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What Arouses Hatred of Fantastic Romantic Fiction?

Two Christian authors share reader response to their explorations of longing and love. · Parker J. Cole

The Fantastical Elements of Romantic Fiction, part 2

Romance is the study of ‘what if’ scenarios through the exploration of relationships. · Parker J. Cole

The Fantastical Elements of Romantic Fiction, part 1

Too often readers reject romance as nothing more than fluff stories, overlooking the fantastical worldbuilding in this genre. · Parker J. Cole

From The Writers’ Toolbox: Developing Fresh Story Concepts

Take romance for example. Everyone knows that the traditional plot form of a romance is boy meets girl and they fall in love, but Things happen to keep them apart. In the end, however, they conquer, or their love conquers, and they get together. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Female Don Quixote and Heroism for our Times

Arabella, The Female Don Quixote, shows us something about why we need a world with heroes. · Jill Domschot

The Crux of the Tragedy

All my adult life, I had intended to never read Romeo and Juliet. · Shannon McDermott

A Girl and Her Father

The story of Esther is commonly told as a romance, but the relationship that matters most is the one between Esther and Mordecai. · Shannon McDermott

Four Biblical Critiques of Christian Movies

Christian movies are getting better. But some still have too much Proverbs over Psalms, James over Romans, Ruth over Judges, and Revelation over Genesis. · E. Stephen Burnett

Greetings from the Other Side

The self-described Most Tattooed Christian Author who wrote those scary-looking books is now writing heartwarming stories about girls and boys and horses. · Mark Carver

A St. Valentine’s Question

Whether this post will be pro- or anti-Valentine’s Day will be up to you. · Shannon McDermott

95 Theses for Christian Fiction Reformation, part 2

Christian-made fiction’s worst errors come from shallow or false beliefs about our faith. · E. Stephen Burnett

Why Does Christian Romance Outsell Christian Fantasy?

Mainstream readers like both fantasy and romance. So why do Christians favor only romance? · E. Stephen Burnett

Prove A Christian Fiction Genre Isn’t ‘Redemptive’

When people question a Christian fiction genre’s right to exist, I usually end up challenging them. · E. Stephen Burnett

Amish Eye For The Sci-Fi Guy, Part 2

Who is raising the bestselling American evangelical fiction genre and what kinds of real-life problems does that bring? · Kerry Nietz

Amish Eye For The Sci-Fi Guy, Part 1

My “Amish Vampires in Space” research also unveiled the fantastical world of evangelical Amish romance novels. · Kerry Nietz

Romantic Fiction Rules Because Of ‘Family Christian’ Faith

Christians ignore fantastical fiction because they assume that marriage and family values matter more. · E. Stephen Burnett

Why Does Romance Dominate Christian Fiction?

There is an inherent discontinuity between the Christian Faith and fiction. · R. L. Copple

Fiction Christians From Another Planet! VI: Alien Love Slaves

Even in many speculative-novel subplots, the bad Christian-fiction romance is coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it gets everywhere. · E. Stephen Burnett

Sex In The Story 1: Shooting Up Heroine

Action heroine Black Widow is annoying some fans of the forthcoming “Avengers” film. How come? Is a story’s female character only strong if she is fighting men or bad guys? · E. Stephen Burnett

The Making Of A Myth, Part 6 — Tolkien On Romance

Would J. R. R. Tolkien, if he were alive today, be a fan of prairie romance? The question is appropriate because of what he wrote in his essay “On Fairy-Stories” regarding escapism. · Rebecca LuElla Miller
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