Supernatural Stuff
Why is fantasy so cool? Because there is something within all of us that longs for the supernatural. I’ve SERIOUSLY paraphrased something C. S. Lewis writes about this in The Weight of Glory:
“For a few minutes, just as the moment of vision dies away, as the music ends or as the landscape loses the celestial light, we have had the illusion of belonging to that world. The promise of glory means that the door on which we have been knocking all our lives–the door to the supernatural–will open at last.”
In Daniel and the Sun Sword, Daniel finds that even when he’s running away from that door, much less knocking, it’s going to open.
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Updates, Y’all…
Hello followers!
I’m excited to share some updates for Daniel and the Sun Sword.
1) It’s official. D&SS is scheduled to be released in July 2015, which is only 8 months away!
2) Within the near future, it will be available for PRE-ORDER. I’m totally stoked!
3) Also, the cover development will begin in January.
Do Legends Contain Truth?
Last year I wrote a post explaining that Christian Fantasy (Speculative Fiction) begins by presuming the basics of a Christian worldview and then asking “What if?“. One of the central What if’s of Daniel and the Sun Sword (D&SS), and the Sons and Daughters series as a whole, has to do with the origins of worldwide mythologies: What if every culture’s myths grew out of man’s fallen memory of the one true God and his plan for redemption? No doubt many believe as much, but the fun starts when you try to untangle how those legends developed. (more…)
Poll Results–Nerds.
The results from my book-release poll are in, and here’s what I’ve concluded: a bunch of you are nerds.
I will NOT be giving away $1,000,000.
I will NOT be doing an interpretive dance. Though several of you seemed quite interested in seeing my sister do one so I’ll see if I can talk her into it. She’s a big doofus so it might be possible.
Weird Al was already booked. (If you’re out there, Mr. Weird, and reading my blog, I’d be honored if you could actually come.)
BUT, the other answers I can swing. The majority of respondents wanted: (more…)
Book Release Party Poll
I featured the picture of our cat because, seriously, everyone loves kittens. But now that you’re here, I’d be much obliged if you could answer three questions for me. You can select up to three answers for each.
Nathan Lumbatis 