From our clan to yours, here’s wishing you a blessed Christmas and a New Year over-flowing with health, prosperity, and ingenuity!
That’s the working title for my third full-length novel. With The Telling scheduled for release in May 2012, I’ve been hard at work on another project. It’s a little different direction than some of my other stuff, a straight-up Urban Fantasy full of pulp, romance, ghouls, and metaphysical wrangling. ONE SENTENCE SUMMARY: A paranormal investigator [...]
Earlier this year, Guardian writer Damien G. Walter asked readers to select their favorite sci-fi novels. More than 500 titles were suggested. However, after a bit of number-crunching on the stats, Seattle-based author Nicola Griffith suggested the list revealed an overwhelming bias towards male authors. This isn’t the first time sexism has been blamed for [...]
Last Monday evening, my son called us, his voice cracking with emotion. He had to pass the phone to his wife who informed us that one of the elders of our church had been shot and killed in an attempted robbery in Honduras. I was just beginning to get to know Steve Holtrust, a gentle [...]
A recent article at Transpositions entitled C.S. Lewis’ Guidelines for a Christian Journal takes an interesting approach to the subject of Christian art. In it, the author Cole Matson quotes Lewis’ advice to Laurence Whistler about the creation of a Christian literary journal. His three guidelines for such a journal: ‘I think the Periodical ought [...]
I’ve been offered a chance to lead a workshop at a Christian writers conference, which I’m just thrilled about. Can’t say much more than that right now. Anyway, I’ve been thinking about possible workshop subjects and was wondering, if you were attending a writers conference, which of these possible topics would most interest you? WORKSHOP [...]
Somewhere along the way, equality of opportunity has been confused with equality of results. Democracy, in theory, creates equality of opportunity. A level playing field, a fair shake. However, democracy cannot guarantee equality of outcome. For instance, giving every citizen one million dollars would be no guarantee of equality of outcome. Thus… PERSON A invests [...]
The other day, I was speaking to a multi-published author and we were commiserating about how stressful and busy our lives have become since we’ve been contracted. Deadlines. Medical issues. Time management. Family management. Platform building. Marketing. Social media. And, oh, your next book. “Are we having fun yet?” I asked. We both laughed. Somewhere [...]
If there’s anything I enjoy more than reading or writing, it’s reading about writing. Here’s 10 writing posts from 2011 that have challenged, informed, angered, inspired, or motivated me. If you have the time, I’d encourage you to follow the links and ponder these helpful posts. 5 Crippling Beliefs That Keep Writers Penniless and Mired [...]
