As I continue sharing with you my Red Riding Hood retelling, I’ll ask a question: What is the theme of my story? Or a theme, anyway?
Let me stall in answering by talking about a movie I’ve just seen.
I watched the movie version of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s Shiloh.
Today, I edited two hours’ worth of my Little Red Riding Hood story, and I’m happy with my progress so far.
Also, check out M Liz Boyle interviewing YA author Christina Shaw.
In the meantime, something definite is happening. Another story? Yep, and it’s a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood!
I’m going to be featured in an anthology from Beyond the Bookery called Of Dangers and Dreams, and my story will be friendly for teens and tweens.
Hi, all. Does your teen prefer listening to stories over reading them? Or do they enjoy audio dramas? Here’s the latest article/podcast episode by Lou Allen, aka Christian Faith and Fiction. Here she shares a few recommendations of Christian-friendly stories, including dramatized retellings of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. For those whoContinue reading “Tolkien Dramas and Girl Heroes with Lou Allen”
Do you crave the excitement that comes from a search-and-rescue story? Is your teen or pre-teen looking for peer role models who would help them handle risky wilderness situations? Try M. Liz Boyle’s Off the Itinerary: The Search and Rescue Files. The author herself shares more of her book in the following link. Thank youContinue reading “Stories of Rescue and Survival”
Hi, everyone. Do you have a young person who’s a teen and into fantasy? OR is your young person a kid but wants to graduate into “older kid” books? Give The Tower of Geburah by John White a try. I reviewed it on Jennifer Hallmark’s blog, and while it’s Book 3 of a series, it’sContinue reading “Reviewing A Tween Book — The Tower of Geburah”
If you’ve seen the movie The Secret of Roan Inish, you might know what selkies are. But in case you don’t, they’re fae who disguise themselves as seals, but when they crawl onto land, they shed their seal fur and walk the earth as humans. Sarah Pennington wrote a Selkie retelling of the Little MermaidContinue reading “Selkies”
What is the point of having dystopian novels? Can you even find a story like that with a Christian point-of-view? Author Jeremiah Friedli thinks so, and he even has one for teens called CORE Deception, Book One of the CORE Series. Read M Liz Boyle’s interview and find out how Friedli’s spiritual journey through fear—evenContinue reading “Dystopia? From a Christian Perspective?”
Have teen girls? Take a look at M Liz Boyle’s interview with YA author Melissa Knight. Knight writes teen romance as well as devotionals, so if that sounds like your jam, let M Liz Boyle take you away.
You might be in the market for more books. If that’s the case, Lou Allen of Christian Faith and Fiction has some ideas. I highly recommend reading The Wingfeather Saga, a middle-grade fantasy series by Andrew Peterson. They’re full of humor, adventure, and unique living beings like toothy cows. Yes, you read that right.
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