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Pendragon: Sword of His Father – A Review
Sometimes keeping a writer’s blog and having connections means you get perks, like when Home School Enrichment editor Jonathan Lewis (who moonlights as a Saxon infidel in epic homeschool films) pulled some strings and won me both a screening copy of Pendragon: Sword of His Father and an interview with Marilyn Burns, who did WAY…
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Heroes: A Wrap-Up — and Coming Next Week
Thanks to another great CSFF Blog Tour, it’s been a fascinating week around this blog. As I reviewed Blaggard’s Moon , I found myself faced with many things I could have said. I thought about writing on heroes — what they are in real life, what they are (and perhaps should be) in fiction. Blaggard’s…
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An Interview with Bryan Polivka
Brandon Barr, science fiction author and fellow CSFF Blog Tour member, loved Blaggard’s Moon. In his review he says, “I became a fan of Bryan Polivka’s storytelling when I first reviewed The Legend of the Firefish in 2007. After reading Blaggard’s Moon, I was left stirred spiritually and emotionally yet again. The best way I…
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The Relevance of Pirates – Blaggard’s Moon (Day 3)
Delaney spoke directly to the boy. “Dallis, son, this here’s Conch Imbry, and he’s a great pirate captain. Says he’ll save ye from the Cabeebs if ye’ll turn pirate right now. Otherwise — see that man with the gun there? Well, he’s gonna shoot ye dead. So now, son, ye got to decide whether to…
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A Review – Blaggard’s Moon (Day 2)
There are moments in our lives that change everything. Forks in the road. Accidents. Love at first sight. Death. Yup, that one changes everything. Forever. A lot of the time we don’t see those moments coming. Especially the last one. But Smith Delaney, the marooned pirate whose post-sitting ruminations open Blaggard’s Moon, can see Death…
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Blaggard’s Moon: CSFF Blog Tour
As I settle back in a leather-cushioned library chair, looking out the window at the traffic passing through the rain, I find myself thinking on many things. On books, which surround me here. On life, which of late has been challenging and exciting and even tragic. On pirates. I have to think on pirates, because…
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Playing Guitar with Oven Mitts
As I sit at the computer, watching the clock strike 11:01 when I meant to be in bed at 10:00, and think over the day’s events — the phone calls I muddled my way through, the little Dodge Neon I bought though all these years I’ve planned to buy a minivan, the schedule which continually…
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Interview with Allan Miller – Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow 3
Tonight, I’m privileged to wrap up the March CSFF tour with an interview with Allan Miller, one of the Miller Brothers, who took time out of a very busy schedule to first agree to a last-minute interview and then to thoughtfully answer my questions about art, allegory, homeschooling, and more! I really enjoyed my conversation…
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A Review – Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow 2
Hunter Brown is an average ninth grade boy: good at pranks, bad at first impressions, mediocre at life. Things have been harder to deal with since his father disappeared years ago, but Hunter makes do. Until, in a Neverending-Story-meets-the-Matrix moment, he opens an ancient book and learns that everything he ever knew about his world…
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Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow: CSFF Blog Tour
One of my first thoughts when I picked up Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow by the multitalented Miller Brothers was “Boy, reading sure has changed.” Nonfiction underwent the transformation years ago: a book is a Web site is a blog is a Wiki is a link to a whole lotta more information.…