And so the SFF blog tour continues. I visited some of the blog tour particpants yesterday–or their blogs, rather. Tina Kulesa posted a review of the trilogy. Mirtika Schultz posted a guide to pronouncing names in the Firebird Trilogy. Though I confess, while reading the books, I pronounced them all differently than the the guide! Now to begin the interview. Thanks to Stuart Stockton for his help with questions. And thanks to Kathy Tyers for the interview. Where did you grow up and what is your background? In the 1950s, my part of Long Beach, California was full of apron-wearing …

Kathy “Firebird” Tyers, as she is often called among Christian SFF fans, has grasciously agreed to an interview even though her schedule is hectic with summer school. Kathy is a multi-talented musician and writer, an icon among Christian science fiction fans because her career extends into both the secular and Christian markets with such titles as Firebird, Fusion Fird, Crown of Fire, Shivering World, Crystal Witness, One Mind’s Eyes and numerous Star Wars novels. Kathy is an exceptionally talented writer–her 3-1 book, Firebird Trilogy–is a must read for fans of the genre. I read the first book in the trilogy, …

Have you ever noticed that there are quite a few homeschooling moms who also write novels, many even published. I’m one of them. . .well not published (in novels anyway) but I homeschool several children and I write novels. I suppose that the love of books is just one reason many moms choose to homeschool their children. Walls covered with overfilled bookshelves, books stacked against empty wall-space or piled high on top of the nightstand and next to it–these are some of the outward symptoms of the homeschooling-multi-children-novel-writing moms syndrome. Though I’m sure many homeschooling moms that don’t write novels …

The Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy (CSFF) Blog Tour Group will feature Kathy Tyers, author of the Firebird trilogy August 21, 22, 23. The participants, fifteen or more bloggers, will post such things as an author interview, book reviews, reflections on Tyers’ influence on Christian fiction, discussion of her work and much more. Be sure to check back at Writing with Fire for further announcements and a list of sites involved in the tour. Blessings!Beth

I have really enjoyed this week of blogging. Last week I stressed big time at even the thought of keeping up with all of the posts for the SFF blog tour, the Speculative Faith blog and Favorite Pastimes occuring this week. I wonder if it will be like this every month. Still, it wasn’t nearly as overwhelming as I thought it would be. It was more of a burden for me last week as I worried about it. That must be why the Lord tells us not to worry–the worrying is by far more painful than the actual experience. LOL …

I’ve been completely amazed to read all of the fascinating stories about Christian Fandom and how it came to be. Through the blog tour I’ve also learned what Con-V (or was it V-Con) means and all of those references to con. If you want to read more about that check out Shannon McNear’s or Karen Hancoc’s link. I think they both go into great detail about how these conventions sparked the creation of Christian Fandom. I went to the Christian Fandom site today in order to look for reviews and interviews. Not so easy to discover. After clicking on several …

Join the SFF (Science Fiction and Fantasy) blog tour for the month of July this week. We’re featuringChristian Fandom,an ” interdenominational fellowship of fans interested in the courteous and accurate representation of Christian viewpoints in genre fiction fan communities.” I especially love Fandom’s list of fantasy books that includes an extensive list for those who would consider themselves new to fantasy. This list includes a wide range of authors–not all Christians–from Frank Peretti to Stephen Donaldson to J.K. Rowling. An equally impressive list can be found at Fandom’s list of Science fiction tites. The site gies you a heads up …

Wooo hooo! I finally made almost 60K on my fantasy novel. But I’m talking rough draft. . VERY rough draft. I decided that it would be better for me to get the gist of the story down, then go back to edit, though I typically edit as I go. But with this type of story, there are so many little things that you don’t have the answer for yet, and even big things. What’s the point in editing when you don’t have all of your story yet. So, the answers are revealing themselves to me as I write. It’s been …

I decided to return from a blogging hiatus or whatever you want to call two weeks without blogging. Forgive me, if there’s anything to forgive. As far as blogs go, I’m in a position to start pulling out my hair. No, I’m excited about all of the opportunities that have opened up for me in the blogging world. First, I’ve already told you about the Kanner Lake Scenes and Beans Project. My character, Bev Trexel’s debut post appears this Friday the 21st. In addition, you can read the first three chapters of Violet Dawn here. Go to the Kanner Lake …

I didn’t post yesterday because I was still reeling from the Arise event that took place on Sunday. I’ll give you an update on that after a few reminders and announcements. Remember that the Kanner Lake website is due to launch on July 5th promoting Brandilyn Collin’s new book, Violet Dawn. I’ll be participating in the character blog at Scenes and Beans. For those interested in historical fiction or just history in general, Favorite Pastimes, a blog devoted to history, is now open to readers. Each week a different contributor will present her perspective. This week’s host is Cindy Thomson, …