The Auralia Thread Best Fantasy of 2007 Some of most prolific bloggers on the subject of Fantasy Literature have published their annual favorites lists. Check these out! * Graeme's Fantasy Book Review * OF Blog of the Fallen * Fantasy Book Critic
Interviews Steve Brown: A Wild and Crazy Guy "Steve Brown Etc." is not your typical Christian radio program. And Steve Brown is not your typical host. (In fact, because I appeared on his program on my day off, he granted me "three free sins." Bonus!) I recently spoke with Steve about this little film
The Auralia Thread Best Day Ever? Thanks, everybody, for making today, Tuesday, December 4, the busiest day ever at this blog! My stat counter just updated, and today's visitor total is the highest ever (and still counting!) What's the draw? Mostly this Golden Compass-related post. Interest in the controvery is at a
The Auralia Thread Front Street Reviews on "Auralia's Colors" Now... this (from TitleTrakk.com). And this from Truer than Truth. The review of Auralia's Colors at Front Street Reviews says a little more about the conclusion of the story than other reviews. But I'm grateful that Susan Helene Gottfried is so pleased... ... This isn'
The Auralia Thread Lap Cat. Last night, while the weather outside turned frightful, Mardukas decided to become a lap cat, and well... just look at those eyes... he wasn't about to be dissuaded from his decision. So I worked on Cyndere's Midnight, the sequel to Auralia's Colors, for three
The Auralia Thread I'm Off for Bellingham If you have friends or family in the neighborhood of Bellingham, Washington, let them know that I'll be reading from Auralia's Colors tonight at 7 p.m. at Village Books. And I'll be signing copies which will might make good Christmas gifts.
The Auralia Thread "Auralia's Colors" at SciFi.com! If you check fast, Auralia's Colors is a news item on the front page of SciFi.com! (It's also currently on the front page of the "Print" section, the first time my work has been reviewed on the same page as work by Stephen
Through a Screen Darkly "... like tears in rain ..." In today's mail, I received a note from a reader named Trace: ... I am reading Through a Screen Darkly and thought I'd share a short story with you. When I was about 20 years old I was watching the movie Blade Runner. Near the end of
The Auralia Thread Faithful Reader reviews "Auralia's Colors" What a happy way to wrap up a Friday at work. A good friend just alerted me to the reviews page at Faithful Reader, where a new review of Auralia's Colors has just been published.
The Auralia Thread And Sometimes My Email Cheers Me Up And sometimes, I get email that makes my day. And from total strangers! I just finished reading Auralia's Colors and I must say I'm impressed. For the last year I've worked at a christian bookstore, and must admit I get tired of the mediocre
The Auralia Thread My Thoughts on "The Golden Compass" I've been doing a lot of radio interviews about Auralia's Colors, and questions about Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass keep coming up. I've been planning a sort of once-and-for-all blog post about the controversy, but for now you'll find a
The Auralia Thread Questions on a Novel Journey Novel Journey's Ane Mulligan just posted her conversation with me about Auralia's Colors. These are the questions she asked: * Time to crow: What new book or project do you have coming out? * How did you come up with this story? Was there a specific 'what
Through a Screen Darkly Podcast: Sheridan Voysey talks with me about great movies that can change lives. You can now download the podcast of Sheridan Voysey's radio program where I discussed the power of movies with him a couple of weeks ago. (I mentioned this broadcast a few days back.) Of the many on-air conversations about movies I've enjoyed, this was one of
Looking Elsewhere Specials: Auralia Meets Graeme; Gaffney on CAFF; Chattaway on Faith/Film I'm going back into a period of intense imagining, polishing up the sequel to Auralia's Colors. So, offline I'll be rather antisocial for the next few weeks, and my blogging may slow down a bit. By the way, did I mention that I'
Through a Screen Darkly The Nick and Josh Show Lo and behold, my conversation with Nick (of the Nick and Josh Show) is now available for download. We talked about movies, Through a Screen Darkly, and then he asked me to share my impressions of a movie that clearly impressed him: Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain. I really
Through a Screen Darkly Thanks to "God and Culture" Show Host Paul Edwards Many, many thanks to Paul Edwards for being a gracious host, generous with his time, and thoughtful with his questions on the God and Culture radio program in Detroit. You can listen in on our conversations... * here, on Tuesday's show, where I come on around the 1-hour 45-minute
The Auralia Thread Many, many thanks to my three audiences during yesterday's talk-a-thon! I am dizzy and exhausted after yesterday's triathalon of speaking engagements... Many, many thanks to the hundreds of students, staff, faculty, and other guests who packed the Otto Miller lecture hall at Seattle Pacific University... twice... yesterday afternoon. I had a fantastic time passing along the lessons I&
Interviews "Through a Screen Darkly" hits Australia When I was a kid, I always liked the story about The Little Engine that Could. I'm reminded of that as I occasionally find mentions of Through a Screen Darkly on blogs. It just keeps chugging along, finding new readers everywhere. It's nice to see folks
The Auralia Thread Next Sunday: Australia's having an Open House!   I recently overheard someone referring to my new book as "Australia's Colors." Now, please... let me set this straight once and for all: Auralia's Colors has absolutely nothing to do with Australia. And speaking of Australia... I was welcomed to a radio program based
The Auralia Thread A Moment, Yesterday... So, there I was. Sitting at my desk, writing a movie review for Response magazine's website. Out the window in front of me, the courtyard was thrashing in October wind and rain. Leave of extraordinary colors were breaking free and forming a dance of intertwining cyclones. Students dashed
The Auralia Thread Two Weeks From Today: "Auralia's Colors" at the Seattle Public Library On Wednesday, Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Fremont Branch of the Seattle Public Library, I'll be reading from Auralia's Colors, and paying tribute to writers like Madeleine L'Engle, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Richard
The Auralia Thread Paste Magazine's Josh Jackson Interprets "Auralia's Colors" It's exciting for me when folks who blog about fantasy literature discover Auralia's Colors. It's rather startling when the editor of your favorite music magazine blogs about it. Thanks for the kind words, Josh. What a nice birthday (or birthday-eve) surprise...
Through a Screen Darkly Looking Closer in the Foursquare Church Notes on Through a Screen Darkly in a Foursquare Church publication: Overstreet must go far beyond the obvious and the traditional to show how spiritual issues are raised or that God can be seen in some of Hollywood's most unlikely films. And he contends that we can learn
Through a Screen Darkly Gosh Golly... a Facebook Group! A fine fellow named Karl Weston Magnuson has gone and started a Through a Screen Darkly Facebook group! Thanks, Karl! Good to meet you!
Through a Screen Darkly At the NWCSI-CTABC Convention Today, I tried to sum up some of the ideas in Through a Screen Darkly to an overcrowded - and quickly overheated - room full of high school teachers at the NWCSI-CTABC convention in Lynden, Washington. The notes I'd prepared... well, I thought that they just might be
