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Making a Story Visual UPDATE: Behind the Scenes of the Animal Eye Comic

The Animal Eye comic, based on the novel Animal Eye, has been an education in how to make a written story visual. This post shares details. · Travis Perry

The Sound and the Fury

How has heavy metal music influenced my writing? · Mark Carver

A Post-Realm Makers Report

For me Realm Makers was more about creating and launching new projects and small groups and individual one-on-one meetings than anything else. I’m grateful for the opportunities the conference provided! · Travis Perry

From the Archives: How Dark is Too Dark?

How dark is too dark? Is it permissible to include horrific and explicit elements in a story intended for the Christian market? · Mark Carver

Greetings from the Other Side

The self-described Most Tattooed Christian Author who wrote those scary-looking books is now writing heartwarming stories about girls and boys and horses. · Mark Carver

Biblical Encouragement For The Struggling Author

Marion Hill, author of the United Kammbia series, urges a struggling author to rediscover biblical purposes. · Marion Hill

Introducing Spec Faith’s Newest Team Member

Zac is most active on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus, and he’s also on Instagram and Goodreads. Of course, he’d love to have more visitors to his website. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

If You Want To Make God Laugh…

So last month, I spent a Monday night seated in front of my computer. My wife would tell you that this, in and of itself, is not unusual. But that particular night, I was watching the liveblog for the Christy […] · John Otte

My Writing Influences

Keven, you write dark paranormal Christian fiction. How in the world did you get there?? Glad you asked. · Keven Newsome

Rebooting ‘Amish Vampires In Space’

The recent Marcher Lord Press sale left one novel with an identity crisis. · Kerry Nietz

Explaining The Epic: ‘Amish Vampires In Space’

Author Kerry Nietz on how a running gag at conferences became his full-length novel, featuring Amish, versus vampires, naturally in space. · Kerry Nietz

Realm Makers: Go Beyond The Blogs

Realm Makers offered more than cosplay and shared fandom. It gave deep doctrinal magic and a chance for Christian fans to better “incarnate” their love of fantastic fiction. · E. Stephen Burnett

Three Reasons To Support Self-Publishing

Stephen’s cautions from yesterday are well taken. Yet self-publishing need not be a solo act, and it’s a great way to escape a top-heavy industry with its bottom-line gatekeepers. · A. T. Ross

Lars Walker: Beyond ‘Wannabe’ Fantasy

This week Lars Walker’s “The Christian Fantasy” column gained many readers and reactions. Naturally we asked for a sequel. · Lars Walker

A Meandering Thank You

Yvonne Anderson, author of the science-fiction “Gateway to Gannah” series, shares her journey to publication in her first column as a new Speculative Faith regular contributor. · Yvonne Anderson

Christian Versus Secular Novels

Never Ceese author Sue Dent: When I started out in publishing I’d never once heard the market divided up into the two very specific categories of Christian and Secular. Genres, yes, but not Christian or Secular. · Sue Dent

Writers Slay Dragons (and You Should Too)

The truth is, the dragon is real and living among us. But what is this dragon really up to? What’s his goal? Is he merely trying to slow us down in our life journey? Is he simply keeping us from taking chances, fulfilling our dreams or doing great things for God in this world? · Christopher Miller
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