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Fiction
(and Non-Fiction)
PUBLICATIONS
Pieces that have appeared in print or online
Gargoyle (published
in Coach's
Midnight Diner, Fall 2007)
Beyond
Showing & Telling (published in The New
Writer's Handbook 2007: A Practical Anthology of Best Advice
for Your Craft and Career, July 2007)
I
Know What You Read Last Summer (published in Comment,
June 2007)
Strings
(published in The
Ankeny Briefcase, December 2006)
Turner's
Sin (published in Relief
Journal, Issue 1, Fall 2006)
The
Print Version (published in InFuze Magazine,
April 2006 - included in 2006 InFuze Anthology)
The
Body We Left (published at Flashing in the
Gutters)
The
Code You'll Live By (published at Flashing
in the Gutters)
The
Ivy League Bible Club Goes to War (published in The
Wittenburg Door, January/February 2006)
The
Long Gone Age of Imperial Mystics published in
Rejected Writers Magazine (1st Place in their inaugural
contest)
Midafternoon
Apocalypse published in the Summer 2005 issue of The
New Pantagruel (Vol. 2, Issue iii)
The
Point of the Story (published in Issue 2 of Fire
By Nite)
End
Times Bible College (published in The
Wittenburg Door, May/June 2005)
The
Inside Job (published in Hardluck Stories,
Spring 2005)
The
Beautiful Girl (published in InFuze Magazine, December
2004)
FORTHCOMING
NON-FICTION
Rethinking
Worldview: Learning to Think, Live and Speak in this World
(forthcoming from Crossway Publishers, October 2007)
WRITING
ON WRITING
My thoughts on books, storytelling and craft
Notes
on Craft (weblog)
Notes
on Craft is a weblog devoted to technique in fiction. It serves
as a creative diary and a clearing house for information on the
craft of writing.
The
Master's Artist (weblog)
The
Master's Artist is "a group of writers striving for excellence
in their craft while glorifying God's kingdom and edifying the Body
of Christ." I post there every Friday.
INTERVIEWS
People talking to me about writing.
Learning
Curve Q &A
In April 2005, novelist Chris Well
conducted a three-part interview of me for his Learning Curve Q
& A blog.
Decompose
INsites Interview
In May 2006, novelist Mike Duran chose
my site as one of his favorites and featured me in an in-depth interview.
He asked about reading, writing, blogging and my penchant for obsessiveness.
Relief
Journal Interview at The Master's Artist
In October 2006, Jules Quincy Stephens asked me about my role as
fiction editor at the new literary quarterly Relief Journal.
The interview outlines some of my thoughts about the gray area between
faith and fiction.
RECOMMENDED
FICTION
An inadequate selection of admired works
Honore
de Balzac - Lost Illusions, Pere Goriot
Henry
James - The Aspern Papers, Wings of the Dove,
"The Figure in the Carpet"
Graham
Greene - The Heart of the Matter, The End of the Affair
Flannery
O'Connor - Wise Blood
Barry
Unsworth - Sacred Hunger, Stone Virgin, The Rage of
the Vulture
Marilynne
Robinson - Gilead
ABOUT
FICTION
A handful of the best guides
The
Modern Library Writer's Workshop: A Guide to the Craft of Fiction
Stephen Koch
The
Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
On Becoming a Novelist
On Moral Fiction
John Gardner
Burning
Down the House: Essays on Fiction
Charles Baxter
The
Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing
Edited
by Leland Ryken
ABOUT
LITERATURE
Guides to literature for Christian readers
Literature
Through The Eyes of Faith
Susan V. Gallagher and Roger Lundin
Christian
Literature: An Anthology
Edited by Alister McGrath
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