While Celeste and I finish up our current project entitled Salome’s Charger, I am dabbling with a universe I am in the process of creating for my next book, Deal with the Devil. As with a lot of my books, it skirts the boundary between science fiction and Christian suspense. What I have here isn’t … More “E.L.I.”
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Knopf Books. 352 pages. Ah yes. Another dystopian book. Another flu pandemic that kills 99 percent of the world’s population. Another book where people strive to survive, killing each other in the process. But wait, this book isn’t like the others. It sees the post-dystopian world as poetic, … More Review: “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel
Summer of the Apocalypse by James Van Pelt. 255 pages. Fairwood Press. I have said for a long time that vampire stories aren’t about vampires, that zombie stories aren’t really about zombies. The same goes for stories about the end of the world. Call them apocalyptic tales, dystopia or whatever, they aren’t about disease, nuclear … More Review: “Summer of the Apocalypse” by James Van Pelt
Hark, the herald, people sing, Joy to no more suffering, Peace on earth and mercy mild, Men on earth are reconciled. Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies, With all nations then proclaim Men on earth are all the same. “Mother,” Brenda Saffold said as they got in the Yellow … More “[An Alien] Christmas In Chicago”
It’s time to revisit The Great Adventure Manifesto, in which I try to spell out what I believe, and my marching orders for my writing from this point on. Item one is: I believe in the power of stories. Jesus shared stories because He could share Truth in ways that struck deep into the … More The Power of Story
I am presently reading a book about the Civil War–Gettysburg to be exact. I picked it up on the discount rack at Wal-Mart. I am embarrassed to say that most of the books I buy come from some sort of discount rack, either in a store on online. Because I am one of those who … More Hits and Misses
I’ve been checking out YA books for several years now. Not that I fit into the Young Adult category–I slipped out of that about 40 years ago. But I have written one YA book, and am considering others, and since it is really the only book market that continues to grow, it’s worth a gander. … More Review: “Legend” by Marie Lu
Here’s a look at the new video trailer my son Matthew Robinson put together for my book Infinity’s Reach:
I have a lot of respect for Orson Scott Card. By linking his name with mine in the title, I am not presuming that my writing is the same caliber as his, at least not yet. But I admire him greatly because he has been able to do something that I am trying to do … More Orson Scott Card and Me
I’ve never been able to pat my head and rub my belly at the same time, and so I have been remiss in keeping up with my blog, or my writing for that matter. But I had decided early on that this summer was not going to be writing intensive. Instead, I have spent the … More Hits and Misses
The Great Adventure 