The Power Of Myth In Today’s Culture
The Lost Genre Guild alerted me to a new article out in Christianity Today called Sci-Fi’s Brave New World. The…
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Who Was Merlin? — Part 2
This post is Part 2 of a series. Click here to read “Who Was Merlin? — Part 1“. So the…
Merlin’s Legendary Origin
I was going to post “Who Was Merlin — Part 2″ today, but found an EXCELLENT blog post over at…
Who Was Merlin? — Part 1
This is a question that has fascinated people throughout the ages. I recently read an article on the BBC News…
Arthurian Hill To Be Excavated
This is an update on my previous post “King Arthur and Guinevere’s Wedding Site“. Well, it turns out that this…
The Lay of Havelok the Dane
For those fascinated by old legends, I ran across one I hadn’t heard of before, in a blog post about…
Review of Tuck by Stephen Lawhead
Stephen Lawhead announced today on his blog/diary that there was a review of his soon to be released book, Tuck,…
More On King Arthur and Werewolves
I found some of the text about King Arthur fighting werewolves in his tenth battle. Here it is, from the…
King Arthur and Werewolves?
Yes, it appears that King Arthur fought werewolves in a little-known legend. Although not exactly werewolves, but rather “dog-heads“, which…
Free Online Text: King Arthur, Tales of the Round Table
I found a free online text of the stories of King Arthur, complete with illustrations at Sacred Texts. This is…
Second Draft Finished!
As of this weekend, I have finished draft #2 of my first novel, Merlin’s Blade, which is book one of…
Pendragon Sword Of His Father DVD On Sale!
It’s finally on sale! Pendragon Sword Of His Father is available to purchase on DVD at their website (currently under…
King Arthur and Guinevere’s Wedding Site?
If you happen to have a bit of spare cash during this crazy economy, you might want to consider purchasing…
Book Editing Progress
I’m now 50% of the way toward my goal of cutting 42,000 words from my book! At this rate, my…
Where Is The Holy Grail?
I found some very interesting articles today regarding the Holy Grail and its possible location. Of course, no one knows…
Rewritten Chapters Available For Review
Last month my daughter and I went to the 2008 ACFW Conference, and as part of that, I have re-written…
The Book Marketing Silver Bullet?
I recently read a blog post by Michael Hyatt, the president and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, regarding how to…
POV Issues In Writing
I have completely rewritten the first fifty pages of my book to achieve the following: Introduce my main character “Indiana…
The 2008 ACFW Conference Review
I just got back from the 2008 American Christian Fiction Writer’s conference, and my daughter Adele and I had a wonderful time.
The great thing is that we were able to be in the Twin Cities (MN) area, where I grew up and most of my extended family lives. Because of that, every time we had a few hours free we drove up to Brooklyn Park to visit my mother, who broke her foot the day before the conference. I consider it a privilege to have been able to help her out during this time.
Personally, I met with two agents, while my daughter met with three. I have one request for a proposal, and my daughter has two. This was excellent, especially considering three of those agents don’t generally represent fantasy.
But I find myself pausing.
We’re Going To The ACFW Conference!
Well, after months of back and forth decisions on whether or not we were going to the fall ACFW Conference, it finally came down to finances.
The manuscript questions fell to the wayside with Marcus Goodyear and Randy Ingermanson’s encouragement that even a first draft is good enough to pitch.
But the money dried up and there was nothing for the conference, travel, or hotel. Nothing.