Calling the American church out of the shallows and into the deeper waters of the faith
When I finished All My Holy Mountain in the spring of 2006, it never occurred to me that its release in 2008 would come and go without my having a contract for another book. To be sure, I didn’t know which of my various ideas would be in print or under contract, but I felt … Read More “Destination Unknown” »
As this week is the week that the authors on the Fantasy Fiction Tour ’08 are going to be posting about me, I thought I’d put up a short introduction to me & to my works for those who might come by to see a bit more about who I am. My name is L.B., … Read More “A Brief Introduction” »
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” »
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” »
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” »
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” »
A couple weeks ago I was the featured author on the Motiv8 website that has information about the Fantasy Fiction Tour ’08. So click the link, scroll down and check it out.
Today I caught my first whiff of someone not especially pleased with All My Holy Mountain. To date, all the feedback by email, website comment, personal conversation, etc., had been glowing, but the first neutral/negative reaction was bound to come at some point, and today was the day. Of course, I went right to Amazon … Read More “Reviews” »
As the saga of “The Binding of the Blade” wraps up, all roads lead to the Mountain. I have always loved the imagery associated with the holy mountain in Isaiah, and so creating a world where the central geographic feature was “the Holy Mountain” was a lot of fun. For four books the action has … Read More “All Roads Lead to the Mountain” »
