 Comments

One of my least favorite Bible verses is this one: “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”   And yeah, I get it.  We grow up and we have to behave as …

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Best Christmas Ever

♦ December 20, 2015 ♦ 30 Comments

My novel, JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED, is completely fiction. Almost. In the book, Cynthia (the main character) listens to her sister Angela’s remembrance of one long-ago Christmas. Out of 92,000 words, this little anecdote – less than 800 words – is the one little bit of truth. A not-so-fictionalized account of the Christmas when …

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