Moody Publishers’ Information on Latter-day Cipher

Here's what Moody has in their online catalogue about my new book (I added the release date, so don't hold them to that yet):   When rebellious Utah socialite Kirsten Young is found murdered in Provo Canyon with strange markings carved into her flesh and a note...

Reason #45: Joseph Smith’s Boasting about Languages

  On one occasion Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of the LDS religion,  quoted from seventeen different languages (not always accurately). At another time he claimed, “I know more than all the world put together” and went on to discuss the meaning...

Novella Workshop: What’s a Novella?

I think a lot of people understand that a novella isn’t a novel, but they’re not sure if it has to do with subject matter: is a novella a “light” version of a more-serious topic? Is it a romance?), for instance. Some have only seen novellas in collection, and...

Reason #161: Fanny Alger

On an ex-Mormon discussion board recently, the question was posed: What was the tipping point that caused you to leave Mormonism? (I asked the same question, but called it a “point of departure” in my book, Why We Left Mormonism (Baker Book House.) One...