Badfan v Superman 2: Super-Nostalgia Knockdown

E. Stephen Burnett challenges the objection of why “Man of Steel” isn’t like all those great classic Superman films.
— E. Stephen Burnett in July 2015 —

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland – 150 Years Old

If only I’d understood as a child that the story wasn’t supposed to make sense, maybe I would have liked it better.
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2015 —

Culture Shifts And The Christian Writer

Is it OK for Christian novelists to write to other Christians or to general market readers “purely for entertainment”? Or should we aim to make an eternal difference through what we write?
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in June 2015 —

Evangelical Vs. Progressivist Content Warnings 101

Why do progressivist disclaimers about language and violence sound like some evangelical media reviews?
— E. Stephen Burnett in June 2015 —

Memorable Fathers

In honor of Father’s Day, a list of memorable fathers in speculative fiction.
— Shannon McDermott in June 2015 —

Should Chris Pratt Guard The Evangelical Galaxy?

We can enjoy the “Jurassic World” star’s beliefs and stories without pretending he’s the next Christian pop-culture leader.
— E. Stephen Burnett in June 2015 —

Enclave Marches On: Q and A With Steve Laube

Enclave Publishing’s owner shares an update about past, present and future of the Christian fantastical fiction publisher.
— Steve Laube in June 2015 —

Remembering The Soldiers Who Died

It doesn’t seem to me that speculative stories are short on wars, and therefore people serving the rest of their culture or nation or species by marching into danger and possible death. What novels actually show beloved characters dying as part of their commitment to fight for right?
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in May 2015 —

Meet The Parents

There’s been a quiet trend, at least in some of the popular fiction I’ve read, of parents who are killed off or written as weak and flaky.
— Amy Davis in May 2015 —

Weekday Fiction Fix – Cloak Of The Light By Chuck Black

What if…there was a world beyond our vision, a world just fingertips beyond our reach? What if…our world wasn’t beyond their influence?
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in May 2015 —

A Worthy Opponent

Balaam was, in his way, the most impressive of the Old Testament villains.
— Shannon McDermott in May 2015 —

Books I’ve Tried To Read And Can’t Get Into

Have you started books you haven’t finished? Do you know what made you stop reading? Do you try and try again until you get into a book? Have you persisted with some book and discovered it’s a keeper, one you’re glad you read and would recommend to others?
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in May 2015 —

Weekday Fiction Fix – Jupiter Winds By C. J. Darlington

In 2160, a teenager becomes the bait to capture her missing revolutionary parents she thinks are long dead.
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in May 2015 —

Act Your Age

I’m perfectly happy to believe all the crazy worldbuilding you can throw at me. I will overlook a few tropes if the plot is halfway interesting. But if your characters do not “act their age,” then you need to explain why that is so.
— Megan Ebba in May 2015 —

Use What You Know

Like so much else about fiction, immersion into a fantasy world is as much a result of the readers’ imagination as it is the writer’s execution.
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in April 2015 —

Stories With Romance Or Stories With Love?

Could it be that our current Christian speculative fiction has focused so much on the kind of love the world recognizes that we are neglecting the kind of love the Bible extols?
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in April 2015 —

Personal Predilections

A book’s quality is not measured by how much it appeals to us personally.
— Shannon McDermott in April 2015 —

Introducing Gillian Bronte Adams

Texas born and bred, Gillian Adam’s writing journey started when she was quite young. As the baby of her family, she emulated her older sister who “was always writing something.”
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in April 2015 —

Culture Wars And Speculative Fiction

Are speculative fiction writers creating worlds that reflect disagreements and opposing factions representative of societal struggles?
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in April 2015 —
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