Summer Reading List

Here’s an opportunity for us to make those recommendations to Spec Faith readers for their summer reading list, especially about the books we’ve most recently read. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in June 2019

Characters And Their Development: From The Writers’ Tool Chest

Characters make the story, even in speculative fiction. For all our intriguing Other Places, readers still read because they care about the characters. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in June 2019

A Vulnerable Technique

Flashbacks possess a special nature, generally inclined to be awkward. —Shannon McDermott in June 2019

Mission Report, May 2019, Realm Makers Bookstore in Orlando and Columbus

This year so far, Realm Makers Bookstore has sold about 2,500 Christian-made fantastical books to eager readers across America. —E. Stephen Burnett in June 2019

Belief in the Supernatural Builds Faith in ‘Breakthrough’

Ask yourself this, “Does my lack of belief in the supernatural weaken my faith in God to work miracles?” —Marian A. Jacobs in May 2019

Memorial Stones And A Day To Remember

Christian writers, in the telling of our tales, serve as the memorial stones that remind readers of the King and His victory. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in May 2019

A Day to Remember

Memorial Day is a day to remember lost ones–in both our own real world and through worlds of fiction. —Travis Perry in May 2019

In A World Without Humor

Incidents like this raise a critical question: What are we to do with humorless people? —Shannon McDermott in May 2019

The Power of Christ Compels Us

If you’ve ever walked into a grand cathedral, ask yourself: was your first thought “Wow, God is so wonderful!” or was it “Wow, these architects and craftsman were incredible!” —Mark Carver in May 2019

Art Under Negotiation

The early Christians made their own negotiations with art in a pre-Christian culture. —Shannon McDermott in May 2019

The Bible And Myth

Has speculative literature undermined our belief in God’s word? —Rebecca LuElla Miller in May 2019

Where Are The Original Movies?

But I can’t help wondering—is the mad dash to make money squeezing movies into a narrow slot? Must they be movie re-tellings of books or comics . . . or of other movies? Is there no room for a brand new story made originally for the screen? —Rebecca LuElla Miller in April 2019

A Homeschool Mom Discovers Realm Makers Bookstore

At Realm Makers Bookstore, mother and homeschool teacher Ticia Messing found fantastic fiction for herself and her children. —Ticia Messing in April 2019

Two Kinds of Heroes

Would you be surprised to discover that heroes have been studied–and have been found to come in two distinct types? —Travis Perry in April 2019

The Last Impossibility

What we end with is a popular culture that will face neither the darkness nor the light. —Shannon McDermott in April 2019

Lorehaven Rejoins Realm Makers Bookstore This Weekend in Cincinnati

Lorehaven will rejoin Realm Makers Bookstore, which arrives April 25–27 at Great Homeschool Conventions in Cincinnati. —E. Stephen Burnett in April 2019

Tolkien, The Movie

“I’m a little worried the filmmakers will make too many parallels between (1) Tolkien’s early life and (2) imagery that they assume a movie audience—familiar only with Jackson’s adaptations—will find recognizable.” – Jeff LaSala, Tor Magazine —Rebecca LuElla Miller in April 2019

Taste and See

Has there ever been a time you were telling someone a simple truth, but concerning which you met with skepticism? —Travis Perry in April 2019

Mission Report, April 11–13, Lorehaven at Teach Them Diligently in Waco

Again our belief is proven true: many new fans for excellent Christian-made fantastical novels are out there. —E. Stephen Burnett in April 2019
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