God. Just that one word calms me, reminds me why I write, and that He is in control, even when everything is spinning the other way. When I worry about what others will think of my book, I remember I am writing for an audience of One. When I worry about juggling work, family, and writing, I remember how many times I have placed my work in His hands and that He has always provided time for me to write without neglecting family or job. Lately, I have found myself praying to God more about my writing. I now have …
Sunday Devotional–2 Kings 22: 10-13 The Word of God obscured and found
10 Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king. 11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. 12 He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king’s attendant: 13 “Go and inquire of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord’s anger that burns against us because those who have gone before us …
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Flash Fiction from The World of ‘Crosswind’
Steve Rzasa here. With my new novel Crosswind coming out in November, I thought I’d give our dear faithful readers a taste of the world the Sark brothers inhabit (Winchell and Copernicus Sark are the main characters — check out my prior post.) It’s a world similar to ours but with a few key differences, I worked up this bit of flash fiction. Enjoy! * * * * * * “In the Bag,” by Steve Rzasa I ain’t done a blamed thing wrong. Not by my accounting, anyway. That’s what I keep telling myself as I urge my branter on through …
Let’s Cast Failstate!
I originally posted this earlier today at my blog, The Least Read Blog, but I wanted to recruit more people to join in this little game. Here’s the deal: One of the funny things that’s happened since Failstate was published was that a rumor somehow got started that I had a movie deal in the works. I’m not sure how that got started, but several people (who don’t know each other) have asked me about it. I suspect it might have something to do with the starred review that Publishers Weekly gave me back when the novel first released. The …
Sunday Devotional–Numbers 6:24-26
My passage for Sunday sets forth a proclamation of woe from Jeremiah 23. The Old Testament prophetic woe is a specific subset of negative oracles delivered by OT prophets; they are not pleasant in the least, and woe be indeed to the one who falls under it. Now, contrast woe with those upon whom the Lord’s favor rests: The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. Num 6:24-26 Wonderful words. Encouraging words…for if the Lord’s face shines upon us, …
Sunday Devotional–Isaiah 9
Isaiah 9 is a common advent text; it was a bit odd to see it as the assigned text for this Sunday. Nevertheless, in reading it through non-advent glasses I noticed it seems rather applicable to the current state of affairs around us. There’s enough doom and gloom to go around these days–from economics to politics to debt to public shootings. On and on it goes. If you’re caught in any of these sweeping movements, my heart goes out to you. Now, we don’t yet have Assyrians to contend with as Isaiah did, but still, the end of chapter 8 catches a bit …
Behind the Story: The Sea People of Avonai
I love to read about how writers came up with their ideas for different characters, places, etc… and thought it would be fun to share here at MLP how I came up with some of my own. Enjoy! The Sea People of Avonai Readers have told me they love the sea people of Avonai from my book, Daughter of Light. For those of you who have not read it yet, they are a race of people who live along the eastern coast of the continent and are so connected to the sea that they can feel the sea inside their veins …
Sunday Devotional–Psalm 146
Sharon’s done a great job grounding us in the Christian part of the Christian speculative fiction MLP specializes in through her Sunday devotionals. I’m here to spell her for August; she deserves the break after a job faithfully and well performed. Christian theology ought to transcend individuals, cultures, geography, era, personality, the any other categories or isms we can imagine, at least in its foundations, what C.S. Lewis termed mere Christianity, much like science or mathematics is commonly thought to do. In this, I’ll offer rough thoughts from my own Sunday morning teaching/preaching and perhaps a nod in the direction …
Daughter of Light Book Trailer
I always wanted to make a book trailer, so I finally learned how. It was a lot of fun! And here is the result: Daughter of Light movie HD I also just finished an interview with Keven Newsome, author of Winter, on balancing ministry, writing, and family. Check it out! www.kevennewsome.com