Hey! Wanted to let all of you attending the ACFW Conference know that there are a couple special offers going on. First, if you purchase a MLP book from the ACFW Bookstore, you will receive an MLP ebook of your choice for free. Secondly, we have a meet an MLP author special. While at the conference, if you meet an MLP author, that author will give you a code good for one free MLP ebook. This code must be used before October, so use it quickly. And to get the code, you must mention you heard about the meet an …
Interview with Christopher Hopper
Please Welcome…Christopher Hopper (*Originally posted December 2007) What a joy to have Christian author Christopher Hopper as our interview guest at WhereTheMapEnds.com. Christopher is the author of two Christian fantasy novels, Rise of the Dibor and The Lion Vrie (both by Tsaba House). He is a youth pastor, blogger, entreprenuer, and musician who loves life and lives it to the fullest (which is, he says, another way of saying he can be a workaholic). He has dedicated himself to preaching the gospel at home and abroad. He says he loves the Lord above all and his wife and children next, with, …
Sunday Devotional – Approval
“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people?If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10 (NIV) As a writer, if I focus too much on pleasing my critique group, my editor, my agent, my readers, reviewers, or some amorphous “them,” I end up paralyzed, defeated, and ineffective. Whatever our calling, Jesus invites us into the beautiful freedom of focusing on Him instead. Lord, I confess I so often hunger for human approval. Change my appetites. Make it …
But Who Would Be Dumb Enough To Try It? (Episode 15)
Greetings, fair reader! MLP author Steve Rzasa here. We’re at the great finale of our collaborative work, and to tie up all these loose ends, I’m going to do this in two parts. So don’t despair—there’s one last segment coming next Saturday. Enjoy! * * * * * The fight had been going well. I was sure of it. I am Barzillai Broadhead, famed archer, after all and I am usually sure of a great many things. But I digress. We had the fell beasts pinned down in the fetid chamber of the Tower of Gloom. Abelard, the Most High …
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Gear and guns: The Technology of ‘Crosswind’
Steve Rzasa here. Got another look at the behind-the-scenes of my upcoming book, Crosswind, due out from Marcher Lord Press in November. * * * * * Prior to writing Crosswind, most everything I’d written was science fiction. World-building there is fun, but requires a ton of work. Don’t get me wrong, I like work. Mostly. But I also like it when there’s pre-established technology I can borrow to use in my story world. And I also thoroughly enjoy history. So when it came to creating a technological base for the world of Perch, I knew what had to be …
Interview with Wayne Thomas Batson
Please Welcome…Wayne Thomas Batson (*Originally posted November 2007) What a joy to have Christian author Wayne Thomas Batson as our interview guest at WhereTheMapEnds.com. Wayne Thomas Batson is the author of five SpecFic/ Adventure books including the bestselling trilogy, The Door Within, and new pirate novels Isle of Swords and Isle of Fire. He is a lifetime lover of all things fantastic, creepy, and/or peculiar. He says he writes SpecFic because he believes that deep down, we all dream of other worlds and long to do something that matters. Wayne is an active blogger and online advocate of Christian fantasy fiction. …
Go Undercover Scavenger Hunt
Jill Williamson is holding a very mysterious scavenger hunt coinciding with the release of The New Recruit. Can you solve the riddles, find the items and don a disguise in time to win the Go Under Cover Scavenger Hunt?
Interview with Bryan Davis
Please Welcome…Bryan Davis (*Originally posted September 2007) What a joy to have Christian author Bryan Davis as our interview guest at WhereTheMapEnds.com. Bryan Davis is the author of two best-selling fantasy series, Dragons in Our Midst and Oracles of Fire. He has been a full-time author for about four years, following a twenty-year career as a computer professional. Since he and his wife, Susie, have seven children, his stories focus on a ten to sixteen-year-old target audience, but, since the stories have great depth, adults enjoy them, too. Bryan lives in rural Western Tennessee with his wife and his four …
Sunday Devotional – Lasting Fruit
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.” John 15:16 (NIV) I think it’s a longing in every heart to make a difference, to accomplish something each day, to allow God to create something of worth from our lives. We can distract ourselves with chasing activities that feel important in the moment, but Jesus has appointed us for more. He invites us to bear fruit that will last. Lord, show us where …