It's Been a Great Year...

The other day I realised that it's been over a year since I restarted this blog. The thought surprised me slightly, as I wasn't sure I'd be able to pull it off. But posting has been regular - or at least semi-regular - throughout the last 12 months, and in fact there is no shortage of material to fill up these posts with news from our favourite genres.

One reason for this, I believe, is that there is such a lot happening in this arena. Look at the success of Marcher Lord Press, the increasing acceptance of "weird" stories by markets we would never have imagined possible, and all the great books that have come out in this year alone. Independent publishing ventures and high-quality e-zines continue to sprout and grow at amazing speeds, while the old guard keeps producing the fine stories we're used to.

I'm continually motivated to keep this up when I read the stats reports each week. We are getting lots of readers, and you're one of them - thanks very much for coming back! So what is it that keeps us on your blog list? Is there anything you'd like to see more of around here? Or something new you'd like us to try?

Also, does anyone have any idea how we could get more comment interaction happening? I realise news snippets don't usually warrant that kind of thing, so what could we maybe add to the mix?

If you are a writer or publisher of Christian spec-fic, you are most welcome to write a guest post on here at any time and make use of our large reader base. Just get in touch!

...and, we're back!

It's not often a blog is born again. But this one is.

After a year of team blogging (which you can find in the archives) we let it fizzle out. Die a natural death, so to speak.

But the time has come for the Lost Genre Blog to return in a different form. Same address, new content.

What content, I hear you ask?

News.

Where beforehand this blog contained essays by writers and for writers, henceforth it shall bear tidings of the world of the Lost Genre...for readers.

Lord willing, this will be a place for fans of Christian speculative fiction to find what they're looking for, and even what they weren't looking for but will definitely enjoy.

So...if you're a reader, kindly subscribe to this blog. If you're an author, please do likewise, and also send your news to webmaster at lostgenreguild dot com. Do you have an author newsletter? Let us know.

Look out in the next few days for a post containing submission guidelines and the kind of news we want.