Calling the American church out of the shallows and into the deeper waters of the faith
2012 is upon us, and I hope that it has started well for you. I also hope that you found time to reflect on God’s abundant grace this Christmas season, that amid the exchanging of lesser gifts you took time to remember greatest gift of all. For me, one of the best gifts of the … Read More “New Year, New Contract, New Series” »
Well, I’ve been so negligent about blogging, it’s hard to know how to begin. The good news for the few of you who still occasionally check here in the hope of finding an update is that I should have an announcement to make soon. Hopefully very soon, and I know, it has been a long … Read More “Back in Business… (Almost)” »
I was asked in August to consider writing a guest blog for the site, “Speculative Faith.” I finally was able to do that this past week and it has now been posted there. Here’s the link: Speculative Faith Check it out & check out the rest of the site if you’ve never been there. There’s … Read More “Guest Blog” »
I’m asked on occasion if I’m working on anything, and if I have any books coming out soon. The answer to those two questions are ‘always’ and ‘no.’ I’m always working on something, but with no books currently under contract, there’s nothing coming in the near future – though hopefully that’ll change before too long. … Read More “The Current State of Things” »
There’s been a fair bit of ice and snow in St. Louis so far this winter. Not as much as in some places, but a fair bit nonetheless. Looking out the window at the the snow frosted trees and white landscape often brings to mind both the beauty and danger of nature. The snow that … Read More “Dangerous Beauty” »
As you may have noticed, the little bar graph on my linkblog that I used from last Fall through this past May to track my progress as I finished “TDR,” is now barely registering at all. That’s because I’ve reset it to track the progress of the new novel I’m working on as of now. … Read More “Back To Work” »
OK, here’s the deal. One of you suggested in a comment a little while ago that I give you all an acronym by which to refer to the book I just completed. This way, I wouldn’t be giving away the working title, which I’m reluctant to do online when the book isn’t under contract, and … Read More “TDR” »
Introduction… Credentials… My Goal…
As many of you know, my fellow fantasy writers and friends, Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper have undertaken a two book series together, the first book of which came out last November and was called Curse of the Spider King. Well, the second book, called Venom and Song comes out in July, and Wayne … Read More “Batson & Hopper – Take 2!!” »
Well, I finished the rough draft of the novel I’ve been working on today. I started in the Fall of 2008, put it aside after writing about a hundred pages, then picked it back up this school year. I estimated it would run about 400 of my pages and 140K words. The file I just … Read More “Finished!” »
