The last two weeks have been a doozy for Christian Fiction Blog. Great faith-based companies have contacted me about writing for their publications, partnering with their services and advertising their products here at CF. God is good. Selah's Santa Stocking is empty and I want to take her to see Narnia.Sunday, October 30, 2005
One Day to Halo's Eve
The last two weeks have been a doozy for Christian Fiction Blog. Great faith-based companies have contacted me about writing for their publications, partnering with their services and advertising their products here at CF. God is good. Selah's Santa Stocking is empty and I want to take her to see Narnia.Secrets in Connor's Grove
Christian Fiction Call: Revelant Books
Were looking for books that can break through on a mass-market level and be so life changing, people tell their friends about it. What is that message to you? What matters most spiritually to our generation? What is God saying to our generation? What message does our generation connect with?
We are now accepting proposals for fiction that deals with stories of life in your 20s, the transitions, the relationships, the career path, the spiritual journey (think Chick Lit but with more depth and appeal to a gender-neutral audience).
We are also on the lookout for books that speak specifically to issues women in their 20s and early 30s faceissues of identity, purpose, relationships, significance and practical everyday solutions.
For information about submitting to Relevant Books, click here.
Friday, October 28, 2005
4 days to Halo's Eve/ Prayer Cell
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Death Stroke: Book Review
DeathStroke frontman and rockstar legend, Everett Lester almost waited to late to remove the demons out of his life. But his old ultraegotistical boozing ways lands him him a murder one arrest warrant when his psychic, Madam Endora Crystal is murdered. The only person who believes that he's not capable of killing is a fan of his soul, Karen Bayliss, a woman that brought him to Christ through a fan letter.Kansas christian, Karen Bayliss's soul want let her give up on the ugliest soul she's ever encountered, alternative rockband, Deathstroke's lead singer, Everett Lester. Little does she kow that his psychic, Endora wants his soul, too. But it is up to Everett to decided who he wants to believe in.
Creston Mapes weaves this tale from past to present without making the reader gag from all the flashbacks. In fact, the flashback is more than just backstory, it is The Story, our story, a redemption story. How does a God hating unbeliever, find and adore God? How does someone full of excess find that he is just as destitute as his poorest fan? And how one person--Karen Bayliss--can save a man's life.
This novel is more than a mystery/court room novel. Mapes threw in a kidnapping, demonization, a suicide attempt, a romance and two Rolling Stone interviews to keep it interesting.
I've talked about this book before, in regards to how Mapes uses nonfiction techniques to connect with his readers. Everett's thoughts about how could God exist, and why many don't believe in God anymore--add more realism and incite to this series. Although I thought the dialogue at times didn't push the story along, I understood why it was necessary for readers to see Everett's transformation and his band members and the media's struggle with believeing that Everett's Jesus talk wasn't just "foxhole religion."
Moreover, this book is a testament to the power of intercessory prayer. Every Second Saturday one of my girl friend's, holds an intercessory prayer meeting at our other galpal's church. I have told myself that I was too busy to go until I read the book. Now I think there are some souls in and around my house that need extra praying over. Don't you? So I'll be there Saturday.
Also check out chapter one of Creston's sequel, Full Tilt in this month's Celebration of Christian Fiction.
Dee



