I’d almost given up on the genre. I’m so sick of serial fornicators, torturors, and rage-driven anti-heroes. This one got to me: exciting, action-filled, complex, and compelling. What great fun! Except, of course, it stopped just as it got interesting. … Continue reading →
Who needs strong fiction to introduce them to Jesus? The first and obvious answer is, the world! bzzaat! Wrong answer. The world cannot come to know Jesus, by definition. Biblically, the world (kosmos in the Greek) is the system developed … Continue reading →
I was hesitant to use the word Christian in the title, because this is definitely not a Christian book. I know Jill is a Christian author, and she has virtually promised that the series will arrive at this spiritual destination … Continue reading →
One of the most egregious errors seen in speculative fiction is a misunderstanding of how prophecy works. I should probably write a how-to some day. But the article linked below is superb. Don’t use a prophet unless you know what … Continue reading →
This one’s hard to categorize. Joanne says it’s in the same genre as Pilgrim’s Progress—but not really. It’s hard to tell, as I have never actually met the author, but it seems at least semi-auto-biographic. But none of this genre speculation gets … Continue reading →
Restoration’s Journey (Unseen Dominion Book 2) How do you run from an unseen enemy . . . . . . in a world you’ve never experienced? Twelve-year-old Ima Fredericks is a second generation mim (manufactured image of man). Born and … 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 →
The Dragon King: First Emperor of China (Chronicles of the Watchers Book 1) Two Epic Storytellers and a Clash of Ancient Cultures. Brian Godawa, best-selling author of ancient historical fantasy, teams up with Charlie Wen, the past visual director of Marvel … Continue reading →
Optimus 4 In the year 2063, Earth is dying, beset by the geopolitical and ecological disasters of the Great Tribulation. Isolationist America is under the iron-fisted rule of General George Brinton Mclellan, a tyrannical century-old right wing dictator, obsessed with … Continue reading →
DARK LIAISON: A Christian Suspense Novel (COIL Book 1) In DARK LIAISON, A Christian Suspense Novel, Book One in the COIL Series by D.I. Telbat, we jump into an intense scene where things are not as they seem for Memphis … Continue reading →