Yes, it's that time again!This month we're highlighting John Olson's newest title, Shade, billed as a "vampire-less vampire novel." It's also known in the Christian publishing industry as the story that was so scary it made a certain author sleep with the lights on and an agent swear he wouldn't … [Read more...] about Christian Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog Tour: John Olson’s Shade
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Bitter Chivalry part 2 is up!
It’s up! The second installment of my short story, Bitter Chivalry, is now up at Christian Fiction Online Magazine:http://christianfictiononlinemagazine.com/bitter2.htmlThank you to all who read Part 1 and commented! It can still be found … [Read more...] about Bitter Chivalry part 2 is up!
ACFW 2008: Part 3, Friday, & Agent/Editor Appointments
Friday ... uh, yeah. First day of continuing education sessions. First editor and agent appointments. Lots of other stuff going on too.I'd wound up with two editor appointments and one agent appointments--one was all I'd requested--and pretty soon after I got to Minneapolis, Michelle offered me … [Read more...] about ACFW 2008: Part 3, Friday, & Agent/Editor Appointments
ACFW Conference 2008: Part 2, Thursday: “the dreams I dream for you”
First thing I gotta do, post this video:I'm not thrilled about the visuals (I like real, official music videos and not mere collages of photos, for the most part), but this is the ONLY YouTube recording I could find of this song: "Dreams I Dream For You," by the group Avalon. It encapsulates … [Read more...] about ACFW Conference 2008: Part 2, Thursday: “the dreams I dream for you”
ACFW Conference 2008 – Part 1, Wednesday
I'm going to attempt to journal this year's conference experience ... I say attempt, because it's more than a month ago and details get fuzzy with time. :-)First of all, I flew in a day early and left a day late because I have family in that part of the country (Minneapolis, Minnesota) and couldn't … [Read more...] about ACFW Conference 2008 – Part 1, Wednesday
To Blog or Not To Blog …
Yeah, I've been away from regular blogging/journaling/whatever for a while ... several months ago (longer?) I started paring away things--some of them really fun, good things--that were getting in the way of other more important--some of them crucial--things that I needed to give more attention to. … [Read more...] about To Blog or Not To Blog …