For anyone who hasn't yet heard, the Christy awards were given out Saturday night in Denver, Colorado, and Karen Hancock took her fourth-in-a-row award for the Visionary category with Shadow Over Kiriath! I'm so thrilled for her. (And congratulations to the other winners, listed at Dave Long's … [Read more...] about Congratulations, Karen!
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Home Again
We just returned Friday evening from a two-week visit to family in Missouri. Actually, my husband was away on reserve duty at Scott AFB, Illinois, for two weeks before that, and I drove out on the Thursday before he was finished, with all the kids, to meet him, then we went on to MO to visit our … [Read more...] about Home Again
Sabbatical
Many of you have already figured this out, but I'm taking a break from blogging this week and next, and hope to be back late next week.When I come back, I'll have some really great news about a Christian SF/F series I was told was being dropped, as well as one author's thoughts on why the genre is … [Read more...] about Sabbatical
Donita K. Paul: Day 2
I was going to post a review today for DragonQuest, the second book in Donita’s fantasy series, but I suddenly find that … I never wrote a review, whether for Amazon or otherwise! I’m feeling quite embarrassed by this discovery, especially given the glowing comment Donita left on my previous post a … [Read more...] about Donita K. Paul: Day 2
Take Two: Christian Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog Tour–Donita K. Paul
From my review at Amazon.com:Welcome to the world of DragonSpell, where seven high races and seven low ones share the lovely kingdom of Amara, and the young village slave Kale is about to discover that adventure is not all it’s cracked up to be. Her talent for finding dragon eggs and her eventual … [Read more...] about Take Two: Christian Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog Tour–Donita K. Paul
A maze of grace
Yesterday was the 14th birthday of my second-born—my intense, sensitive, funny, wildly dramatic, musical son Ian.In celebration of the day, I finally wrote his birth story, and updated the links on my birth page accordingly. Poor kid—I’m not sure why, but I’d never taken the time to write his out! … [Read more...] about A maze of grace