I’m genre hunting trying contemporary christian fantasy and it’s a hard sell. Urban fantasy has far too much worldly stuff. Christian contemporary doesn’t normally have spiritual warfare and miraculous events. Paranormal implies that you really have no idea how to … Continue reading →
Best Reality Calling graphic of the year is… I’ve never really done this, but I should. I do many graphics over the course of a year. But this year, one of them encapsulates the entire year. The birth pangs became … Continue reading →
The miraculous reality genre requires a new way of thinking. I just read what I consider one of the best Christian fantasies of the past five years. I was rereading the original book to refresh myself before I read book … Continue reading →
Faith motivates perseverance from the promise, but the promise comes first. I asked the Lord if He would help me and bless the Ferellonian King series. He told me He would. I told Him I would trust Him to do that. … Continue reading →
I was reading an interesting post by a non-believing acquaintance of mine a few minutes ago. It became clear that authentic magic brings power, and we have a real advantage. But how can that be? To quote from the article: “When … Continue reading →
In two weeks, I’ve managed to get a hundred plus vetted Christian good reads into the Reality Calling bookstore. These are some seriously enjoyable books showing transformed lives of power in realistic settings from romances to exotic fantasy and science fiction. … Continue reading →
The Lord has told me, “Come! Let’s have a little adventure.” The Reality Calling Bookstore response to that word was a surprise to me. I’ve been saying for years that something like this is needed as a resource for the … Continue reading →
One of the things I want to do with this site is make it a valued resource for Christian authors and readers of speculative fiction and powerful non-fiction. I’m looking for your input on how we can do this. Let’s state … Continue reading →
I think I finally figured out how to enable reader voting on the reviews and the books. Let me know if it is working better. I doubt any of the earlier reviews will allow it, but maybe. I basically like … Continue reading →
Marketplaces are incredibly complex There’s an interesting post in a marketing blog I follow this morning. It talks about the size of the publishing industry. The graphic is copied from her post—the data is from 2012. It shows that the largest portion … Continue reading →