It’s A Miracle!

As readers and writers of speculative fiction, we’re marinated in the miraculous. It’s easy to take for granted. All sorts of things happen that transcend the comprehension and capabilities of mortal men.
— Fred Warren in April 2011 —

The Auralia Thread: Reflections on A Vast Expanse

I joined the Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy Blog Tour, run by our own fabulous Becky Miller, all the way back in January 2009. I missed my chance to read the first book, and the second book–Jeffrey Overstreet’s Cyndere’s Midnight–had […]
— Rachel Starr Thomson in March 2011 —

What Gives You Nightmares?

Last Friday, our guest blogger, author Wayne Thomas Batson, wrote about fantasy as a vehicle for soul searching. His remarks reminded me of what I read from Anne Rice when she announced her conversion (since revoked) to the Catholic faith. […]
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in March 2011 —

Guest Blog: Wayne Thomas Batson

Soul Searching Through Fantasy by Wayne Thomas Batson Life’s hard. I don’t care who you are or what tax bracket you’re in, you are going to get hurt. Scripture tells us that, as Christians, we’re not exempt from this broken, […]
— Wayne Thomas Batson in March 2011 —

Know Your Audience

This week the CSFF Blog Tour is featuring Dragons of the Valley, book two in the Chiril Chronicles by Donita Paul, winner of the first Clive Staples Award. It struck me as I was reading this story that one of […]
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2011 —

Guest Blog: Merrie Destefano

Organic World Building, Or Avoiding The Stereotypical Speculative Fiction Wormhole by Merrie Destefano With twenty years’ experience in publishing, Merrie Destefano left a 9-to-5 desk job as the editor of Victorian Homes magazine to become a full-time novelist with HarperCollins. […]
— Merrie Destefano in January 2011 —

What Is It About Narnia?

What is it about the Narnia books that we love? The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, first in the order C. S. Lewis wrote the series, has four main characters and none of them is the hero. With the omniscient point of view, readers do not benefit from close character identification. The plot is straightforward, without multiple subplots, and the writing wouldn’t be considered lyrical. Why, then, do we love these books so much?
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2011 —

Observations: Speculating Faith

In the interest of a prelude, before Christmas I wrote a piece called Inherently Religious, in which I argued that some events and symbolism are by nature religious, and, therefore, they cannot properly be used in any other way – […]
— Kaci Hill in January 2011 —

Guest Blog: C. S. Lakin, Part 3

This is the third and final post by author C. S. Lakin. Her second fairy-tale fantasy in the Gates of Heaven series, The Map Across Time, is due out early next year. – – – Gems from Fairy Tales by […]
— C.S. Lakin in December 2010 —

Guest Blog: C. S. Lakin, Part 2

Fairy Tales As a Sub-genre of Fantasy, Part 2 by C. S. Lakin My introductory post discussed the power of fairy tales and the way fairy tale structure is different from other fantasy sub-genres. The key point is that the […]
— C.S. Lakin in December 2010 —

Feechies And Hobbits

I love Hobbits. I loved them before I became a writer, and I love them more now. In my way of thinking, the ultimate in creativity is to concoct legend, starting with legendary creatures. Hobbits are just such beings, springing […]
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in December 2010 —

Guest Blog: C. S. Lakin

C. S. Lakin is the author of the new fantasy series The Gates of Heaven published by AMG/Living Ink. Book One, The Wolf of Tebron, released this fall and will be the early January feature of the CSFF Blog Tour […]
— C.S. Lakin in December 2010 —
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