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What’s In A Name?

Pretty or not, names have power. · Fred Warren

Beyond Inklings Imitations 1: Exploring The Source

Readers have so “cultified” the Inklings that authors and publishers assume the only novels we want to read are imitations of Lewis or Tolkien. · A. T. Ross

Familiarity Versus Originality

Old stories, as “typical” as they are, speak to a deeper longing in all of us. We want to know that good wins. That there is hope. That love is just around the corner. Life doesn’t always demonstrate that to us, so we find ourselves at Story’s door, wanting to escape to a place where magic is still alive. To fly in the face of that child-like expectation is almost a betrayal of Story. · Greg Mitchell

Citius, Altius, Fortius

It’s an even-numbered year, so it must be time for the youth of the world to gather in a major global metropolis to compete in the Olympic Games. This is a good thing, especially if you enjoy stories, because the Olympics are all about the stories. · Fred Warren

News And Your Views

A smattering of this and that today. An update on our First Ever Spec Faith Writing Challenge, then news for For fantasy lovers. Finally, your views, in two parts. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Announcement: The 7/16 Writers’ Challenge

Last week I left open the possibility that we might add a second round to the first ever Spec Faith Writers’ Challenge, creating a poll for the entries that received the most thumbs up so that readers might decide which is their favorite. I’m not closing the door to that possibility, but I realized that the entries posted later in the week need some time for readers to read them. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Writer’s Block?

This is one of the things that makes us different from the rest of the animal kingdom. Our creativity. Other animal species may have developed forms of communication, but so far as we know only humans engage in storytelling. · Tom Pawlik

Writer Time: A Short Writing Challenge

Here’s the way we’ll set up this first ever Spec Faith writing challenge. I’ll give a first line, and those who wish to accept the challenge will write what comes next–in 100 to 200 words, putting those in the comments section of this post. Readers will give thumbs up to the ones they like the most, and, if they wish, they may give a reply to the various entries, telling what particularly grabbed their attention. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Sword Endures

With all the different kinds of speculative stories, with fantastic weapons and wars, why is the symbol and themes of the sword so transcendent? · Rebecca P. Minor

Challenging The Indie Imagination

For this epic-story reader, it’s hard to keep track of all the new independent Christian-speculative publishers. Wouldn’t it better to combine some of them, at least for marketing? Several indie press-runners have already joined this conversation. · E. Stephen Burnett

Good News For Readers

In this new world of e-publishing, self-publishing, and the like, there is exciting news for readers: greater access to new and favorite authors. · Lyndon Perry

The Strange Case Of Nicheolas Bartleby

He loves speculative stories. But deep down he doesn’t much care for actually sharing the joy in the best ways possible. · E. Stephen Burnett

The Legend Of Intaglio, Part 6

It all made sense now. He had betrayed the Fairy’s trust, and this was his punishment. · Fred Warren

Mixed Messages and Thin Themes

Christians shouldn’t be afraid of stories that hint at other ways of thinking. If the main message has merit and is presented properly, it will be clear among other ideas. · Kat Heckenbach

The Point And Purpose Of Reading Fiction

We frequently discuss whether or not we should expose ourselves to “gritty” stories about the garbage dump of life. Must we wallow in the mud, or can we choose instead to read stories that evoke truth and beauty? A tangential issue that might help with that question is this: are truthful stories beautiful (artistic) simply because of their truth? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Speculative Faith Reading Group 3: Enter The Witch

For the real-life Speculative Faith Reading Group for LWW, this week we’ll pick up the pace. It helps that chapters 3 and 4 are short and follow one vital story development — Edmund meeting the White Witch. · E. Stephen Burnett

Sex In The Story 7: Patri-Archetypes

Why do you believe speculative stories, in particular, are so apt to explore issues of fathers and children? Which father-oriented stories have you enjoyed and why? Which ones haven’t done so well? · E. Stephen Burnett

Content To Be A Niche

Do we as readers value Christian speculative fiction to the point of seeing it as a treasure? What if there were no more Christian speculative fiction tomorrow? No self-published e-books, no more POD Marcher Lord Press paperbacks, not any from Splashdown Books either, and none on the shelves of Christian or general market stores. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Speculative Antichrist

There’s a website called “The Top 100 Things I’d Do If I Ever Became an Evil Overlord.” In that spirit do I compose my list of things the Antichrist should avoid or implement. · Kaci Hill

The Legend Of Intaglio, Part 4

Intaglio had never worked a day in his admittedly short life, which was something of a liability in a town where everything was do-it-yourself. · Fred Warren
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