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Adobe Illustrator – New to me

For this blog and my bible story site, I wanted to do some logos. And I only heard of Adobe Illustrator (and not even heard of the terms bitmap images and vector graphics), so I decided to try to learn.. on my own. (I had, very long ago, attended freehand and photoshop classes, but was

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Easy Fitness and Self Therapy!

With many excuses for not exercising (believe me, I was taught in the basic exercise class all the answers to common excuses. Obviously, theoretical answers have no foothold in reality), I decided to engage in activities that may possibly wean me off the sedentary lifestyle.

Both Chinese and English – Is it worth the effort?

After browsing the library, I thought of browsing the web on bilingual bible stories. Well, there is none in Chinese and English! Being my systematic self, I combed through (up to 5 Google search pages) for words “bible story”, “bible stories”, “chinese bible stories” and “children bible stories”.

Confirmed NO SIMILAR PRODUCT in the e-market.

Biblical and Commercial Challenges

Just a quick browse at the children bible stories in the library, I see some challenges in authoring bible stories.

Tailoring to the Right Age – Preschoolers and older children have different language skill levels. I decided to focus on the preschooler age because one of the objectives of my bible stories is to teach elementary

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Children Bible Stories – Get started with research

First, I decided to head down to the library, children’s section. Then, I realized that unlike the adult section, there was no section on religion. Instead, the books were labeled in two broad categories, storybooks and information books. Storybooks were categorized according to age, preschoolers, 6-9, 9-12, 10-12. Information books were categorized into two age

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Dilemma writing and telling Bible Stories

I have deliberated on these dilemmas for some time and if you have any view and advice, please feel free to let me know. As I mentioned earlier, I am just 2 years into my Christian walk and may not be making the right decision though I have prayed about them.

Dilemma 1

Is it storytelling?