The Day Jesus Moved Next Door: Jesus Still Goes After Lost Sheep by Sean Elliot Russell. Independently published. 350 pages. I’ve mentioned here before that I look for two things when I read Christian fiction: (1) an entertaining story; and (2) a spiritual message. It’s not often easy to provide both of these, and for … More Review: “The Day Jesus Moved Next Door” by Sean Elliot Russell
I wasn’t really sure how to title this particular blog posting. It’s true I am going to talk about the end of a book series, but it’s more than that. I have a larger story to tell. I’m in the process of completing/publishing book four of The Heretic Series, my Christian suspense novels that deal … More How to End a Book Series
P.W. Stone and the Missing Kingdoms: A Christian Fantasy Adventure Novel by S. C. Easley. Wind Born Publishing. 387 pages. This is the next to last in a series of speculative Christian books I am reviewing because of my contact with authors on Goodreads. I’ve had some good luck with the titles that I’ve read, … More Review: P.W. Stone and the Missing Kingdoms by S. C. Easley
Devil Game by Kyle Adams. 380 pages. As I’ve mentioned here before, writing Christian fiction carries with it a double challenge. First, you have to write a good story. Like any author, you have to pay your dues and learn how to keep your audience entertained through the hundreds of pages that they have agreed … More Review: “Devil Game” by Kyle Adams
In case you haven’t been listening, my latest book, The Serpent and the Dove, is now available on Amazon as a paperback and available for advance purchase as an ebook. The actual ebook comes out on Amazon and other online stores on Monday, May 10. This book is the second in my Heretics series, following … More Announcing: Book #24 “The Serpent and the Dove”
Supraphysica by Drew Boudreaux. Amazon Digital Services. 384 pages. In the process of interacting with a group of fellow Christian speculative fiction writers on Goodreads, I met Drew Boudreaux, who convinced me to read and review his book Supraphysica. It had two things in it that I really like (actually more than that, but I … More Review: “Supraphysica” by Drew Boudreaux
“What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” Mark 8:36 NIV It isn’t until you look the Devil in the eye for the first time–really look at him–that you realize that you have seen him before. I was actually going to introduce this story as the time I … More Short Story: “The Devil Went Down to Tulsa”
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. –Arthur C. Clarke As an author, I find myself in an interesting situation. For those who don’t know, I write Christian suspense novels. I also write science fiction. Many of those who read my Christian suspense novels would turn their noses up at the idea of science … More Angel or Alien?
“Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.” –John 20:29. I write in a genre called Christian suspense, and I’ve been asked more than once on Twitter what the difference is between Christian suspense and ordinary suspense. To answer that, you have to understand the way Christians think…or at least how they should … More Where’s the Suspense in Christian?
A student in my Editorial Techniques class said the other day: “I find myself looking for story ideas everywhere I go.” That’s because I am requiring them to come up with a story a week, AND have someone else write the story. Being always focused on story ideas comes with being an editor. It is … More When Dreams Become Reality
The Great Adventure 