What follows is the second of a five-part series that Zondervan published on their academic blog, Koinonia. The subject matter may repeat some previous “365” posts, but I will nonetheless publish them for those who might not want to scroll...
What a terrific weekend this was for me! I awakened Saturday morning to the news that my new novel, Latter-day Cipher, had hit the 8,000 ranking on Amazon.com. Wow! For a Christian book from a new novelist, God really did a wonder. In addition, it was #15 on...
Today on the Web magazine Pop Syndicate, the editor conducted what she calls “a virtual sitdown” with me concerning my writing. In the interview, I shared with her an incident that occurred when I was writing both Latter-day Cipher and The Mormon Mirage. I...
I've was asked to review lots of self-published books when I was a reviewer for several print magazines. Usually — not always, but usually — the self-published books were less polished (and thus less satisfying to the reader) and often had grammatical or...
In the process of writing, I straighten up my mental house. Thus, much in the way that a computer catalogues and makes searchable the bits on a disk or hard drive, my books write me.
I am humbled and honored by the first review of The Mormon Mirage, as posted on Barnes & Noble: The Mormon Mirage Clears the Air by Thresholds Reader Rating: See Detailed Ratings March 28, 2009: When I began The Mormon Mirage by Latayne Scott I had very little...