Calling the American church out of the shallows and into the deeper waters of the faith
With many thanks to Rob Treskillard who designed this for me, I wanted to show some of the fine work he’s done for me on this site. This is the graphic you’ll find under “My Books” at the top of the page. Click on a spine to see the book,and click on the book to … Read More “Binding Of The Blade Bookshelf” »
Tomorrow evening I board the plane for Seattle, and on Saturday the Fantasy Fiction Tour 2008 officially begins for Wayne Thomas Batson and me, as we join the other six authors who have an additional stop in Canada on Friday. If you’d like to watch some of the events live, here’s your chance. As the … Read More “Motiv8 Fantasy Fiction Tour Video” »
This is the last of my posts originally written for the Motiv8 website. It caused a bit of a stir there, so I anticipate there may be reactions here. Feel free to comment. With the Tour gearing up to begin in less than two weeks, this might be the last post in our brief series … Read More “More Than Moralism” »
In the spirit of recycling posts I wrote for the Fantasy Fiction Tour ’08 website, here’s another from a few weeks ago. I believe it was Edith Hamilton in her classic work on mythology that suggested the purpose of the monsters in Greek myths was to give the heroes opportunities to demonstrate their greatness. Ie, … Read More “Villains & Conflict” »
It is interesting how things work, sometimes. The previous post was from Friday, and as the tone of it suggests, I was feeling pretty unsure of where I am as a professional writer and where I am going. That evening when I got home, my wife had picked some movies up from the library. (I’m … Read More “Raise Your Hopeful Voice” »
When did Tommy Tutone know they were a one hit wonder? (My apologies to those who know multiple Tommy Tutone songs and feel this label has been misapplied.) Much of the audience for my books will be too young to remember Tommy Tutone or “Jenny,” but for those who do, you know as I do … Read More “Self-Doubt & the Artist” »
I wrote at the end of May about the beauty of summer when you’re a teacher (which I am) and about the 79 day weekend which I was looking forward to enjoying. Well, weekend’s over. That’s right, even 79 day weekends come to an end at some point. Yesterday, August 14th, school started. If that … Read More “Back to School” »
It’s just over two months until the Fantasy Fiction Tour ’08 hits the West Coast, so as part of the “warm up” for the Tour, all eight fantasy writers have agreed to try their hands at a collaborative, fantasy fiction story. I wrote the first “page” if you will, and posted it yesterday, and last … Read More “Collaborative Story” »
This post is to inform fans of my series and of the fantasy genre in general, that my friend Eric Reinhold, one of the other authors on the Fantasy Fiction Tour ’08, is running a contest at his blogging site that you can access here. Basically, the contest is designed to have you spend some … Read More “Contest” »
I have to admit it, I like war stories. I like war books and war movies. I like non-fiction books on war like Band of Brothers and Flags of Our Fathers, and I like historical fiction war accounts like Killer Angels. I like the film version of these books too – the HBO miniseries based … Read More “A Time For War” »