The villain in The Sign of the Sword was inspired by a very colorful nightmare I had once. I was walking through a New Orleans cemetery just before sunset. A big, bald black man in a black turtleneck was chopping at a stump with an Read More …
Category: Sign of the Sword
Sign of the Sword Inspirations: Christ-Figures in Fictional Worlds
When I was writing The Sign of the Sword, it was fashionable for Christian fantasy writers to include fictional Christ-figures in their stories. C.S. Lewis had done it in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with Aslan, his noble talking lion. This scene still Read More …
Sign of the Sword Threads: One Wild Hayride
When I was growing up, hayrides were popular among the church youth groups in Louisiana and Arkansas. We usually had them in late autumn when the night air was cool and nightfall came early. Someone would load a flatbed trailer with bales of hay. Read More …
The Sign of the Sword: Seeking Hope Through the Mists of Avalon
For the past six weeks, I’ve been posting about my books and those of friends. I’m almost out of books of my own until I finish some more. This week my posts will be themed around my young adult fantasy novel, The Sign of the Read More …