And so the CSFF blog tour begins again. This month’s book is Numb, written by John Otte and published by Marcher Lord Press. Numb is science fiction, a distinction in Christian speculative fiction these days. At some point fantasy became the dominant subgenre, trailed by apocalyptic fiction, dystopians, the angel/demon stories, “supernatural thrillers” (basically horror,…
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CSFF Blog Tour: The Staff and the Sword
The central question of The Staff and the Sword is who will be the next king – Illustra’s soteregia, who will die to save the kingdom. When the church casts the lots for the answer, half the lots say Liam and half say Errol. Errol is the staff, for this is his weapon, the weapon…
CSFF Blog Tour: A Draw of Kings
The kingdom of Illustra is faced by a two-front war. Or a three-front war. It depends at how many different points the foreign hordes can force their way into the country. Illustra needs to find their soteregia, their savior-king. Then they will crown him. Then he will go and fight for them. Then he will…
CSFF Blog Tour: A Draw of Kings, and an Irish Prayer
First came A Cast of Stones, and then The Hero’s Lot. What could be next but A Draw of Kings? With A Draw of Kings, Patrick W. Carr concludes The Staff and the Sword trilogy. The first books of the trilogy have both been nominated for the 2014 Clive Staples Award, making it really easy…
CSFF Blog Tour: Leviathan
Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. (Revelation 12:3) The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. (Revelation…
CSFF Blog Tour: One Realm Beyond
Cantor only ever wanted one thing: To be a realm walker – to travel from one plane to another, helping, discovering, adventuring, with an impressive dragon by his side. All right. He wanted two things. One he will certainly get. One Realm Beyond is the first book in Donita K. Paul’s Realm Walkers series. The…
CSFF Blog Tour: Landmarks
This month, the CSFF blog tour is featuring One Realm Beyond, the first book in Donita K. Paul’s new Realm Walkers series. It involves realm walking. And dragons. Donita K. Paul is the first author ever toured by the CSFF, back in the distant day, so returning to her work is something of a landmark….
CSFF Blog Tour: Outcasts
The Safe Lands are many, many things. Safe is not one of them. Visitors must try hard and diligently not to contract the thin plague. Everyone is studiously tracked by the governing authorities, who live by the principle of three strikes and you’re out. Permanently. And those who manage to make it to forty are…
CSFF Blog Tour: Dystopia
Today the CSFF blog tour begins its tour of Outcasts, the second book in Jill Williamson’s dystopian Safe Lands series. Dystopian is in now; you don’t need to look any further than The Hunger Games to know it, and if you look anyway, you’ll see Divergent. YA dystopian is especially in. This has naturally led…
Cover Reveal: Power Elements of Story Structure
When I was invited to participate in the cover reveal of Power Elements of Story Structure, I thought to myself, Of course. It’s not a lot to do. I’ve done more than one cover reveal in my day. (I’ve done two.) So here you go: Power Elements of Story Structure is a writing instruction e-book…