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Yes, The Twilight Saga Vampires Are Scary—But For All the Wrong Reasons
Christian Publisher Bethany House Defends ‘At Love’s Command’ From Outraged Critics
Paranormal Romance Can Reflect Man’s Evil and God’s Grace
What Arouses Hatred of Fantastic Romantic Fiction?
Two Christian authors share reader response to their explorations of longing and love.
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Parker J. Cole in March 2021
The Fantastical Elements of Romantic Fiction, part 2
Romance is the study of ‘what if’ scenarios through the exploration of relationships.
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Parker J. Cole in March 2021
The Fantastical Elements of Romantic Fiction, part 1
Too often readers reject romance as nothing more than fluff stories, overlooking the fantastical worldbuilding in this genre.
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Parker J. Cole in February 2021
From The Writers’ Toolbox: Developing Fresh Story Concepts
Take romance for example. Everyone knows that the traditional plot form of a romance is boy meets girl and they fall in love, but
Things
happen to keep them apart. In the end, however, they conquer, or their love conquers, and they get together.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2020
The Female Don Quixote and Heroism for our Times
Arabella, The Female Don Quixote, shows us something about why we need a world with heroes.
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Jill Domschot in July 2020
The Crux of the Tragedy
All my adult life, I had intended to never read Romeo and Juliet.
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Shannon McDermott in July 2020
A Girl and Her Father
The story of Esther is commonly told as a romance, but the relationship that matters most is the one between Esther and Mordecai.
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Shannon McDermott in August 2018
Four Biblical Critiques of Christian Movies
Christian movies are getting better. But some still have too much Proverbs over Psalms, James over Romans, Ruth over Judges, and Revelation over Genesis.
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E. Stephen Burnett in April 2018
Greetings from the Other Side
The self-described Most Tattooed Christian Author who wrote those scary-looking books is now writing heartwarming stories about girls and boys and horses.
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Mark Carver in February 2018
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