I’ve found that step by step plot development remains exciting— for me. When I don’t what’s coming until the Lord shows me the title of the next chapter, the book comes alive for me. This is what makes it so … Continue reading →
An exciting catholic urban fantasy by Brian Shotton presents spiritual warfare as over the top superhero entertainment. One of the refreshing things about catholic fiction are the larger than life heroes and heroines. They often inspire through their seemingly superhuman … 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 →
Dealing with death creatively when my wife went home has been a major personal learning point. Creative people commonly think differently. I tend to think that most creative people understand this. Maybe I’m just strange—surprise, surprise. For example, I’ve mentioned … Continue reading →
This is the updated map as I am now well past the halfway point of Book Two: The Staff of Darkness. Demonic powers grab control of Ferrelar with the willing encouragement of its new king. I’m shooting for a holiday release … 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 →
Like many revelations from God, this one started innocuously. Are we lower than angels, no we are not? Paul makes this very clear in I Corinthians 6:3a, “Do you not know that we shall judge angels?” NKJV. I was reading … Continue reading →
Yes, I know this phrase comes from the I Ching, but perseverance furthers with believers especially authors. Scripture talks a lot about overcomers and overcoming. Long-suffering shows up as a fruit of the Spirit. Don’t quit remains one of the most common … Continue reading →
The Staff of Light pre-release available after nearly three decades of work. I can’t tell if I’m excited, exhausted, or simply grateful to be almost done with it. The comments from beta readers have been excellent. They also provided many excellent … Continue reading →
The Christian norms promise, trial, provision give growth into maturity—what scripture calls perfection. John Hagee was talking about this in today’s sermon. Being smack dab in the middle of trial, the sermon hit me hard (or I should say, it was an … Continue reading →