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John Buchan on A Fiction Author’s ‘cleverness’

Politician, diplomat, Scotsman, Presbyterian, and writer of dozens of World War 1-era spy novels with occasional supernatural flair — that was John Buchan, who also, it seems, had a penchant for self-parody. That seems clear from this exchange early in […] · E. Stephen Burnett

Feechies And Hobbits

I love Hobbits. I loved them before I became a writer, and I love them more now. In my way of thinking, the ultimate in creativity is to concoct legend, starting with legendary creatures. Hobbits are just such beings, springing […] · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Why Fiction Authors Should Read Nonfiction

The question put to us is why fiction authors should read deep-doctrine nonfiction. I merrily accepted the invitation to consider and discuss this dear-to-my-heart topic at Speculative Faith and thank my fellow six-pointer E. Stephen Burnett both for the opportunity […] · Marc Schooley

The Courage Of Senseless Beauty

Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. ~Eph. […] · C.L. Dyck

Kirk Outerbridge: on Writing Cyber-thrillers and Winning Awards

E. Stephen Burnett: Kirk Outerbridge — author of cyberthrillers Eternity Falls and The Tenth Crusader (both from ye olde Marcher Lord Press) is our guest author today. Some weeks ago I finished Eternity Falls myself, and I’d like to point […] · Kirk Outerbridge

Learning From Bad Books, Part 7

“Gromit, that’s it! Cheese! We’ll go somewhere where there’s cheese!” I’ve saved the “best” quotes, from one of my “favorite” so-bad-it’s-actually-instructive Christian novels, for this, the last of the Learning from bad books series. Yet I’m still hoping for more […] · E. Stephen Burnett

Speculative Fiction and Transcendence

Greetings, Earthlings and other denizens of the internet-enabled universe. My name is Cathi-Lyn Dyck, and I am a highly unorthodox individual. I’m a freelance editor. I also write a huge variety of things. But in terms of storytelling, my keyboard […] · C.L. Dyck

Learning From Bad Books, Part 6

People yelled at me a lot two summers ago for fault-finding with a popular Christian book I had not, technically, read myself. Yet it’s odd how many people never denied my perceptions of this book, which were based on negative […] · E. Stephen Burnett

Learning From Bad Books, Part 5

Why do the new versions of the Left Behind books have covers looking like science fiction? On Sunday while my wife was shopping, I wandered next door to a Christian bookstore (yes, it’s the kind of Christian bookstore that’s open […] · E. Stephen Burnett
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