a novel by Debra Murphy. Book One of The Ashland Grail Cycle
Posted in catholic fiction on May 23rd, 2007
Christian sci-fi writer Simon Morden gave a talk at the 2005 Greenbelt Arts Festival entitled “Sex, Death and Christian Fiction” in which he (quite cogently, I believe) critiques “Christian fiction, its theology and its shortcomings” as it is presently being published, particularly by US publishers adhering to Christian Booksellers Association (CBA) guidelines.
Here’s a sample:
Discovering the [...]
Posted in writing on Mar 10th, 2007
The New York Times online has published the first chapter of Patrick Anderson’s book, The Triumph of the Thriller, which charts the change in American reading habits (as judged by bestseller lists) over the last forty years.
Here’s an excerpt:
“The more I read, the more I was struck by the transformation in America’s reading [...]
Posted in catholic fiction on Oct 25th, 2006
By way of the Willamette Writers newsletter, I learned the other day of a Hopi proverb that goes, “The one who tells the stories rules the world.” I was pretty impressed by that notion and promptly sent it out to our “Quotes for Catholic Writers” list. This morning I received the following reaction from one [...]
The myth of St. George and the Dragon comes to new and provocative life in this mystery-thriller set in Milwaukee.
This is the story of James Ireton, a gifted young Shakespeare scholar haunted by a tragic past and recurring nightmares of a Knight, a Lady and a vicious Dragon. James thinks they’re just dreams, but when two people close to him fall victim in a seemingly motive-less series of brutal murders, James discovers there may be a very real Dragon preying in the shadows of his life. Worse, if he doesn’t find a bit of St. George in himself, the woman he loves may prove the Dragon’s ultimate victim.