{"id":6174,"date":"2008-12-31T14:57:48","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T20:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2008\/12\/31\/lost_genre_guild_review\/"},"modified":"2008-12-31T14:57:48","modified_gmt":"2008-12-31T20:57:48","slug":"lost_genre_guild_review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2008\/12\/31\/lost_genre_guild_review\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Genre Guild Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:left; margin-bottom:10px; margin-right:10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"100\" width=\"66\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/sitebuilder\/images\/julylggbutton-66x100.jpg?resize=66%2C100\" alt=\"Lost Genre Guild\" title=\"Lost Genre Guild\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Looking for one of the premiere websites on Christian speculative fiction?<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>Look no further than the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lost Genre Guild<\/a><\/strong>, a group of eclectic authors and readers who have banded together to promote Christian Fantasy, Science-Fiction, and yes, Christian Horror.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a rundown of the features on their expansive website:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/rs\/csfdefined.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Definition of Christian speculative fiction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/aboutus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History of the Guild<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/rs\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book reviews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/rs\/reviewers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A place to request reviews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/bookshelves.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGG members book list<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/lightattheedgeofdarkness.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Light At The Edge Of Darkness Anthology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/files\/LGGcat.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Books For Sale \/ Promotion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/previews\/PREVIEWSOFLATEOD.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story Excerpts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/lateodauthorinterviews.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Author interviews<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/BIOS.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">biographies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/LGGMediaRoom.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Links to Christian spec-fic media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/resources.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Links to important resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/phpBB3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mentoring group bulletin board<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lostgenreguild.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST &#8230; a <strong>BLOG<\/strong>, which was not on any of their menus!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Overall, this is an excellent site<\/strong>, and provides a lot of good information for anyone interested in Christian speculative fiction.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, I subscribed to their blog&#8217;s email newsletter, and will look forward to updates on the happenings all around the web that they post about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suggested Improvements For The Lost Genre Guild:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the spirit of edification, I have a list of suggestions for the LGG website to improve its effectiveness in promoting Christian Speculative Fiction.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An overhaul of the page layouts to make them have a consistent look and feel<\/li>\n<li>An update of the graphics &#8230; for instance the &#8220;shield&#8221; button logo is of a completely different style than their website graphics &#8230; the two should be consistent<\/li>\n<li>The images on the book review page are CD shaped and made me think it had  music reviews<\/li>\n<li>Putting the menu on each and every page to improve navigation<\/li>\n<li>Putting a link back to the home page as part of the menu<\/li>\n<li>Making the blog a cornerstone of the site and more heavily promoting it<\/li>\n<li>There are only 10 books reviewed so far &#8230; could use more<\/li>\n<li>Better fonts in the pdf catalog &#8230; it&#8217;s hard to read right now<\/li>\n<li>A page that provides a wider variety of graphic buttons that bloggers can use on their website to help promote the LGG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lostgenreguild.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lostgenreguild.com\/sitebuilder\/images\/headerLGG-528x92.jpg?w=450\" alt=\"Lost Genre Guild\" title=\"Lost Genre Guild\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also, here are the other members of the CSFF Blog Tour<\/strong>.  Check out their websites, as they are all reviewing the Lost Genre Guild and will have other things to say.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiansciencefiction.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Brandon Barr<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fantastyfreak.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Justin Boyer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.AdventuresInFiction.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Keanan Brand<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hobbiton-hill.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Kathy Brasby<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gracebridges.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Grace Bridges<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/invalslittleworld.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Valerie Comer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/amomspeaks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Courtney<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afrankreview.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Frank Creed<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.the160acrewoods.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Amy Cruson<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/csffblogtour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> CSFF Blog Tour<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/word-up-studies.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Stacey Dale<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scificatholic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> D. G. D. Davidson<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/janey-demeo.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Janey DeMeo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scriptoriusrex.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Jeff Draper<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/projectinga.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> April Erwin<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualbooktourdenet.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Karina Fabian<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/askandrea.adamsweb.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Andrea Graham<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/anewnovelistsjourney.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Todd Michael Greene<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/writingchristiannovels.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Katie Hart<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fantasythyme.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Timothy Hicks<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithfiction.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Joleen Howell<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tiredgarden.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Jason Isbell<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/crisjesse.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Cris Jesse<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spoiledfortheordinary.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Jason Joyner<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.struggleandemerge.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Kait<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/carolkeen.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Carol Keen<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lostgenreguild.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Lost Genre Guild<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikelynchbooks.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Mike Lynch<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sparksoflava.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Magma<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cherryblossommj.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Margaret<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowofthewood.com\/happenings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Rachel Marks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Rebecca LuElla Miller<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/linalamont.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Nissa<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leastread.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> John W. Otte<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ansric.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Steve Rice<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/prochristroetlibertate.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Crista Richey<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mirathon.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Mirtika<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hannaslifeiscool.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Hanna Sandvig<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamessomers.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> James Somers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christiansf.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Steve Trower<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/specfaith.ritersbloc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Speculative Faith<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.galacticoverlordinchief.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Jason Waguespac<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Christian-Fantasy-Book-Reviews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Phyllis Wheeler<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/emporiausa.net\/Cafe%20Main%20Page.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Timothy Wise<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Views: 59<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nLooking for one of the premiere websites on Christian speculative fiction? 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