I was astounded the other day to read a lengthy po...

2008-09-21T23:26:00.000-07:00

I was astounded the other day to read a lengthy post on Shoutlife by a person who proclaimed that "No fiction" could be Christian because, by its very nature, fiction means false. He then proceeded to say if it is false it cannot tell truth. I didn't respond because I knew it wouldn't do any good, but that poor man has a confused idea of what fiction means. I have said more than once that fiction often proclaims the truth much better than non-fiction. I felt that way when I first read This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti. But I also felt the truth in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, a work that can certainly not be classified as preachy or even overtly Christian, yet the values of the Christian worldview underline the epic tale.

It's point #3 that drives me the battiest. I&#...

2008-09-07T00:13:00.000-07:00

It's point #3 that drives me the battiest. I've read far too many books like that. I understand why that sort of thing gives the genre a bad name. And it's also one of the [several] reasons why I prefer not to call my own work Christian Fantasy. It's Fantasy, first and foremost and I have taken great pains to make it not only inoffensive to non-Christians, but actually appealing to them.

I understand this is not everyone's goal, but even if you're trying to market mostly to Christians, you're going to lose a large chunk of them (maybe not the die-hard CBA crowd, but the ones who DO step foot in B&N) if you're not putting out great stories.

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I was astounded the other day to read a lengthy po...

It's point #3 that drives me the battiest. I&#...