When the devil speaks, he lies. We've all heard his voice. We've all believed some of his lies. Cleverly mixed with a small element of truth, they're impressive with what they convey to us about our weaknesses, our lack of character, our status, our motivations, our abilities, our attitudes. And the list goes on . .…

                           Creston Mapes presents The Crittendon Files #3 Sky Zone, published by David C. Cook, reviewed for the CFBA Tour. Jack Crittendon was a good reporter and journalist. Too good. When he uncovered the deep corruption in the previous novel Poison Town, he learned it involved his boss, and the newspaper where he worked was forced to close…

    Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies;    your right hand will seize your foes. At the time of your appearing    you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the Lord will swallow them up,    and his fire will consume them.   Psalm 21:8-9 (NIV)

                                      I don't usually go in for all the smiley faces and cutesy stuff, but it's Friday after all and my brain is tapped out of creativity. So forgive me for the little image above used to describe how you feel when a thoughtful reader says something wonderful about a book you've written. And you know…

     Whether you use a pen or pencil, a keyboard, tablet, or recording device, if you're writing fiction, you better write it from the heart. No matter if you're a planner, organizer, legalistic outliner, or you fly by the seat of your pants as "they" say, if you're not writing something from your heart, you…

                   There is a limit to how much we can take of certain ideologies, practices, events, actions, and many more things. But since we discuss a lot of writing issues on this blog, let's start there. Recently a well known and very talented novelist wrote a letter to her publisher and fans and the publishing…

  For such a laid back contemporary western drama, there is more conflict in each episode than can hardly be contained. The search for the murderer of Longmire's wife is finally concluded, but who survives the discovery remains for another day along with several other unfinished and much needed resolutions. A talented cast where every actor…

                            Jack Noble has had enough of his line of work, but he owes an old friend, which in Jack's business usually means a former working associate, a favor, and in order to complete what he's intended to be his last job, he must go to London to do it. His former SIS boss Frank Skinner has erased…

  I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer.    my God is my rock in whom I take refuge.    He is my shield and the horn of my salvation,       my stronghold. I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,    and…

   I've been the straggler when it comes to reading Charles Martin's novels. Shame on me. Unwritten is my third venture into Charles Martin's work, and it seems he has yet to disappoint. A few years ago – you Charles Martin experts will know exactly when – he switched from the Christian fiction genre to…