I’m often asked why I use the term “Elyon” in reference to God in my novels. Though I am comfortable making up names for men and angels for the purposes of fiction, I would not presume to make up a name for God. 

I heard one author say, “Writing is like giving birth to barbed wire.” Others say writing is 5 percent inspiration and 95 percent perspiration.

This month's giveaway is a double feature: three randomly-drawn winners will receive a fiction book of their choice, and a fiction book of their choice to give as an outreach or share with a friend! 

Do you love the smell of an old book? Just finished a delightful rereading Out of the Silent Planet, Space Trilogy Series, the first C. S. Lewis fiction I read when I was a new teenage Christian in 1970 (The Problem of Pain was my first Lewis nonfiction).

In this video clip, Randy Alcorn talks about his book If God Is Good. (Part 5 of 7)

Minor characters come quickly, usually, as they may have only a few distinguishable features. You usually don’t need to develop them too much, though you can certainly make them memorable. Major characters are different, because they must be complex, with depth and substance. You don’t want them to disappear when they turn sideways. The bad guys must be in some ways sympathetic, the good guys must be flawed.

Deception had been on my mind, off and on the back burner, for ten years.

I personally believe that Christian fiction can be fully honoring to Christ.

Listen to the first chapter of Deadline on audiobook.