by Jason Joyner | Jul 6, 2010 | Blog, books, Robin Parrish, speculative fiction
This week the CFBA is featuring
Nightmare by Robin Parrish. I didn’t sign up for this tour because I wanted to support Parrish by buying the book (the one downside of participating in the tour sometimes). The book is on its way, and I am looking forward to getting into his mind again.
Still, I want to add a little support to the CFBA tour. Robin provides some interesting thoughts for Christian (CBA) fiction. What are the boundaries of Christian fiction? What can this market accept? Mind you, I haven’t read Nightmare to give any opinions on its content, but I’ve seen a review on Amazon that questions its place in CBA fiction.
Let’s talk more about CBA’s boundaries tomorrow. In the meantime, if you would like to read the first chapter of
Nightmare, go
HERE.
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by Jason Joyner | Jun 29, 2010 | Blog, Donald Miller, writing craft
Must be link week here at Spoiled for the Ordinary…
Breakpoint has an excerpt from Donald Miller’s book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, talking about the process of writing. We may think we need to “live life” to write, but if that’s all we do we’ll never do the hard business of getting writing done. He also talks about making life uncomfortable for your characters in order to get them to change.
So be sure to check out “How to Make Yourself Write a Better Story” and tell them Jason sent you. They won’t know who I am, but tell ’em anyway.
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by Jason Joyner | Jun 29, 2010 | Blog, Donald Miller, writing craft
Must be link week here at Spoiled for the Ordinary…
Breakpoint has an excerpt from Donald Miller’s book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, talking about the process of writing. We may think we need to “live life” to write, but if that’s all we do we’ll never do the hard business of getting writing done. He also talks about making life uncomfortable for your characters in order to get them to change.
So be sure to check out “How to Make Yourself Write a Better Story” and tell them Jason sent you. They won’t know who I am, but tell ’em anyway.
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by Jason Joyner | Jun 28, 2010 | attention span, Blog, internet
I’ve wondered for a while if surfing the internet wasn’t giving me ADHD.
A new article from Wired Magazine may prove me right.
It suggests the constant attention shift required by the Web “shatters focus” and “rewires the brain.” I notice that I have a lot smaller attention span, which isn’t a good thing. I also stream music in the background through the day at work, so quiet, focused time isn’t something I am used to anymore. Not a good thing for my prayer life I can tell you.
Anyway, I wanted to let you all know of the dangers before I….
by Jason Joyner | Jun 28, 2010 | attention span, Blog, internet
I’ve wondered for a while if surfing the internet wasn’t giving me ADHD.
A new article from Wired Magazine may prove me right.
It suggests the constant attention shift required by the Web “shatters focus” and “rewires the brain.” I notice that I have a lot smaller attention span, which isn’t a good thing. I also stream music in the background through the day at work, so quiet, focused time isn’t something I am used to anymore. Not a good thing for my prayer life I can tell you.
Anyway, I wanted to let you all know of the dangers before I….
