Today is release day for Iscariot by Tosca Lee. I’m been eagerly anticipating its release since hearing about last year. Tosca is the esteemed author of Demon and Havah plus she co-authored, with Ted Dekker, the three “Books of Mortals”: Forbidden, Mortal and Sovereign (releasing May 2013). I joined Tosca’s tribe, the “Midnight Garden”, which, amongst […]
I so love John Eldredge’s work. He has a way of capturing the essence of the desire in our hearts. This little book is no exception and in fact I’d suggest it’s one of his best. He starts out by asking a question that I’ve never asked myself: “What is Christianity supposed to do to […]
The contract was signed and now we had to complete the final draft. Lion Fiction had kindly provided me with an experienced editor to work with to tighten the manuscript. In addition, I had to lose an additional 20% of it, that being 30,000 words or 60 pages. It was now 8 years since the […]
I’ve started most days this year sitting for ten minutes in silence, as part of my new desire to better experience God. If you missed the background for this, please check out this post on “A Word for the Year.” It has surprised me how difficult it is, not so much being silent, but stopping […]
I felt invited to adopt ” Silence” as my word for 2013. Funnily, enough as I looked around for some wise counsel on the subject, I was led to this beautiful work that has been sitting on my bookshelves for a few months. I can’t recall why I bought it originally, however, now sense some […]
I walked back to my desk to be surprised by the new email that had just arrived in my Inbox. Ten minutes earlier I sent the email that I hoped would release me into a new life. With nervous anticipation I clicked on the email to open it. Good morning Ian This sounds interesting. I […]
Two teenage friends, Austin and Christy, both with “forgotten” childhoods get accidentally lost in a mental hospital. You’d think once they could explain their situation, all would be fine and they’d leave and go on their way. But this is a Ted Dekker novel. The hospital authorities re-admit them both as Scott and Alice. So […]
Two years ago I decided to reduce my sugar intake. Not so much because of the chocolate and lollies that I had a reasonable control over but it was all the fruit and juice I consumed. May I stress I’m not saying either are bad but I simply ate and drank too much. So I […]
It took me three months to shake up the manuscript. Remember I hadn’t touched it for five years and the world had changed. If you’re catching up with my story please have a look at these two earlier posts: here and here. I was surprised how quickly the writing bug came back. I hadn’t written […]
The four of us were strolling along the beach esplanade. Even though we were in Far North Queensland, it was almost winter, so the mid-morning temperature was relatively mild. “Have a look at this guy.” My friend nudged me and indicated with his head whom he was referring to. The shirtless disheveled young man was […]
