Reason #171: An Open Letter to the Mormon Church

Dear Mormon Church: I don't know whether to slap you, or to thank you for launching my publishing career. Sincerely, Latayne For more information, see The Mormon Mirage 3rd Edition:  A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church Today (Zondervan, 2009). Also...

Latter-day Cipher excerpt

I am so excited!  My editor at Moody has given me permission to post the first section of my novel, The Latter-day Cipher, which Moody will publish in April.  It is a literary suspense in which the clues are written in the Deseret Alphabet, which was originally...

Another post from a Mormon

I regret the fact that these blogs are clumsy — it's not possible to respond directly to someone's post in a way that all visitors to the site are directed to the response.  An LDS apologist has respectfully brought up some issues that I'd really like to...

Reason #70: Can’t We All Just Get Along?

What follows is the first 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 back...

Novella Workshop: Can You Identify The Author?

Some of the most famous works of fiction ever written are novellas. And, some not-so-famous works of fiction are novellas, too 🙂 –including those written by authors from Cruciform Press.   Since a novella has limited words to set a scene and establish...