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Best known for her aspirations as an epic fantasy author, Becky is the sole remaining founding member of Speculative Faith. Besides contributing weekly articles here, she blogs Monday through Friday at A Christian Worldview of Fiction. She works as a freelance writer and editor and posts writing tips as well as information about her editing services at Rewrite, Reword, Rework.
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Realm Makers Presenters, Part 5 – Mike Duran

Mike identifies closely with the horror genre. In fact, he’s addressed this topic in previous years at Realm Makers, has a guest post here at Spec Faith on the subject, and has a nonfiction book—Christian Horror—that explores the topic. This year he will teach a continuing session on “The Theology Of Speculative Fiction” and an elective on “The Crossover Christian Novelist.” · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Whiplash Wednesday – A Look At Preachy Fiction

How effectively can Christ’s disciples carry out the Great Commission if they never spell out what they’re talking about? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Realm Makers Presenters, Part 4 – Agent Julie Gwinn

At present Julie is open to submissions. She “accepts queries in the following genres: Women’s Fiction, Romance (contemporary, historical, suspense, inspy. Amish) Spec Fiction and Fantasy, Mysteries and Suspense, Inspirational Fiction and Nonfiction, Historical Fiction, YA.” · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Realm Makers Presenters, Part 3 – Tosca Lee

Most pertinent to writers who are considering attendance at Realm Makers, Tosca Lee continues to garner praise for her writing. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Realm Makers Presenters, Part 2 – Kathy Tyers

Kathy Tyers has also taken up the mantel of writing instructor. Having been certified as a classroom teacher after her graduation from Montana State University, she was not unfamiliar with the ins and outs of imparting information in a formal setting. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Fiction Friday – Dragonfriend By Marc Secchia

The traitor Ra’aba tried to silence Hualiama forever. But he reckoned without the strength of a dragonet’s paw, and the courage of a girl who refused to die. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Realm Makers Presenters, Part 1

Locke’s fiction, while fitting into the classification of inspirational, is not geared toward Christian readers, but toward a broader range, much like Tolkien’s books. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Christian Speculative Fiction News Of Note

“You may sense my excitement for the future of Enclave, and for the genre as a whole.” Steve Laube · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Fantasy, Theology, and The Depiction Of Evil

In contrast to reality fiction, fantasy can have evil show up in whatever imagined form, but inevitably, the real truth about evil comes out: it is opposed to good. That’s the heart of evil. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Learning From The Secular: Christian Science Fiction And Fantasy’s Distinctive

Christian science fiction or fantasy most often dramatizes the spiritual in general terms rather than in the particular. It’s like writing, What is the spiritual journey of Everyman, instead of writing, What is my spiritual journey. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Of Names And Such

As a reader, how much do you pay attention to the names of characters or places? How much do you think about the significance of the name itself? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Fiction Friday – Rebel By R. J. Anderson

Rebel (Enclave Publishing) No Ordinary Fairy Tale Book 2 By R. J. Anderson Introduction The last time Timothy broke a rule, he got suspended. But when he defies the faery empress, it might well get him killed. Timothy Sinclair doesn’t […] · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Superhero Who Dies

In the end, Jesus’s death is the greatest superhero death of all. For one thing, it was real. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Dream Treaders: A Review

I think Dream Treaders is a triple (with nobody out), if not a home run. It’s a great book for middle grade boys, a reading group that is highly under served, in my opinion. I applaud Wayne Batson for such a wonderful story (and Thomas Nelson for publishing it). · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Fiction Friday – The Orphan’s Song By Gillian Bronte Adams

Every generation has a Songkeeper—one chosen to keep the memory of the Song alive. And in every generation, there are those who seek to destroy the chosen one. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

We Have A Winner – 2016 Winter Writing Challenge

Special thanks to all of you who participated: the entrants for sharing their stories with us, the visitors who commented and gave YES votes for finalists, and those who voted in the poll to select the winner. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

2016 Winter Writing Challenge Finalists

All that’s left is to select the winner. Choose from these entries and vote in the poll at the end of this post for one entry you think is best. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

2016 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge

For the last several years, Spec Faith has held a winter writing contest, a type of writing exercise, with rewards. There’s feedback from other Spec Faith visitors and there’s the potential for a $25 gift card from either Amazon or B&N. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

My Take: The Force Awakens

There’s an interesting nod to behavior psychology, too, and the strength of the human will—both for good and for ill. The idea seems to be that “training” can only be successful to a certain degree, but ultimately the person has the final say about what they will or won’t do. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Fiction Friday – Oath Of The Brotherhood

In a kingdom where the Old Ways hold fast and a man’s worth lies entirely in his skill with the sword, Conor Mac Nir is a scholar, a musician, and a follower of the forbidden Balian faith: problematic for any man, but disastrous for the son of the king. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

A Fresh Start And Change

One reason fiction is so powerful is because of the change these characters make. They show readers that change is possible, that trials can bring strength, that hope resides on the other side of conflict because of the growth it brings. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Thinking About Time

Over all what do you think about stories that manipulate time? What are some of the best stories that you’ve read (or written) which depend on the manipulation of time or on a certain time period? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Merry Christmas

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The True Story That Reads Like Speculative Fiction

It is Christmas, or nearly so, and naturally my focus turns to the Christmas story. The true, Biblical story. I understand that many people in the world look at the accounts recorded in Luke 1 and 2 and Matthew 1 and 2 as myth. And with good reason. Those passages read like speculative fiction. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

What Does Christian Speculative Fiction Do With Jesus?

I’ve read any number of Christian fantasies that include a god figure or perhaps even God Himself. What I don’t recall as easily is a representation of Jesus. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The God Of The Impossible

The Christmas story is both the proof that God can do the impossible and the declaration that the God who is Lord of the impossible accomplishes the miraculous. And speculative fiction expands readers’ thinking so that we can more easily come to grips with this truth. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Fiction Friday – By Divine Right

The Darkwater Claims All Who Enter It. All But One. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Mayhem And Its Meaning, A Reprise

Why does mayhem play such an important role in speculative fiction? The clearest and best explanation is that these stories reveal the great struggle of the world—the struggle between the rebel Satan and God. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

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

Hope And Hopelessness In Speculative Fiction

When the imagination is separated from spiritual reality, it seems to stall on the bleak and the horrible. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Art And Craft Of Glorifying God

The belief that “good art,” simply because it is good art, glorifies God, is a fallacy. Lots of artistic expression has a worldview contrary to God. Contrary, not neutral, and certainly not God glorifying. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Truth And Story

What Lewis did was alter my understanding [of reality] by giving his own imaginative version that contradicted everything I’d thought before. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

It’s Not The Holiday You Think It Is

A corrupt church and priests interested in lining their own pockets weren’t concerned with trivialities such as what the Bible actually said, so salvation by faith alone was not a concept widely known. The idea of “no distinction [between believers] … but Christ is all and in all” was for all practical purposes unheard of. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

We Have A Winner – 2015 Autumn Writing Challenge

Special thanks to all of you who participated: the entrants for sharing their stories with us, the visitors who commented and gave YES votes for finalists, and those who voted in the poll to select the winner. · Rebecca LuElla Miller
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