Last time, I told y’all a story about the worst writing conference I ever attended. As much as it stung to go through, it did have an unforeseen benefit. My experience at that conference inspired me to sit down and create a superhero character named Failstate. Actually, to be fair,…
So this is the entry that I’ve been dreading to write. Simply put, this was one of the worst experiences I’ve had in my writing career. And it actually turned out to be something of a blessing in disguise. But I am getting ahead of myself. Before I get into…
I’m thinking I may have to reorganize some of these posts. I never intended for the confessional to only be about my journey to publication, but it’s kind of turning into that right now. Maybe I’ll dig into that later this week and see what I can come up with.…
Thanks to some theological musings prompted by the writings of C. S. Lewis, I had stumbled into a science fiction trilogy about a group of aliens on the hunt for grace. And I was bound and determined to get this thing published. I just had a feeling about it. This…
So what is Realm Makers? It is the preeminent conference for writers of Christian speculative fiction. This past weekend, somewhere around 150 people gathered in St. Louis to listen to keynote speaker Robert Liparulo, attend classes and seminars on the craft of writing, pitch to agents and editors, and generally…