The Deeper Dimension
Kristin Hanley, writer and English teacher from southwest Missouri, At times, my writing may be full of pain, oppression, and turmoil, but it is possessed by a deeper power of grace, of understanding, and of hope. >>READ MORE
Enter literarychristian.com’s essay contest:
“Should Christian fiction be placed on its own shelf at mainstream bookstores or should it be included with other fiction titles?” (500 to 2,000 words.) >>READ MORE
Artist and Audience
Kathleen Gunton, Southern California poet, fiction writer, and photographer, writes, If we abide by the idea that we are artist and audience in faith and by faith, our fiction will say more than the words we take to tell a good story.>>READ MORE
The Master's Artist
(a blog with Jules Quincy Stephens)
Show Me God's Hand: The Esther Model
Jules Quincy Stephens, a former reporter turned freelance writer from Northeastern Pennsylvania, is working on a novel, The Tamar Sisterhood. She writes: No publishing professional has confirmed this, but there might be a "God" quota, even a "Jesus" quota, in Christian fiction. >>READ MORE
Faith in Ficton
Kimberly Allen of North Carolina, an English composition teacher, lives in Pittsburgh, PA, where she is putting a husband through seminary. She writes: Dogmatic. The first time I heard that word, I pretended I knew exactly what it meant. Dr. Hallberg, a neat-sandaled-ponytailed-sixties-kind-of-guy, sarcastically informed me my short story was "sappy, boring, and basically bad" because it was too dogmatic. >>READ MORE
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The New Christian Literary Writing
Albert Haley, Writer in Residence at Abilene Christian University, writes: It seems a commonplace in the literary world to expect that when a Christian takes up the pen or places fingers on a keyboard, bad things will happen. >>READ MORE
posted August 3, 2007
Judy
Alexander, webmaster