I sighed and put my head down on the steering wheel. “I hate shrinks. But I guess I could take you to see Dr. van Pelt.” I had to start seeing Dr. van Pelt after my first book, Imaginary Jesus, came out. With all the hallucinations of Jesus and time travel and talking donkeys, my…
Month: March 2012
CSFF Blog Tour: My Imaginary Jesus
Many people have, I suppose, believed in an imaginary Jesus – taken from the pages of Scripture and then quietly tailored to their own psyches. But Matt Mikalatos is uniquely privileged in being able to see his imaginary Jesus. He is even more uniquely privileged in having the Apostle Peter show up to expose his…
CSFF Blog Tour: Night of the Living Dead Christian
If you discovered that one of your neighbors was a werewolf, what would you do about it? If you answered, “Move”, you are not Matt Mikalatos. He would decide to kidnap and cure the werewolf or, at last resort, kill him. Then – because silver bullets are so hard to buy and even harder to…
Reports for Those who Worry (About Planet Earth)
I said in my last post that the CSFF blog tour would be this week. Well … The tour normally starts on the third Monday of the month. I thought, then, that the blog tour would run this week, but as is painfully clear, I was wrong. I would’ve (should’ve, anyway) posted on this earlier,…
Interview …
… My interview, in the sense that I am the one being interviewed. Over at Homseschool Authors, I discuss writing, homeschooling, and The Last Heir. Next week – the CSFF blog tour! Tune in to find out what sort of book, exactly, is titled Night of the Living Dead Christian.
You Had Me At Hello
A couple weeks ago I checked into Becky Miller’s blog on writing and found a post on Hooks Versus Openings. While analyzing what sort of novel opening is best, she quoted Jerry Jenkins: I recently critiqued a beginner’s manuscript that began, “I’m sure we’ve all heard the old adage …” Well, if it’s an adage,…