With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Zac Totah, Feb 14, 2017
Heroes wield awesome powers, help save citizens, cities, even worlds. Yet hidden beneath the accolades, the accomplishments, the massive muscles or skills that would put a ninja to shame lurks a deeper reality: with such power comes an equal amount of responsibility.
Conversions And The Goal Of Christian Speculative Fiction
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Feb 13, 2017
I don’t believe conversion stories are the problem in Christian fiction.
Fiction Friday – Excerpt, Her Dangerous Visions
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Feb 10, 2017
On the world of Loam, an ancient evil threatens to conquer the portals that exist on every world, and only a young farm woman named Winter is given the power to destroy it.
Why Does Christian Romance Outsell Christian Fantasy?
E. Stephen Burnett, Feb 9, 2017
Mainstream readers like both fantasy and romance. So why do Christians favor only romance?
The Foolishness Of God
Mark Carver, Feb 8, 2017
1 Corinthians 1:25: “For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength” (NIV).
Weekday Fiction Fix – The Liberty Box By C. A. Gray
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Feb 7, 2017
C.A. Gray is the author of the YA Fantasy PIERCING THE VEIL trilogy, as well as the NA Dystopian series, THE LIBERTY BOX.
What About Christian Speculative Movies?
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Feb 6, 2017
Speculative fiction by Christians is not uncommon. Readers can find stories about dragons and wizards, about characters trying to survive in a dystopian world, about a clone who escapes the laboratory, about the people in a new fairy world, about space captains, about space aliens, about vampires, about . . . well, just about anything speculative you can imagine. But how will these stories make it to the big screen?
Fiction Friday – The Long Journey To Jake Palmer
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Feb 3, 2017
If Jake Palmer had only kept the mundane promise he’d made to himself, his life wouldn’t be headed down a dead-end road at the speed of light.
Six Shallow Criticisms Of Christian Movies
E. Stephen Burnett, Feb 2, 2017
Critics might retire these clichéd lines so we can help Christian creativity mature.
Black, White, & Gray
Shannon McDermott, Feb 1, 2017
Just as Rogue One is not a particularly thoughtful movie, neither is it really a complex one.
We Have A Winner – 2017 Winter Writing Challenge
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Jan 30, 2017
Congratulations to our 2017 Winter Writing Challenge winner: Liv K. Fisher. I’ll be contacting her privately to arrange her gift card from either Amazon or B&N.
2017 Winter Writing Challenge Voting Reminder
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Jan 28, 2017
In case you missed Monday’s post announcing the finalists, you can find it here. The entries appear in alphabetical order, determined by the last name of the authors.
Fiction Friday – The Ice Child By Evangeline Denmark
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Jan 27, 2017
The Ice Child: A Winter Fairy Tale by Evangeline Denmark INTRODUCTION In the novelette, The Ice Child, Sipp, a clockmaker’s apprentice, dreams of opening his own shop, but the people of Martigny believe he’s marked by the devil—all except for […]
How To Fix Christian Fiction: More Christianity
E. Stephen Burnett, Jan 26, 2017
Christian fiction really can be terrible, and there’s only one cure: more Christianity.
Is God Out There?
Mark Carver, Jan 25, 2017
I suspect that if a project like this was launched, its managers would make a concerted effort to screen out anyone with religious beliefs, for the purposes of conflict avoidance but more importantly for the simple fact that the human heart naturally shuns God.
Finalists – 2017 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Jan 23, 2017
All that’s left is to select the winner. Choose from these entries and vote in the poll at the end of this post for one entry you think is best.
2017 Winter Writing Challenge Announcement
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Jan 21, 2017
I encourage you to help all the writers by giving some feedback (besides the thumbs). That way, even those who don’t make the top three can benefit from their participation. Thanks in advance.
Enter The Realm Makers 2017 Awards
Bethany Kaczmarek, Jan 20, 2017
Realm Makers and these two awards celebrates art that is excellent, speculative, and made by people of faith.
‘Christian Fiction’ Vs. ‘Christians Writing Fiction’? We Need Both
E. Stephen Burnett, Jan 19, 2017
We need Christian fiction and secular fiction, but not for reasons fans or critics may believe.
Do Novels Need A Theme or Message To Have Value?
Zac Totah, Jan 17, 2017
What is the purpose of a good book? Is it solely to provide entertainment, or to entertain with a deeper purpose?
2017 Winter Writing Challenge Status
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Jan 16, 2017
Feel free to share the original 2017 Winter Writing Challenge post and to invite your friends and family to read and to give their thumbs up votes. The more input, the more feedback, the better.
Winter Writing Challenge Reminder
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Jan 14, 2017
The 2017 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge will accept entries until midnight tomorrow, Sunday, January 15. That’s midnight Pacific time.
Fiction Friday – Wickers Bog By Mike Duran
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Jan 13, 2017
Myth and mystery collide in this short, 34-page tale of Southern Gothic horror.
Authors: Write Less on Writing, More on Stories
E. Stephen Burnett, Jan 12, 2017
I’d rather explore fantastical stories than read about writing craft and industry.
Dun Dun Dun Dun Da-Dun Dun Da-Dun…
Mark Carver, Jan 11, 2017
Hitler, and the whole Nazi Reich, were the perfect bad guys. Homogeneous (by their own efforts), sharply dressed in intimidating uniforms, a very eye-catching logo and distinct greeting gesture (quite the opposite of “Live Long and Prosper”), and a coldly mechanical and unstoppable war machine bent on global domination *evil laugh.* You can’t write a better fictitious villain or enemy if you tried.
What’s On Your TBR List For 2017?
Zac Totah, Jan 10, 2017
Goodreads goals abound, as we anticipate with bright-eyed eagerness the bookish possibilities. All the worlds to explore, characters to meet, adventures to embark upon. What could better?
2017 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Jan 9, 2017
It’s time for our winter writing challenge! Winter lends itself to snuggling inside with a good book. For writers, that “good book” might be the one you’re writing. Either way, we’d like to add to your winter writing and reading […]
C.S. Lewis Redeemed Myths, and So Should We
Elijah David, Jan 6, 2017
Redemption of myths fulfills the Bible’s command to “take every thought captive.”
Presenting The Gospel Through Story
Zac Totah, Jan 3, 2017
Sharing the Gospel need not take place in traditional ways, nor need it be overt. Why? This is where the power of story enters the picture.
On The Origin Of Mythic Orbits and Genre Short Stories
Travis Perry, Dec 30, 2016
Short stories are often used to promote feature-length novels, but Travis Perry did something different in “Mythic Orbits.”
