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Grace Livingston replied to the topic The Podcast!!! 🤩 in the forum General Writing Discussions 1 week ago
Hey, @silverclaw-bonnetfolly!
In addition to the podcast page, you can listen to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, and TuneIn! We’re also currently in the process of putting it on Google Play (it should be up in less than two weeks). 🙂 If none of these options are available to you, let me know and I’ll see if I can get it somewhere more…[Read more]
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Grace Livingston commented on the post, SE Podcast #3: Our Favorite Contemporary Christian Authors 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Thanks for listening, Eliza! Yes, we have quite a few Andrew Peterson fans here on staff so it was impossible not to mention him. 😛
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Grace Livingston commented on the post, SE Podcast #3: Our Favorite Contemporary Christian Authors 1 month ago
Thanks, Eden!
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Grace Livingston commented on the post, I Hope You Know 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Oh my word, Sarah! This piece is so encouraging and speaks to me on such a deep level. <3 Thank you for sharing!
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Grace Livingston commented on the post, SE Podcast #2: Christian Fantasy and Allegory – What We Like and Dislike 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Thanks! I’m so glad you’re enjoying them. 😊
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Grace Livingston replied to the topic The Podcast!!! 🤩 in the forum General Writing Discussions 2 months ago
I’m so glad that you found it helpful, @caleb-e-king and @taylorclogston! 😊😊
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Grace Livingston wrote a new post, SE Podcast #1: The State of Christian Fiction Today 2 months ago
The Story Embers podcast is back, and we’ve completely revamped the format.
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Every other Saturday, Grace Livingston will be hosting discussions on story craft with various members of the Story Embers st […]
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Grace Livingston commented on the post, Kiss the Ceiling 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Thanks so much!! 😀
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Grace Livingston commented on the post, Le Velo Orange (The Orange Bicycle) 5 months, 4 weeks ago
AHHH! I think this is my favorite piece of yours yet, Mariposa!! 😍😍 The oranges and blues dazzle the eye and you’ve managed to raise my excitement for fall by 200%. 😀
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Grace Livingston commented on the post, Kiss the Ceiling 6 months ago
Thank you! <3
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Grace Livingston commented on the post, Kiss the Ceiling 6 months ago
YES, listen to it. The song is beautiful! 😉 And thank you so much!! <3 <3
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Grace Livingston commented on the post, Kiss the Ceiling 6 months ago
Ha, I have no idea. XD Maybe the same person who’s responsible for 90% of the music I listen to? 😜 And thanks! <3 It was your work that inspired me to try paintings like this. 😊
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Grace Livingston commented on the post, Kiss the Ceiling 6 months ago
Thanks so much, Julia!! <3 <3 Yeah, I'm sorta freaking out still. *grins*
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I’m so glad you liked it, Nana. <3 <3 Love you too!
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Grace Livingston commented on the post, Kiss the Ceiling 6 months ago
Thanks, Evelyn!! 😀 ❤
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Grace Livingston commented on the post, Kiss the Ceiling 6 months ago
Thanks!! <3
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Grace Livingston commented on the post, Kiss the Ceiling 6 months ago
Thank you, Eden!! It was so much fun to create. 😀
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Thanks, Grace, for making such a professional podcast episode! 🙂
I really enjoyed this wonderful discussion among Josiah, Daeus, & Brandon about Christian Fiction today. Thanks, guys!
I completely agree with all your points (unfortunately I lost track of who was saying what) – especially on how conversion scenes tend to cripple character development in Christian fiction in general, as well as how many classical authors who were Christian did not write explicitly “Christian” books but were vastly impactful and compelling. I have not read N.D. Wilson yet (I know I should :P), but some others who come to my mind include Austen, Dostoevsky, and Dickens. 🙂 And of course, C.S. Lewis – while the Narniad have been categorized into the Christian genre, I think his Till We Have Faces was not, and I found it just as deep and meaningful.
I do have a question for @josiah (I’m quite sure it was you who said this): you mentioned that you’ve been reading more recent Christian fiction that have improved. Would you please list some authors/titles? Because I’d love to look into this – unfortunately I’ve been neglecting a lot of today’s publications (Christian and secular/mainstream alike) due to so many disappointments, and I know I shouldn’t, but it’s hard when I don’t know where to look.
[The only technical-related issue I had with this podcast is I have difficulty hearing some parts clearly – like at around 8:15, and some other places as well. It might be due to the mic or something?]
Off the top of my head, here are some examples of great Christian fiction I read in the past year:
– The Promise of Jesse Woods by Chris Fabry
– Death Comes for the Deconstructionist by Daniel Taylor
– Fawkes by Nadine Brandes
– Amish Vampires in Space by Kerry Nietz (don’t judge!)
And “Till We Have Faces” is amazing. I haven’t read it since 8th grade or so, but I really need to because it’s an excellent book that I’m sure I did not appreciate enough as a middle schooler.
I enjoyed listening to this and can’t wait for more content. 🙂
Thanks Evelyn!
Glad to have it back. Keep up the good work.
Thanks T.Young!
Thanks Shannon!
I loved your take on conversion scenes. It made me want to go over my first novel and look at my own scenes.
I also want to find more spec fiction books that are improving.
I felt as if the romance genre was frowned upon in the podcast, but maybe I misunderstood. I am currently writing one and felt like I was a square peg mixed in with the round ones.
I can’t wait to hear more on the podcast, especially on writing habits and making a living with writing.
I don’t recall when we mentioned romance in the episode, but if it sounded like we were frowning upon the genre, that was certainly not our intent! Most of us in this podcast (we’ll be switching up discussion groups regularly) are spec fic writers (though Daeus does a lot of different genres), so we’re probably a bit biased toward that end of the spectrum. But we certainly don’t want to discount the value of the romance genre.
I can definitely put writing habits down as one of our future podcast episode ideas!
YES!
I heat that about some “christian books” (drama, story climax, someone get’s saved happily ever after!!) THAT’S NOT HOW IT HAPPENS IN REAL LIFE!!! I’m looking forward to the coming broadcasts and topics!
Haha, yep. Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome! Can’t wait for more!
Thanks Eden!