Guest Post: How to Characterize Christ in a Novel by Cotton E. Davis
When I presumed to make Yeshua bar Yosef (Christ) a character in my recently released time-travel novel TimeWarp, Inc., I had to make numerous decisions regarding how to portray him. The physical part wasn’t as difficult as one might imagine. Though the New Testament leaves us with no physical description of the man, Isaiah 53:2 […]
Guest Post: “Freedom to Name” by Max Gladstone (Three Parts Dead)
Somewhere in Thailand, a mind-controlled ant climbs a tree. She moves in jerks and starts, her body no longer her own. Alone, she staggers to the underside of a leaf, and bites the thick central stem. Her jaw locks. Her chitin bulges and bursts. A long gray tendril rises from within, unfurls to three times […]
Guest Post: “The Palest of Copies: History, Culture, Empire, and Fiction” by Daniel A. Rabuzzi (The Indigo Pheasant)
(Details about The Indigo Pheasant, Mr. Rabuzzi, and his blog tour can be found below the post. Go buy the book!) Historians of medieval Europe would be surprised at the pallid, static and simplistic depictions of their subject in the work of many modern fantasy writers. In the past fifty years, medievalists have overturned Western […]
Guest Post: “An Interview w/ Joseph de Alverado” by Jay Hartlove
JAY HARTLOVE: Hello, I am Jay Hartlove, author of The Chosen, a supernatural thriller published by Damnation Books and winner of Best Thriller by the Independent eBook Awards 2012. Today I have here in the studio a special guest from The Chosen. I would like to welcome to the show, Joseph de Alvarado. Welcome Mr. […]
Guest Post and Giveaway: “Doing the Research” by CJ Bolyne (Blog Tour)
Hi everyone! It is really great to see you all on Day 5 of my virtual book blog tour. I truly appreciate your support! A huge thank you goes to Shaun for hosting me today! I am CJ Bolyne, a first time author. I have wanted to write for a very long time, but like […]
Guest Post: “The Magic of the Pacific Northwest” by Alyx Dellamonica
Why is the epicenter of the magical disaster in INDIGO SPRINGS and BLUE MAGIC physically located in Oregon? Why did I pick the Beaver State as the setting for my fictional town? I get asked this quite often, especially when I go to Portland. (At home, I sometimes get asked, “Why not Vancouver?”) I had […]