In honor of Rachel's 12th birthday (her adventure starts in September of 2023, so she is twelve today), here is a list of the other places stories about Rachel and/or her friends appear: A story about Rachel and Sigfried: FantasticSchools, Vol. 1 — Includes "Rachel Griffin and the Missing Laundry" — a Rachel and Sigfried (and…
Years ago, I prepared this for my husband when he had heart surgery. Putting it here for others who may need it. Bible Quotes about the Heart for praying about heart-related issues. Exodus 23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers…
Vow a Vow upon a Star Centaurus Outer System, Aboard the Mustardseed Lyra had run out of tears. Everything seemed numb and dim. She sat in the cockpit of the one-seater skiff. She was too small for the pilot's harness. The straps hung loose. Her feet did not reach the pedals controlling gyroscope attitude…
The Fifth Book of Unexpected Enlightenment is now live! We are celebrating Rachel Griffin's birthday (March 30th) with the release of the next Book of Unexpected Enlightenment. Rachel Griffin Knows a Secret Everyone Else Has Forgotten… …She has discovered she has an older sister named Amber, who was stolen-away as a baby. Nobody but Rachel…
Here are the books of John's that we are currently publishing ourselves through Amazon.The first three are availble in ebook and paper, and The Last Straw is now available on Audible! Come quibble about a galaxy far far away! Once, in a theater long ago and far, far away, young audiences thrilled to the nostalgic…
New release from our new publisher, Silver Empire: Harry Dresden’s sorcery goes on a Supernatural-style road trip. Cool car sold separately. Paxton Locke is the son of a Witch. Family drama is bad enough without adding human sacrifice to the mix. Ten years ago, his mother killed his father in a grisly ritual that Paxton…
You may have heard that the Planetary anthology series has changed publishers and is now coming out from Tuscany Bay Books (TBB). Today, TBB launches Planetary: Luna. I am particularly proud of this book because I was the co-editor before it moved to its new home. (I bowed out because I wasn't needed.) This book…
"Books are enchanting. They are like a draught of strong wine. A good story sweeps us off our feet and carries us to true love, to far off places, to Narnia or Barsoom. With stories, we can reach others, lift them out of sorrow, sometimes even sway the course of lives, or nations. All of…
I haven't even had a chance to post here yet, and the Indiegogo campaign is already half-funded! As an editor, I began to notice that 90% of the advice I gave my better writers was the same advice. I applied that advice to my own writing and found that it led to a noticeable improvement.…
I will be leaving for DragonCon in just over a week. Superversive Press will be selling books there at Bard's Tower in the Dealer's Room. Here is our recent promotion video with all things Superversive Press! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip9A48GRN9k
A New Kind of Road There’s a new kind of road that did not exist when I was young. It’s a road you have to pay to drive on—only the amount you pay goes up and down based on how many people are driving it. The more people, the higher the price. This keeps the…
We have come to this point because our whole society is so frightened of bullies. To try to win an argument by using a word that ends in -phobe, rather than to discuss the topic is, frankly, bullying. Most of us, sadly, apparently prefer to lie about reality than to be bullied by the cool…
For tonight's service, I put together the passages in The Book of Matthew that refers to "fulfillment of prophecy" and the original Old Testament passages to which they refer. I really enjoyed seeing this in context. Posting this here, in case anyone else might enjoy it. Biblical Messianic Prophecies and Their Fulfillment (according to St.…
Me at tea last June, Picture by Virginia Johnson I have been interviewed by a lovely lady, who asked intriguing questions. The interview was great fun and we talked about many writing topics and a few other things, too. See the Interview here!
