tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post116904519042972363..comments2023-11-05T03:47:03.674-07:00Comments on The Lost Genre Guild: Thirst for the Supernatural - by Karri Comptoncynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15514785429568086047noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-1169146778686975042007-01-18T11:59:00.000-07:002007-01-18T11:59:00.000-07:00I love the supernatural, maybe too much. It shows ...I love the supernatural, maybe too much. It shows up in all my stories to one extent or another, though Adam sometimes makes me take it out and squeeze God into genre-specific expectations (for instance, if I suddenly insert the supernatural into the second-to-last-chapter of a teen romance set in the 90s) Of course, in my original , it was a grandma and grandpa telling the grandkids a story about 40,50 years in the future when the lights go out and all the kids' toys and games are suddenly useless. Adam made me take that aspect out of the story. Said it didn't work (maybe if I hadn't written the frame in first person, present tense....)<BR/><BR/>I know, I was horrible. I have reformed my experimenting ways, I promise. Had to if I wanted published.Andrea Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704143681030568711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-1169135479718793012007-01-18T08:51:00.000-07:002007-01-18T08:51:00.000-07:00This was a wonderful introduction to your own stor...This was a wonderful introduction to your own story. <BR/><BR/>The supernatural has traditionally be relegated to the secular. I used to read them all--the Sentinel, Amityville Horror. The dark ages, before they invented fire.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps Christian Authors have been working on this in secret and their time has come. We'll see.<BR/><BR/>Great post, Karri!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-1169106170355824312007-01-18T00:42:00.000-07:002007-01-18T00:42:00.000-07:00Karri-- This is my first trip here since before Ch...Karri--<BR/> This is my first trip here since before Christmas. With all the recent author interviews, I have to wonder if the above isn't your own motivation for writing.<BR/><BR/> Your point has always been a powerful artery, pulsing through my mind's motivation file. It's one of the reasons I've always seen spec-fic as such a powerful tool for Biblical fiction. Much of the secular sci-fi I'd read in my youth featured Atheistic themes, and I thought, WHY AREN'T CHRISTIAN AUTHORS DOING THIS?<BR/><BR/> I'd read Daniel I. Weaver's review of Waking Lazarus, and just finished the book last week. I wish I'd gotten to it in time for the T.L. Hines blog tour. I loved it. In fact I much prefer Hines style and voice over Peretti. This guy can write. You'll find the rest of the authors you listed on the LGG recommended reading page, when it gets uploaded.<BR/><BR/> Complete creativity over setting and characters, I believe, is the best tool for presenting the spiritual dimension's reality.<BR/><BR/>Faith,<BR/>Frank Creedcynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514785429568086047noreply@blogger.com