I’ve been following the comments on super-agent Rachelle Gardner’s Friday post, and find them quite fascinating. Though the answers are varied, they seem to cluster into categories. After reading through the (now 130+) comments, these six reasons seemed to emerge as to Why People Want to Be Published: To fulfill a lifelong dream — Commenter [...]
Thank you all for participating, and for the kind words. At 6:00 AM I put nine names in my Dodger cap and drew out… Jay. Congratulations, man! I’ll be contacting you about a mailing destination and sending you the “Moon” crucifix you requested. Once again, I appreciate all those who left a comment. It was [...]
The responses to my handmade crucifixes has been terrific. So much so, that I’ve added a Page in the Nav Bar above entitled My Art, which contains information on how you can purchase one. Below are my four newest ones and, by way of experiment, I will be giving away, free of any charge, one [...]
There are several uncomfortable realities about being a novelist — specifically, a male novelist. One such reality is the preponderance of female novelists. If feminists are still pining for professional equality, they need look no further than the publishing industry, especially the Christian fiction industry. This tilt toward women has many possible explanations, one of [...]
I have gone on the record suggesting why I think Christians should concede theistic evolution. But stories like the following are a reminder of why we should retain a suspicion of evolutionary science. From last month’s University of Texas at Austin News, Recently Analyzed Fossil Was Not Human Ancestor As Claimed, Anthropologists Say AUSTIN, Texas [...]
As you may have noticed, I’ve changed my website theme. I am now using the popular Thesis Theme for Wordpress. The visual changes should be minimal, nothing fancy. What I’m hoping to add is a little more readability, navigability, depth, and SEO compatibility. Ever since my first website design (*yikes!*), I’ve been progressing toward something [...]
It continues to amaze me how much interest my “Christian vampire” topics still generate. It’s one of the ways I got hooked up with Lea Lawrynowicz for the Rue Morgue interview last year entitled “Divinity in Darkness: The Rise of Christian Horror.” Shortly thereafter, I was contacted via email by a writer from the Washington [...]
It’s funny how we come to relate to artists, most of whom we never personally meet. We read their books, enjoy their films, or celebrate their music, and somehow feel we DO know them. We cheer their achievements, worry over their trials, and mourn their suffering. So it is, when I learned that Christian singer [...]
One of the most provocative occult thrillers ever made may be the original Wicker Man. The recent remake (with Nick Cage) has been panned almost across the board. The 1973 release, however, has become a cult classic (re-released in a special two disc edition in 2006). In fact, several other incarnations of the movie are [...]
Mere months after becoming a Christian, I met Tabor Zebulon, a twitchy, bearded young prophet who supposedly lived in the high desert amidst a stockpile of food and ammo. He’d changed his name to something more “biblical” and withdrew from society, believing that the Great Tribulation was imminent. Tabor knew his Bible inside and out [...]
