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March 9, 2015
Why Tolkien might not get published by Christians today
In reviewing the genre that is “Christian Fiction.” I have discovered that what is considered Christian Fiction has gone through a morphing that based on today’s current standards might not see such great works as The Lord of the Rings, or The Chronicles of Narnia come to life if those authors were alive today. At least theymighthave to be indie published if they were alive today. It’s a landscape that would be unrecognizable to the man that wrote the Screwtape Letters.
My thinking comes from...
February 27, 2015
The view of the Godhead in the Third Heaven: The Rise of Fallen Stars
The Godhead.
In an earlier post I talked about a reader who mentioned that he took issue with two areas in my novel. The first issue was angelic death and if such creatures could indeed die. I tackled this in an earlier post. In today’spost I want to address the meatier issue the reader raised concerning speculative aspects of my novel concerning the Godhead.
Let me preface this reading by declaring that I believe in the Trinity. And in no way does my novel diminish that existence of the Trinit...
February 25, 2015
How to determine the proper order of your book content
Learn where to properly place book contentClick To TweetUse the order below to properly place the various content that you have in your book.
Enjoy!
Title page: might include just the title and author; can include edition and publisher
Copyright page: publishing information, ISBN, CIP, copyright holder, year…
Reviews: may or may not be included in a book; this is where you commonly see them
Dedication
Table of contents
Foreword
Introduction
Other front matter: might include map (such as in military pl...
February 11, 2015
Do you recognize the world view of Jesus?
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Not long ago I was sitting in church and the Lord’s Prayer was alluded to in the Sunday talk. It occurred to me that the prayer is not just an outline of how to pray but an articulation by Jesus of his world view.
In the words of Jesus we have arguably several tenants of what can accurately be called the Christian paradigm, and the prayer is definitely worth examining through this lens.
According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary the world world...
February 4, 2015
Author Interview: Cheri Vause
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Today I want to take the time to introduce a wonderful woman that I’ve recently begun to know by the name of Cheri Vaus. I asked Cheri to tell us a little bit about herself and background as I think her stories can make for some compelling reading and I always like to expose my audience to those in the body of Christ who are writing powerful works of fiction. So without further delay let’s jump right into things!
So tell us about your book. W...
February 2, 2015
The Angelic Houses of the Third Heaven
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House Draco
Sigil: A dragon
House Draco is the first house of angels and are considered to be highborn in the angelic caste. All Draco are angels of praise, and represent beauty, wisdom, and art. Lucifer prior to his fall wastheir represented leader, and the firstborn of all angels.
Each Draco has within him the ability to generate sound, some Draco are specifically limited to areas of sound. For example some Draco are created to be able to gen...
January 29, 2015
What does it cost to self-publish a book?
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Often people wonder what it costs to self-publish ones book.
I’ve seen blog and Facebook posts that talk about how much it costs. But the reality is that the cost of self-publishing one’s novel willvary and dependsa LOT on a person’s skill level and their access to equipment that some of us simplytake for granted.
Theoretically self publishing indeed can cost you nothing. But as we shall see as we go through later posts that depends on what sk...
January 22, 2015
Do Angels die or have weapons? Angels and strange Bible scriptures.
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Not to long ago I received a letter from a wonderful reader who enjoyed my book with the exception of two caveats. He gave me a 4 out of 5 star review. So he was gracious in his review of the book.
Because I have tried to go above and beyond in helping readers of the book understand that my work is Christian Fiction based on the Bible I have written in my preface of the Third Heaven, and in the upcoming book the following.
“To my beloved Chri...
January 19, 2015
Get Rid of Your Marketing Fog Once and For All
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Those that read my blog know that I believe in authorprenuership and as an author I want to help new writers bypass some of the mistakes and mimic what little success I have been able to garner. As a result I’m always on the look out for great information to help fellow writers take the plunge into authorprenuership.
I found this helpfulinfo graphicwhile looking for book marketing information and I found it an insightful way to frame a book m...
January 14, 2015
The Birth of God: Prologue reveal!
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Prologue
“Only in Heaven could such evil be spawned. Only thy bosom could conceive such audacity. For it was you who seeded man to know sin, and by thy hand was iniquity discovered. Ye are the author of the dark, the genesis of corruption, a universe fallen, and thy war hast exposed us all to the taint of sin.
Your spite over El’s choosing of our siblings hast brought nothing but destruction. T’was your lust to be as El that sparked your affli...
