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Well Install — Part 1

I now have in my possession all the parts that I need to install the well. Today is the big…

Thirsting For The Water Of Life — Part 1

The verse in the Bible that has impacted me the most is Isaiah 55:1-3:

"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come buy and eat! Come buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?

Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.

Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David."

Lately, these verses have taken on new meaning for our family. Why? Because it has been 18 days since we have had water at our house!

Great Fiction Distilled Into A Hymn

This Sunday we sang the hymn, “Once To Every Man And Nation”, which was written by James Russel Lowell. As…

God’s Love In The Midst Of Our Pain

On Sunday we sang “O The Deep, Deep Love Of Jesus”, which is always comforting to me. The song first…

Stephen Lawhead Interview About Magic In Fiction

I found a recent interview with Stephen Lawhead where he discusses his view about magic in fiction.

This is very interesting to me because just the other day I posted about how my King Arthur books will be different from his. One of those points related to the use of magic.

Now, based on what I read in his article, I'm not sure if I was completely fair in my broad brush strokes. Here are a few clarifications:

King Arthur – My Odds Just Got Worse!!

Here I just posted about how difficult the odds are to get published in the Christian speculative fiction genre, and now my own personal odds just got worse!

I even knew it was going to happen. I just didn't think it would be this soon. Once Stephen Lawhead started re-releasing his older books (Song of Albion and the Dragon King series) I knew it was bound to happen. It turns out that he was just notified that HarperCollins is going to "re-release the entire Pendragon Cycle in a new edition with new covers sometime in the next year".

What does this mean for me? I'm not sure, really. Here I am writing a series of books based on the King Arthur myths, and one of my inspirations is being re-released probably around the time that my first book will be sent to literary agents! This probably makes it much harder for an agent to seriously consider my work at this time.

However ... there is the flip side that the added publicity could make it easier. Obviously this topic sells. Obviously there is public interest. Obviously there will be some buzz. "Hey, have you read Lawhead? Robert Treskillard has a book on King Arthur too..."