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From One Book to Another [Henry O. Arnold]

Jun 19, 2025Tim PietzAuthor Posts, Henry O. Arnold, Story Behind the Storyinspiration, writing

When I was wrapping up the final edits on The Mercy Seat, Kay and I had dinner with dear friends Bill and Derri Smith. Derri had recently retired as the director of an organization devoted to rescuing victims of human trafficking. I shared with them the story of The Mercy Seat and that I was…

Giving Myself Over [Henry O. Arnold]

Mar 7, 2024Tim Pietz1 CommentAuthor Posts, Devotional, Encouragement, Henry O. Arnold, Personal Stories, Power of Story, The Stories We Livelife, story, writing

If I as a writer am to tell a story, I must give myself over to its peculiar flow. As the power of the story begins to rise up within me, I must sit down and write. I yield. I isolate. I watch and listen. I resist the temptation to manipulate, and I allow the…

A Wife’s Dare [Henry O. Arnold]

Jan 18, 2024Tim PietzAuthor Posts, Henry O. Arnold, Story Behind the Storycity, family, ministry, storytelling, writing

My wife, Kay, dared me to make up a story out of whole cloth. Just sit down and start writing and see what happens, she said. With my historical fiction books, I have at least had a loose outline to follow, a commitment to be true to the known facts while telling a good story. But not with The Mercy Seat. It was scary at first.