These are few of my favorite comments about Wake the Dead. From a reviewer who didn’t like Chase Sterling…at first: “I am glad that I stuck to it as it turns out to be one of the best novels I have read for this year!” From a reviewer who gets me: “I really think this…
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Okay, so I’m pushing the sci-fi angle of my book. It’s futuristic. Some of it’s really, REALLY coming. At least that’s the plan of certain people. Another angle to push—I write Christian fiction. It’s who I am and somebody told me to write what I know. And I won’t stop—the message of the Gospel will…
As a writer I get to jerk a character from his happy existence and drop him in a world of confusion, darkness, and heartbreak. I knock him to his knees and then grind his face into the dirt. I run him over. I steal away everything that matters to him. Then I pick him up…
I read an article this week called “10 Amazing Superpowers Humans Will Be Able To Get From Brain Implants.” (I posted it on Facebook and Twitter.) My first thought was that I shouldn’t have set Wake the Dead twenty-something years into the future. Maybe ten. Maybe next week. My second thought was that my brain…
A few weeks ago I discovered a bestseller, The Transhumanist Wager by Zoltan Istvan, and I bought it on my Kindle right away. My excitement built as I read reviews and learned a bit about the author. The book had been rejected by over 400 publishers. I didn’t know that many publishers existed. Of course,…
Since I signed to publish Wake the Dead, I’ve heard these questions over and over. The first question: “What’s your book about?” “The world’s first transhuman,” I say. Blank stares follow. An educated, well-read person complimented me on making up such a clever word. Only a couple of questioners were familiar with the term. Even…