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The other day, Becky Miller (A Christian Worldview of Fiction) plucked some first lines from books and posted them on her blog. Several others of us added some we liked. These are the first lines from my seven complete novels and three from novels I haven’t finished yet. The colors were awakening beneath…
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All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:16b (NIV)
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Yes, horror. You can read Christian fiction which qualifies as “horror” but may not be labeled as such. So what’s the difference between intense suspense, supernatural thrillers, and horror? Don’t ask me for specifics. I can tell you this: CBA horror generally includes the supernatural element, whether outright or insinuated, and it can be scary…
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You really do have to give credit to the marketing team at Broadman and Holman. They’re spending the big bucks on photo shoots and trailers to promote their new fiction authors—the authors certainly aren’t new and neither are they mediocre. Nope, they’re first class and deserve the attention. Kudos to Karen Ball for acquiring Brandilyn…
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Okay. We all have them. We tolerate second best to our preferences in many things and have zero tolerance for anything but our preference(s) in other things. Take chocolate for example. I will not eat dark chocolate. I will go without rather than eating it. It tastes bitter to me. My husband will eat…
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Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, provided me with this final book in “The Heroes of Quantico” series by Irene Hannon, and like the two previous novels in this series (An Eye for an Eye; Against All Odds), In Harm's Way is aimed directly at those CBA readers who love romantic suspense. Rachel Sutton…
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The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. Deuteronomy 28:7 (NIV)
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Backstory. How can a novel exist without it? Thrust into present tense, first person POV, backstory must still be revealed. Second person POV, though rarely used, must recall something from the past to allow the voice of the character to clue us in to the quandary of his dialogue. Third person POVs give us history…
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In our politically correct society I have found there are innumerable people looking for ways to be offended. And in the blogosphere—yes, sadly, even in the travels of visiting Christians who blog—people find ways to be offended. Examples are as follows: I’ve written a handful of what I admit qualify as “bad” reviews. The…
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One of the questions some authors, professionals, and instructors suggest for writers is this one: “What if . . .?” This question is supposed to be the catalyst for the next big conflict in a story. This question is supposed to spur a reaction unique to the protagonist or heroine or peripheral character which will…
