Spokane, I’m coming to visit! I’ll be speaking about faith, film, and fantasy… and signing books… at the luncheon for the Spokane College Women’s Association on January 26. A couple of Whitworth students got word of this and asked if I would be speaking at the school as well. There’s been no invitation from Whitworth – maybe that’ll happen someday – but here’s the good news: (more…) Read more
Yikes! It’s… The Top 5 Confessions about Auralia’s Colors, Chapter 7 – Night on the Lake (more…) Read more
David Brooks in The New York Times turns his attention from America’s occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan to humanity’s occupation of Pandora: (more…) Read more
Nonfiction Through a Screen Darkly Fiction Auralia’s Colors Cyndere’s Midnight NEW: Raven’s Ladder Read more
ABOUT THIS BOOK A DEADLY MENACE IS BREAKING THROUGH THE GROUND. THE PEOPLE OF ABASCAR MUST ABANDON THEIR STONE REFUGE AND FLEE INTO VULNERABILITY IN THE FOREST. BUT THEIR KING HAS HAD A VISION… Following the beacon of Auralia’s colors and the footsteps of a mysterious dream-creature, King Cal-raven has discovered a destination for his weary crowd of refugees. It’s a city only imagined in legendary tales. And it gives him hope to establish New Abascar. But when Cal-raven is... Read more
Auralia reached out to Cal-raven. As he approached, the flame of the candle he carried flapped like a flag in a hard wind. … That’s how Chapter One of Raven’s Ladder begins. And now… you can read the whole chapter. (more…) Read more
Here are some of the reviews and endorsements for Raven’s Ladder from book reviewers, bloggers, and authors: • Where Auralia’s Colors spoke of the promise of enlightenment, and Cyndere’s Midnight told a tale of new hope born from the depths of despair, Raven’s Ladder reveals both the power and the fragility of vision. – Fred Warren • Raven’s Ladder … is a book that dares to be beautiful. – S.J. Deal: • I am in awe of this man’s ability... Read more
Best film of 2010 so far: The new Domino’s Pizza video. (more…) Read more
[Note: This review was submitted by N.W Douglas, an undergraduate film student at Simon Fraser University. He’s fired up about a film he recently discovered, and his enthusiasm has certainly put the title on my list of films to see in 2009. – Jeffrey] • A guest review by N.W. Douglas. • In the vein of Robert Bresson, Klaus Härö’s Letters To Father Jacob is simple and staggering. Leila (Kaarina Hazard), an incarcerated criminal, receives an unexpected early pardon from her life... Read more
And here they are at last: My ten favorite movies of 2009. (more…) Read more
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