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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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 […]
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Zac Totah
Personal Predilections
A book’s quality is not measured by how much it appeals to us personally.
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Shannon McDermott
An Airing
I thought that, this Wednesday, we could all have fun talking about the things that bother us.
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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.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
Love At First Read
What book(s) launched your speculative fiction addiction?
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R. L. Copple
Visual Impact
Have we been trained over the last few years by movies to only like certain styles of story-telling?
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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?
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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?
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R. L. Copple
What Does The Reader Say?
What does a Christian Speculative Fiction reader consider quality fiction?
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R. L. Copple
Reaching Beyond Exclusive Readers
How can readers like me, the eclectic kind, find out about books we label “speculative”?
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
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