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Five Reasons You Should Write Contemporary Fiction

I love speculative fiction. The first movie I remember seeing (at about age three or four) was the movie Them. I had a Darth Vader poster looming over my bed, and glow-in-the-dark vampire teeth on my bedside table. The first […] · Matt Mikalatos

The Spiritual Element

I read with interest a recent conversation on the Enchanted Inkpot regarding religion in fantasy novels. Most of the participants in the discussion were not Christians, therefore their responses gave a broader view than often seen in these sorts of […] · Sarah Sawyer

The Struggle: Whom Do You Trust?

Bruce Hennigan, author of “The 13th Demon,” explores the perils of self-publishing versus traditional publishing, with help from friend and fellow author A.S. Peterson, author of “The Fiddler’s Gun” and “The Fiddler’s Green.” · Bruce Hennigan

Please Stop Writing Fantasy Novels

Andrew Peterson: If I loathe most fantasy, why did I write The Wingfeather Saga? · Andrew Peterson

Writing In The Doldrums

After his “Lamb Among the Stars” epic series, author Chris Walley shares what may be next, despite personal bouts with discouragement, distraction, and sense of displacement. How do Christian storytellers deal with these? · Chris Walley

Of Distant Places & Daring Sword Fights

“Far off places, daring sword fights, magic spells, a prince in disguise…” Belle’s description of her favorite book in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has been a long-time favorite quote of mine. For me, it captures the essence of stories […] · Chawna Schroeder

Speculative Marketing: Re-imagining Reality

What if the world we call reality is all a big lie? What if we see the world, not as it really is, but the way we think it should be? Or even worse… what if we see it the […] · John Olson

The Road Not Taken

Back at the tail end of 1998, my buddy John Olson and I began thinking about writing a novel about Mars. Why Mars? Because it looked to us like humans might finally be on the road to the Red Planet […] · Randy Ingermanson

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

Guest Blog: IS IT WORTH IT?

To quote from the classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times…” This in large part has been my experience with the topsy-turvy, take no prisoners […] · Mike Lynch

Guest Blogger: Grace Bridges

Often found staring into trees in search of a tui. Mystic wordnerd. Independent friend. Urbanite hermit. Head in clouds. Literary. Beachwalker. Multilingual. Grace Bridges is a sci-fi author (Faith Awakened, 2007; Legendary Space Pilgrims, 2010) and owner of Splashdown Books, […] · Grace Bridges

Guest Blog: Wayne Thomas Batson

Soul Searching Through Fantasy by Wayne Thomas Batson Life’s hard. I don’t care who you are or what tax bracket you’re in, you are going to get hurt. Scripture tells us that, as Christians, we’re not exempt from this broken, […] · Wayne Thomas Batson

Guest Blog: Donita Paul

Donita Paul is the author of the popular DragonKeeper Chronicles and her current series, The Chiril Chronicles. In addition she has authored the children’s book The Dragon and the Turtle and the soon to be released The Dragon & the […] · Donita K. Paul

Guest Blog: Jeff Gerke

Jeff Gerke has been called the de facto gatekeeper of Christian speculative fiction. After writing his own speculative fiction and spearheading the launch of a fiction imprint dedicated to Christian speculative fiction at a major Christian publishing company, Jeff branched […] · Jeff Gerke

Guest Blog: Mike Duran

Is “Christian Speculative Fiction” an Oxymoron? By Mike Duran The label “Christian Speculative Fiction” is an oxymoron. At least, that’s one of my going theories. Believers who enjoy speculative fiction often bemoan the lack of such titles in Christian outlets. […] · Mike Duran

Can Christians Write Novels Without Evil?

Our choices are to accept the Bible as the authoritative, infallible, inerrant Word, including its violence, or not. I for one choose the former and think it is high time we quit making excuses for it. · Marc Schooley

Guest Blog: Merrie Destefano

Organic World Building, Or Avoiding The Stereotypical Speculative Fiction Wormhole by Merrie Destefano With twenty years’ experience in publishing, Merrie Destefano left a 9-to-5 desk job as the editor of Victorian Homes magazine to become a full-time novelist with HarperCollins. […] · Merrie Destefano
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