Real Life Story

In a related note to yesterday’s post from Becky on dystopian fiction, a heated discussion arose the other day in response to an article by Wall Street Journal columnist Meghan Cox Gurdon on the prevailing dark tone in modern young-adult (YA) fiction, which […]
— Fred Warren in June 2011 —

Showdown

The summer sun beats down savagely on the little village of Speculation, somewhere south of the Borders and north of the Amazon. A hawk cries in the distance as a tall man in a white hat, his face obscured by […]
— Fred Warren in May 2011 —

Comic Books, Movies, And Novels – Where The Trine Meet

Recently former Writer’s Digest columnist Nancy Kress wrote a review of the movie Thor. In it she referred to the production as a “comic-book movie.” Whether or not you agree or disagree is beside the point (I haven’t see it, […]
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in May 2011 —

Guest Post – Shiny Writing Tips From Mal Reynolds and Firefly

I love space opera and sci-fi, which means I love Joss Whedon’s short-lived space western series Firefly, and I especially love Malcolm Reynolds. The Mal Reynolds character is what you get if you made a TV series about the adventures […]
— Johne Cook in May 2011 —

Imagination: For God’s Glory and Others’ Good, Part 1

While abusing the Bible for his own self-pleasure, doomsaying false prophet and Christ-slanderer Harold Camping also abused his God-given imagination — similar to how people also abuse God’s gift of romance and sex.
— E. Stephen Burnett in May 2011 —

The Perils Of Speculative Cooking

An article on the perils of Romance fiction, Amish stories, tales of the bonnet, and other subversive incitements to lust, lasciviousness, and unsanctified imagination caught my eye the other day. I experienced a thunderbolt of inspiration. Divine inspiration. The author, and the rest of us, have missed the true spiritual threat lurking among the stacks of supposedly “uplifting” reading material burdening the shelves our our supposedly “Christian” bookstores.
— Fred Warren in May 2011 —

Imagination And Truth

I am in conflict. I believe in telling the truth and I believe in the creativity of Man based on the Imago Dei. Part of me resonates with the “Evolution Of The Artist.” It sounds so freeing to color outside […]
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in May 2011 —

Speculative Stories Keep Coming

Supernatural stories on the little or big screen undoubtedly bode well for books. The two media seem inter-dependent. Some of the movies were born from previous print sources (books or comic books), and these movies will foster new works of a similar kind. The question is, where will the Christian writer fit into this explosion?
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in May 2011 —

Guest Blog: IS IT WORTH IT?

To quote from the classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times…” This in large part has been my experience with the topsy-turvy, take no prisoners […]
— Mike Lynch in May 2011 —

Thunders Of ‘Thor’ Echo Biblical Truths, Part 1

Thor’s pagan myths remind us of Scripture’s truth, real worship, and longing for a good and noble King.
— E. Stephen Burnett in May 2011 —

Allegory, Reviews, and The Clash Of Reader Expectation

Housekeeping first: the draw for a copy of The Ale Boy’s Feast goes to Martin LaBar, who made himself eligible by linking to his review of Patricia McKillip’s Ombria in Shadow. (I read the review, and now I want to […]
— Rachel Starr Thomson in May 2011 —

Scouting The Competition

Why do so many Mormons write genre (speculative) fiction?
— Fred Warren in May 2011 —

What Readers Are Reading

My conclusion in all this is that once again, story proves to trump all. A good story matters more to readers than artistic writing or genre or even the reputation of the author.
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in May 2011 —

Critiquing Critics Of Christian Fiction, Part 3

Many Christian readers have learned to put up with preachiness in secular stories, while some non-Christians (or even professing Christians) can’t stand hearing real Christianity repeated in a work of fiction, even with artistic excellence.
— E. Stephen Burnett in May 2011 —

The Next Big Thing

Christian writers are often accused of being tone-deaf on popular culture, behind the times, and generally out of touch. Well, I’m here to help.
— Fred Warren in May 2011 —

Readers, Writers And What Each Understands

A (lengthy) discussion broke out this weekend prompted by Friday’s interview with Spec Faith’s special guest, Kathy Tyers, author of Firebird. Much of the conversation centered on one commenter’s view of Ms. Tyers’ implied hatred of Jews in the Firebird […]
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in May 2011 —

Critiquing Critics Of Christian Fiction, Part 2

We’ve all heard it, and often said it: “Christian novels are too preachy.” But what do we mean by that? Some critics say “preachy” only to mean “Christians speaking and acting as Christians naturally do,” and therefore can’t be pleased.
— E. Stephen Burnett in April 2011 —

Another Look At Good Versus Mediocre

Do Christian writers want to write great literature? You know, the kind that will be around for another hundred years (provided Christ’s return doesn’t come before that)? Do we even want to write books that will stay on bookstore shelves […]
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in April 2011 —
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