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Kristen Stieffel is a writer and freelance editor specializing in science fiction and fantasy. She provides a full range of editorial services and has worked on projects for both the general market and the Christian submarket.

Kristen is an elder in the Presbyterian Church USA and has taught adult Bible studies for many years. She's also a knitter, despite living in Florida. In the state that pioneered air conditioning, sweaters are often worn indoors. ...more

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	Alara's Call (The Prophet's Chronicle #1) 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Medieval Mars: The Anthology by Travis Perry (Editor), Kat Heckenbach (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Allison Rohan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unventing Language: Using Real Languages to Inspire Fictional Ones 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Havok Magazine April 2016: Fairytales: Unfettered by Ben Wolf (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Avily Jerome (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Will Wight (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Havok Magazine - Jan 2016 by Ronie Kendig (Goodreads Author), Cyle Young, Andrew Swearingen (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Feast of Stevens it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of the Phoenix: A Medieval Mars Book (Terraformed Interplanetary 3) by Kristen Stieffel (Goodreads Author), Travis Perry (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shieldmaiden's Revenge: A Fantasy Novella really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mighty Fortress 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Havok July 2015

I have a story in the July 2015 issue of Havok. It's our SciFi vs. Fantasy issue. The featured author is Patrick Carr. This is a contest issue, and the winner is my friend Tina Yeager. Second place went to another friend, Will Ramirez. I'm thrilled to bits to be in this issue with such fantastic writers!

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The Echo Within: Finding Your True Calling

by Robert Benson

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“My mother derives her worth from her relationship with Kenna, not from her social position.”
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“Pfft.” Alara returned to the chair and sat. “Bóhjetien isn’t the one who went to seminary. Listen to me.” She stared at him until he looked her in the eyes. “A wife and daughter dying in childbirth is not the will of Telshi. That is the work of the Adversary.” “Is your god not omnipotent, then?” “Yes, Telshi can do anything. That doesn’t mean Telshi will do anything.”
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“My decision to use a feminine Redeemer anyway was not made merely to provoke. It’s an attempt to inspire introspection. If people are bothered by the idea of a feminine Creator or Redeemer, they should consider why they’re bothered. My faith tradition teaches that God is beyond gender, because God is not human. God is Other, but since both male and female are made in God’s image, we can conclude that God’s nature encompasses”
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“Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.”
― Judith Viorst, Love and Guilt and the Meaning of Life, Etc.

tags: chocolate, strength

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“It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.”
― Lois Lowry

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“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

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“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne

tags: inspirational, life-happiness

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