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When Speculation Is … Confusing

Let me preface this by saying that I don’t like telling writers what they “can” or “can’t” do. But I’d be interested in your opinions about what they DO do. This week I’ve had the pleasure of reading two recent […] · Rachel Starr Thomson

Real Life Story

In a related note to yesterday’s post from Becky on dystopian fiction, a heated discussion arose the other day in response to an article by Wall Street Journal columnist Meghan Cox Gurdon on the prevailing dark tone in modern young-adult (YA) fiction, which […] · Fred Warren

Imagination: For God’s Glory and Others’ Good, Part 2

People out there still say they believe “all fiction is untruth; therefore telling stories dishonors God.” How does the Bible address that notion? What is the foundational Theology of Things we see throughout Scripture? Part 2 of the series. · E. Stephen Burnett

Showdown

The summer sun beats down savagely on the little village of Speculation, somewhere south of the Borders and north of the Amazon. A hawk cries in the distance as a tall man in a white hat, his face obscured by […] · Fred Warren

Guest Post – Shiny Writing Tips From Mal Reynolds and Firefly

I love space opera and sci-fi, which means I love Joss Whedon’s short-lived space western series Firefly, and I especially love Malcolm Reynolds. The Mal Reynolds character is what you get if you made a TV series about the adventures […] · Johne Cook

Imagination: For God’s Glory and Others’ Good, Part 1

While abusing the Bible for his own self-pleasure, doomsaying false prophet and Christ-slanderer Harold Camping also abused his God-given imagination — similar to how people also abuse God’s gift of romance and sex. · E. Stephen Burnett

The Perils Of Speculative Cooking

An article on the perils of Romance fiction, Amish stories, tales of the bonnet, and other subversive incitements to lust, lasciviousness, and unsanctified imagination caught my eye the other day. I experienced a thunderbolt of inspiration. Divine inspiration. The author, and the rest of us, have missed the true spiritual threat lurking among the stacks of supposedly “uplifting” reading material burdening the shelves our our supposedly “Christian” bookstores. · Fred Warren

Imagination And Truth

I am in conflict. I believe in telling the truth and I believe in the creativity of Man based on the Imago Dei. Part of me resonates with the “Evolution Of The Artist.” It sounds so freeing to color outside […] · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Space Opera, Sci-fi, SF or ‘skiffy’?

Does the genre term “sci-fi” inevitably connote pulp stories, whose covers feature men wearing biceps and spacesuits, women wearing little, and horrifying invader robots wearing women? Or have perceptions been changing? · E. Stephen Burnett

Thunders Of ‘Thor’ Echo Biblical Truths, Part 2

All truth is God’s truth, whether accidentally echoing in a pagan myth or a modern movie such as Marvel’s “Thor.” · E. Stephen Burnett

Thunders Of ‘Thor’ Echo Biblical Truths, Part 1

Thor’s pagan myths remind us of Scripture’s truth, real worship, and longing for a good and noble King. · E. Stephen Burnett

Allegory, Reviews, and The Clash Of Reader Expectation

Housekeeping first: the draw for a copy of The Ale Boy’s Feast goes to Martin LaBar, who made himself eligible by linking to his review of Patricia McKillip’s Ombria in Shadow. (I read the review, and now I want to […] · Rachel Starr Thomson

Critiquing Critics Of Christian Fiction, Part 3

Many Christian readers have learned to put up with preachiness in secular stories, while some non-Christians (or even professing Christians) can’t stand hearing real Christianity repeated in a work of fiction, even with artistic excellence. · E. Stephen Burnett

Readers, Writers And What Each Understands

A (lengthy) discussion broke out this weekend prompted by Friday’s interview with Spec Faith’s special guest, Kathy Tyers, author of Firebird. Much of the conversation centered on one commenter’s view of Ms. Tyers’ implied hatred of Jews in the Firebird […] · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Exploring Doctrine Through Fiction, With Kathy Tyers

Author Kathy Tyers, pioneer in Christian futuristic fiction, discusses how theology informs her storytelling. · Kathy Tyers

Critiquing Critics Of Christian Fiction, Part 2

We’ve all heard it, and often said it: “Christian novels are too preachy.” But what do we mean by that? Some critics say “preachy” only to mean “Christians speaking and acting as Christians naturally do,” and therefore can’t be pleased. · E. Stephen Burnett

Another Look At Good Versus Mediocre

Do Christian writers want to write great literature? You know, the kind that will be around for another hundred years (provided Christ’s return doesn’t come before that)? Do we even want to write books that will stay on bookstore shelves […] · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Critiquing Critics Of Christian Fiction, Part 1

You’ve likely heard this: “Christians novels aren’t edgy enough. They don’t show what the world is really like. They make everything cleaned-up and black-and-white.” But perhaps we critics should give thought to these questions. · E. Stephen Burnett
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