Paul Young, author of The Shack, spoke at our church Sunday. So many questions… But first, the obvious — his message was pretty good. Of course, it was more like a testimony than a message, which is in keeping with the spirit of the book. Let’s say I can see why The Shack is so [...]
Part Two of the Christian Speculative Fiction Panel is up at Novel Journey today. Frank Creed, Jeff Gerke, and Becky Miller continue to field questions regarding the elusive genre, and boy do they do a great job! In addition to the interview, we’ll be giving away three free eBooks (downloadable PDFs) of the upcoming Coach’s [...]
I just updated my Rue Morgue Interview post from a couple weeks back, as I received my copies. Very excited about this! Embedded a couple of pics in commemoration.
I got kicked out of a writer’s critique group once. No, I wasn’t badmouthing Strunk & White or renegotiating the rules of grammar. I just didn’t do enough crits. Since then, I’ve kind of done my own thing. I wasn’t always a Lone Ranger. When I first started writing (about 5 years ago), said critique [...]
Perhaps the most obvious unspoken reality about race relations in America is the double standard. I mean, when Don Imus gets excoriated by the press for using crude racial slang and is ultimately fired, while Jessee Jackson is overheard calling for Barack Obama’s castration and black youths casually call each other “niggas” without so much [...]
We have 14 folks in our Yahoo Duran’s Madness NCAA Pool. At five bucks a pop, I stand a chance to win $70. Course, my hopes of submitting a perfect score were dashed the first day when #7 Cal tanked against #10 Maryland. Oh well. When asked about the possibilities of someone filling out a [...]
Thanks to Penwright bud, Jessica Dotta, for the heads up on this. From the article in The Tennessean, Christian fiction thrives during economic crisis: Local Christian publishers who launched or expanded their fiction lines in recent years are enjoying the fruits of their labors thanks to an unlikely source — the flagging economy. While sales [...]
I recently purchased six tickets to the Christopher Hitchens vs. William Lane Craig Debate being held at nearby Biola University. The main auditorium has sold out, but overflow tickets are still being sold for the Whittier Area Community Church. Apparently, this is a hugely popular event. But what’s the draw? Debates between Christians and atheists [...]
In case you missed it, last week was Pink Friday. People were asked to show support for the tens of thousands of teachers facing potential layoffs due to California’s budget crisis. Yeah, it’s crazy. But to hear the public school teachers out here frame it, you’d think the world was coming to an end. There’s [...]
That according to Gender Analyzer. It uses Artificial Intelligence to determine if a homepage is written by a man or woman. And all this time the feminists had me believing that, other than plumbing, there’s no real differences between the genders. Okay, so it pegged me, for the most part, as a man. I’m just [...]
