I recently visited a writer’s blog and scanned a week’s worth of posts. Frankly, I was underwhelmed. One reason: There were no comments. Zeroes across the board. Either: a.) No one was reading what he had to say, b.) No one cared what he had to say, or c.) He didn’t say anything worth caring [...]
If there’s anything I enjoy more than reading or writing, it’s reading about writing. Here’s 10 writing posts from 2010 that have challenged, informed, inspired, or motivated me. If you haven’t already, I’d encourage you take some time, follow the links, and ponder these helpful posts. Thoughts on Kitsch in Fiction, Athol Dickson — “Writing [...]
Apparently, early ticket sales for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader were not promising, which led to some consternation among Christian fans of the series. And a plan of attack. From 10 Things You Can Do to Ensure Narnia 3 is a Success: The opening weekend of Voyage of the Dawn Treader is critical to [...]
For a subject as potentially riveting as the afterlife, it’s startling how Clint Eastwood’s latest film Hereafter manages to be so insipid. After a string of films that broach religious and redemptive themes, I must admit a degree of expectation regarding the director’s latest. Hereafter tells parallel stories about three people affected by death in [...]
There’s an old saying: Well begun is only half done. If that’s the case, then many a film ends before it really finishes. The movies below fall into that category, third acts that squandered their opening two. * * * 10.) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull — Mega-starships have saved many [...]
It’s hard enough maintaining a blog. And then you have this… Last month, literary agent Chip MacGregor announced he was done blogging. In his (now second-to-the) last post All Good Things Must Come to an End, he writes Time to hang it up. I’ve said what I have to say… I’m going to wrap it [...]
Amy Riley at My Friend Amy, on her Faith and Fiction Saturday, recently posed an interesting question regarding Books Where the Main Character Rejects Faith. She asked about the …lack of books where characters consider faith or religion but decide against it for one reason or another. Rejecting faith is a part of the faith [...]
I have gone on the record suggesting that Christians should concede theistic evolution. Admittedly, this is more a strategic turn than a biblical imperative. Neither the exact “length” of creation days nor the specific mechanism used to bring about organic life are considered fundamental to the faith. Nevertheless, conceding some form of theistic evolution is [...]
Author Tim George recently asked this question: To those who are writers – how difficult do you find it to strike the balance between preserving the story while cutting away all that hinders it? What do you find harder, fashioning characters and plot or chipping away at them through ruthless editing? There is a saying [...]
“We may throw the dice, but the LORD determines how they fall.” — Proverbs 16:33 NLT Getting published, you could say, is an act of Providence. We hone our craft, write our book, and then “throw the dice.” What happens after that is largely out of the author’s control. Christians typically entrust this process to [...]
