Category: CSFF Blog Tour
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A Review: Haunt of Jackals (Day 2)
April 2000–Zalmoxis Cave, Romania She was free, for now. The first step . . . With dagger in hand, Gina Lazarescu faced the cave opening where the sounds of scuffing feet seemed to mark the presence of another. A Collector? One of Jerusalem’s Undead? Bleeding, she stood still and waited. Haunt of Jackals opens where…
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Haunt of Jackals: CSFF Blog Tour
Kudos to Eric Wilson: he is a brave man. Since I put Worlds Unseen into the world, I’ve learned that reviews are a mixed bag. You’ll get good ones. You’ll get bad ones. Often you’ll get mixed reviews, because very few people will share the exact vision you had for your story or will feel…
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Story, Symbol, and Laughter in The Vanishing Sculptor: An Interview with Donita K. Paul (Day 3)
For this month’s CSFF Blog Tour, Donita K. Paul was kind enough to grant me an interview. Although e-mail and spam filters tried hard to sabotage our conversation, we finally connected. I think it was a conversation worth having. I hope you’ll agree! Rachel: The Vanishing Sculptor was the first of your works I’ve read,…
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A Review: The Vanishing Sculptor (Day 2)
Tipper’s heart skipped a beat . . . “I have a feeling,” she said, “that we are going to have a glorious quest. This day is the beginning of a great adventure.” So declares Tipper Schope, who gladly gives up the responsibility of caring for her family’s estate when her disappearing father reappears after fifteen…
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The Vanishing Sculptor: CSFF Blog Tour
This month’s featured CSFF book is The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita K. Paul, the Dragon Lady of Christian fiction. Mrs. Paul’s books have made a definite splash, and I’ve been hearing their ripples for years, but this is the first I’ve actually read. It is fun, more than usually so, even for a children’s book…
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The Book On Paper and the One In Here (Offworld, Day 3)
I’ve heard it said that every writer has two books: the one in his head, and the one that ends up on paper. CSFF Blogger Julie did an interview with Robin Parrish in which he says, There was also a desire on my part to do a story that was totally character-driven. The Dominion Trilogy…
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A Review – Offworld (Day 2)
Six months out, six months back, two years on the surface of Mars. For dedicated astronauts, scientists, and adventurers, three years is just enough time to accomplish the greatest expedition in the history of mankind — but it’s also a long time away from home. Christopher Burke shares his teammates’ eagerness to get home, home…
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Offworld: CSFF Blog Tour
The time has come for another CSFF Blog Tour. Before I begin, I beg your leave to make an observation: It is HOT. This is BEASTLY. Thank you. August’s book-o-the-month is Offworld by Robin Parrish. In this sci-fi novel set in 2033, a team of astronauts returns from the first successful trip to Mars to…
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Men, God, and Men Like Gods (The Enclave, Day 3)
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. (Genesis 3:4-5) Karen Hancock’s The Enclave is set at an institution that’s high-tech and groundbreaking, modern…
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A Review – The Enclave (Day 2)
The Kendall-Jakes Longevity Institute is a literal monument to science, creativity, and the ability of man to rise above his limitations: a black glass ziggurat in the Arizona desert, labs and conference rooms interspersed with rainforest atriums, coffee bars, and incredible views. True, the Institute’s director, the globe-trotting, womanizing Parker Swain, once fell out of…