by Jason Joyner | Jul 25, 2007 | Blog, blogging, CSFF, fiction, heroes
I’ve been enjoying the blog tour for Fearless from Robin Parrish. If you looked at my review of Fearless, you can tell I liked the book. However, the discussion and interaction of the various blogs in the tour is one of the best parts of being part of the Christian Sci-fi and Fantasy group. It’s like a cross-pollenation of ideas.
I had hoped to post an interview with Robin, but I got my questions to him during his coverage of the E3 Video Game conference, so he was unable to respond. S’alright. I have instead taken some time to visit most of the blogs in this tour. Here are a few highlights (but if you’re not included, don’t feel bad, I just have to choose a few).
Beth Goddard has a great and insightful interview with Robin. She asked some of the questions I did, so it probably would’ve been double duty.
Daniel I. Weaver discusses what he liked about Fearless, and why it made him cry.
Rebecca LuElla Miller always has a thoughtful discussion during the tour. She has a thorough review that brings out different aspects from my own, and there is healthy dialogue in the comments, so be sure to check them out.
Speculative Faith has a post by Becky (Ms. Miller from above) that has an interesting discussion on the marketing of Fearless, and the comments have feedback from somebody from Bethany House Publishing, Robin’s publisher. Good information on some of the “behind the scenes” of making a book work.
Karen McSpadden also takes the theme of superheroes (as I did on Monday), but stretches it to a meaningful 3 day conversation. Check this one out!
Terri Main has an interesting take on the book and a discussion of ambiguity. (Is that an ambiguous enough blurb?)
Lyn Perry also has a few questions for Mr. Parrish as well.
Addition: Hanna Sandvig discusses the lack of obvious religious content in the book, and her opinion on what makes art “Christian.” Ah, the age old debate…
If I come across any more interesting posts, I’ll update. Please take time to check out the others in the tour (links in the last post). And if this books strikes your fancy at all, hasten to your favorite bookseller to pick up Fearless (don’t forget the first book, Relentless).
by Jason Joyner | Jul 25, 2007 | Blog, blogging, CSFF, fiction, heroes
I’ve been enjoying the blog tour for Fearless from Robin Parrish. If you looked at my review of Fearless, you can tell I liked the book. However, the discussion and interaction of the various blogs in the tour is one of the best parts of being part of the Christian Sci-fi and Fantasy group. It’s like a cross-pollenation of ideas.
I had hoped to post an interview with Robin, but I got my questions to him during his coverage of the E3 Video Game conference, so he was unable to respond. S’alright. I have instead taken some time to visit most of the blogs in this tour. Here are a few highlights (but if you’re not included, don’t feel bad, I just have to choose a few).
Beth Goddard has a great and insightful interview with Robin. She asked some of the questions I did, so it probably would’ve been double duty.
Daniel I. Weaver discusses what he liked about Fearless, and why it made him cry.
Rebecca LuElla Miller always has a thoughtful discussion during the tour. She has a thorough review that brings out different aspects from my own, and there is healthy dialogue in the comments, so be sure to check them out.
Speculative Faith has a post by Becky (Ms. Miller from above) that has an interesting discussion on the marketing of Fearless, and the comments have feedback from somebody from Bethany House Publishing, Robin’s publisher. Good information on some of the “behind the scenes” of making a book work.
Karen McSpadden also takes the theme of superheroes (as I did on Monday), but stretches it to a meaningful 3 day conversation. Check this one out!
Terri Main has an interesting take on the book and a discussion of ambiguity. (Is that an ambiguous enough blurb?)
Lyn Perry also has a few questions for Mr. Parrish as well.
Addition: Hanna Sandvig discusses the lack of obvious religious content in the book, and her opinion on what makes art “Christian.” Ah, the age old debate…
If I come across any more interesting posts, I’ll update. Please take time to check out the others in the tour (links in the last post). And if this books strikes your fancy at all, hasten to your favorite bookseller to pick up Fearless (don’t forget the first book, Relentless).
by Jason Joyner | Jul 13, 2007 | Blog, blogging, fiction, novel
I’ve come across a new friend with a great blog that talks about the heart issues a Christian writer goes through. Nicole has some great, sometimes challenging insight. I encourage you to check out Into the Fire when you get a chance.
She has started a little feature of posting the work of an unpublished writer each Saturday. A preview of what’s to come (hopefully). Tomorrow she will post the first chapter of my Work-in-Progress, tentatively called Beauty of the Broken. I’ll post the link and hope you will check it out. I’d love any feedback any of you would have. Oh, and I’m not sold on the title, so maybe a “name that novel” contest could happen as well! Here’s the direct link to the first chapter.
Thanks Nicole. Thanks to anyone who gives it a read!
by Jason Joyner | Jul 13, 2007 | Blog, blogging, fiction, novel
I’ve come across a new friend with a great blog that talks about the heart issues a Christian writer goes through. Nicole has some great, sometimes challenging insight. I encourage you to check out Into the Fire when you get a chance.
She has started a little feature of posting the work of an unpublished writer each Saturday. A preview of what’s to come (hopefully). Tomorrow she will post the first chapter of my Work-in-Progress, tentatively called Beauty of the Broken. I’ll post the link and hope you will check it out. I’d love any feedback any of you would have. Oh, and I’m not sold on the title, so maybe a “name that novel” contest could happen as well! Here’s the direct link to the first chapter.
Thanks Nicole. Thanks to anyone who gives it a read!
by Jason Joyner | May 31, 2007 | Biblical worldview, Blog, blogging, fiction, miscellaneous
I found an interesting, if outdated, article at World Magazine today, talking about the state of Christian fiction. It gives a very good overview of where Christians have been regarding literature and where many of us hope it is headed. It does discuss the now defunct WestBow press, which I thought was way cool, but is supposedly still functioning as a part of Thomas Nelson. We shall see.
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Next, I have a request. Have any of you Blogger blokes updated your templates through New Blogger to use the layouts? I tried to do this once and it seemed to bugger up everything, so I pulled a Monty Python, cried “Run away!” and bagged it.
If you have updated your template, was it easy to use? Worth it? Would you please share your feedback with me? I am looking at updating the look of ye ol’ blog, and would appreciate any suggestions of help. Thanks in advance!!
by Jason Joyner | May 31, 2007 | Biblical worldview, Blog, blogging, fiction, miscellaneous
I found an interesting, if outdated, article at World Magazine today, talking about the state of Christian fiction. It gives a very good overview of where Christians have been regarding literature and where many of us hope it is headed. It does discuss the now defunct WestBow press, which I thought was way cool, but is supposedly still functioning as a part of Thomas Nelson. We shall see.
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Next, I have a request. Have any of you Blogger blokes updated your templates through New Blogger to use the layouts? I tried to do this once and it seemed to bugger up everything, so I pulled a Monty Python, cried “Run away!” and bagged it.
If you have updated your template, was it easy to use? Worth it? Would you please share your feedback with me? I am looking at updating the look of ye ol’ blog, and would appreciate any suggestions of help. Thanks in advance!!
