Noteworthy moments in the Raven’s Ladder blog tours

Last updated on: October 7, 2012 at 6:43 pm By Guest Contributor

Blog tours are interesting. You find readers who really “get” what you’ve written, who provide fascinating interpretations and useful criticism, and you find readers who really don’t connect with your work. Sometimes you read criticism that leaves you puzzled. Here are a few moments from the Raven’s Ladder blog tours I found interesting: S.J. Deal makes predictions here about what will happen in Book 4. He has some very perceptive ideas about the chapters I’m currently writing. Is he spying... Read more

The Next Over the Rhine Album, According to Linford

Last updated on: October 7, 2012 at 3:40 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

Linford Detweiler has published a letter of epic proportions, addressing Over the Rhine fans about the future of the band, the upcoming recording sessions with Joe Henry, and more. Some highlights: (more…) Read more

To Savor or To Save?

Last updated on: October 7, 2012 at 3:40 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

E.B. White, in an interview with The New York Times in 1969, said: (more…) Read more

Best Commercial Ever?

Last updated on: October 7, 2012 at 3:40 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

In a Tweet on April 16, Errol Morris called this the best commercial ever. (more…) Read more

Philip Pullman returns… with a book about Jesus.

Last updated on: October 1, 2012 at 5:05 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

The author of The Golden Compass now has a book about Jesus. (more…) Read more

The Interview Party, Round One

Last updated on: October 7, 2012 at 3:47 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

So, I’ve been answering a lot of interview questions lately, as bloggers read and review my new novel Raven’s Ladder. I’m honored to have my work be the focus of so much scrutiny. And, as you might expect, a lot of the same questions keep coming up. So, for the sake of variety, I went to my Facebook page and asked folks to come up with some questions I hadn’t heard before. In return, I would ask *them* a question. Here... Read more

Take Your Daily Chesterton Vitamin

Last updated on: October 7, 2012 at 3:51 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

I always recommend taking G.K. Chesterton vitamins daily. Here’s a free sample: (more…) Read more

Stumped.

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 6:21 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

I just received this summary of a movie coming out on DVD. I’ve blocked out the particulars, because I’m more interested in the film’s plot structure… (more…) Read more

Rod “The Sledgehammer” Dreher on “The Restoration of Stephen Baldwin”

Last updated on: October 7, 2012 at 3:51 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

Rod Deher weighs in here on this preposterous endeavor, which is, for me, a strong contender for #1 on the list of Most Embarrassing Moments in Christian Media. (more…) Read more

On sentimentality.

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 6:21 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

I’m making some observations about sentimentality in a couple of upcoming reviews, and to enhance those articles I’ve been reading and re-reading some other essays on the subject. I revisited one of my favorites tonight, a piece by Gregory Wolfe, publisher of Image, on the popular paintings of Thomas Kinkade. And again I was impressed. Here are a couple of excerpts: (more…) Read more