The Writing During the Last Days book is the result of an extensive season of prayer with the Lord. As far as I can tell [and you should verify it for yourself], He asked me to do this. The book … Continue reading →
The Paucity of Christian Book Reviews saddens me. No, it’s worse than that. I grieve that more authors are not being led to share the reality of the walk of faith. Of course, that is epidemic in America today. It’s … Continue reading →
The birth of the Miraculous Reality genre seems obvious to me now. I was trying to fit what I am writing into Heroic Urban Fantasy, but it was really a stretch. Mary Campagna Findley finally said, “Why don’t you just call … Continue reading →
The Reign Series offers speculative refreshment in a world gone mad. As we bring the end of the church age to a close, a simple breath of fresh air seems like a life raft on a stormy sea. Here’s a … Continue reading →
Making fictional evil real always remains a focus of excellent Christian fiction—at the levels of four and five especially. But any fiction showing spiritual truth requires Absolute Truth when describing the enemy, also. This never appears in worldly or entertaining fiction. … Continue reading →
I’ve learned writing Christian fiction requires special care. This is especially true for fantasy. Creating transformational books demands Holy Spirit involvement. After spending well over thirty years on book one, I’m beginning book two. I didn’t start writing professionally until … Continue reading →
I’m always excited to receive another book by Celesta Thiessen. This time I found Freedom’s Heroes written large in this surprising Christian YA Scifi. Celesta’s deceptively simple stories always intrigue the mind and bless the spirit. She loves dystopian scifi and … Continue reading →
One of the difficulties of Christian fiction is Romans 8:28. “All things work to the good…” Happy endings edify, if you tell Truth. Life is hard, right? Our task is to tell a compelling story while dealing wih these Truths. … Continue reading →
In the process of putting the Reality Calling Bookstore together, bookstore updates continue on a daily basis as I find or remember books I’ve read over the past few decades. We didn’t start rating Christian books until a 3-4 years ago … 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 →