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Don’t Forget The Reviews

Good books generally have a LOT of reviews, and the best books have a lot of positive reviews and a high rating. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Christian Speculative Fiction: Complaining Or Buying

Spec Faith was founded, lo these 15 or so years ago, as a response to editors and agents saying over and over that there was no market for Christian speculative fiction. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Summer Reading List

Here’s an opportunity for us to make those recommendations to Spec Faith readers for their summer reading list, especially about the books we’ve most recently read. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Christians And Writing Speculative Fiction

I happen to think that the world desperately needs to hear what Christians have to say. The world needs hope and healing from sin, but the truth is there is only false hope in “looking for the power within,” or the “man is good, you just need to show him empathy” approach to life. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Readers, It’s Your Turn

Writers are told to write to their audience, but who ever asks that audience what kind of books they want to read? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Fate of Christian Speculative Fiction

Why doesn’t Christian fantasy, sci-fi, or anything else “weird” sell with the overwhelming success of bonnet-and-buggy stories? · Zac Totah

Only Human

The moral the writer drew from this story is that authors should pay attention to details. The moral I drew is that some readers are far too picky. · Shannon McDermott

4 Ways Readers Can Encourage Authors

If you read fiction, this post is for you. I’m a book-lover and I’m guessing you are, too. I’m also an author (before you ask the inevitable question, I haven’t been published—not officially anyway). Being both an avid reader and […] · Zac Totah

Personal Predilections

A book’s quality is not measured by how much it appeals to us personally. · Shannon McDermott

An Airing

I thought that, this Wednesday, we could all have fun talking about the things that bother us. · Shannon McDermott

Reflecting The Spirit Of Columbus

Think what it took for Columbus to set sail, depending on little else besides his idea of what the world looked like. He had to have courage, an adventurous spirit, fortitude, confidence. In miniature I think these are the same qualities writers and readers have to have. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Love At First Read

What book(s) launched your speculative fiction addiction? · R. L. Copple

Visual Impact

Have we been trained over the last few years by movies to only like certain styles of story-telling? · R. L. Copple

Readers Sound Off

Readers never get heard. Writers are told to write to their audience, but who ever asks that audience what kind of books they want to read? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Quality Is As Quality Does

Karen Watson suggests that people who scoff at Christian fiction probably haven’t read it lately. Well, have you? · R. L. Copple

What Does The Reader Say?

What does a Christian Speculative Fiction reader consider quality fiction? · R. L. Copple

Reaching Beyond Exclusive Readers

How can readers like me, the eclectic kind, find out about books we label “speculative”? · Rebecca LuElla Miller
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