Calling the American church out of the shallows and into the deeper waters of the faith
It’s time for my Friday Fun post, in which I offer nothing more than perhaps an opportunity for some amusement. All right, it’s Friday and time to prepare for the weekend with a little fun. This week, I offer you the ‘Awful Lyrics’ game. The goal is to submit lines from songs that you believe … Read More “Friday Fun – The Awful Lyrics Game” »
It’s time for my Midweek Recommendation, in which I commend to your attention books or music or movies or anything I find worth recommending. As I mentioned in my Sunday Reflection on ‘belonging,’ I am setting out to keep a more regular blog schedule. My plan is to do the following: Sunday – Post a … Read More “Ender’s Game” »
It’s time for my Sunday Reflection, in which I post some of my thoughts on almost any issue connected to writing, faith or life in general. As the week begins in which my 8th novel, The Darker Road prepares to release (it’s supposed to be available on Amazon as of Tuesday, August 6), I embark … Read More “Belonging” »
Almost six years ago I met Robert Treskillard. He contacted me because he was – at the time – an aspiring fantasy writer who lives here in St. Louis and had just heard about me. We got together and talked writing & publishing, and I heard all about his very cool, very different take on … Read More “Merlin’s Blade” »
While I wait for the release of The Darker Road, the first book of my new fantasy series, The Wandering, I am trying to get book three of the series started in earnest. I’ve written much of the prologue, enough to register a full 2% of the projected length of the book. So, I thought … Read More “The Colder Moon” »
I’ve said this elsewhere about posting on Leap Year, that if you blog at all, even if you are a horrible, completely negligent and irregular blogger like me, then you can’t let a day like today go by without posting something. Leap Year only comes once every four years, and while there are twelve years … Read More “12.12.12” »
From Wednesday, November 21st through Sunday, November 25th, Avalon Falls is available for free at Amazon as a kindle download. Spread the word. Tell your friends, and then tell them again. By all means, download and enjoy. And please, read responsibly. And then, if you like it, perhaps you’d be willing to post a kind … Read More “Avalon Falls – Free” »
You hear stories from time to time of famous writers or famous composers – or whomever – and how some popular book or piece of theirs was something they personally didn’t like very much, or conversely, how some obscure, unpopular creation was their favorite even though it never took off. It makes me wonder if … Read More “Inside Story or Out of the Loop?” »
While there are many challenges in ‘indie’ publishing, one of the really beautiful things is the creative control you retain in areas that normally you don’t have much say in, and cover art would be one of those areas. I’m very excited about the story in The Raft, The River, and The Robot, (the book … Read More “Fantastic Cover for R3” »
Yes, its true. If you have a Kindle, you can now get my entire Binding of the Blade series for just $23. Here’s the story. For several years now, Beyond the Summerland has been available for just $2.99 as an ebook on Kindle. The idea was to promote the first book at a low price … Read More “My entire BOTB Series for just $23” »
