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Most of us around here are Christian - including myself. And a lot of us write fantasy. How do we justify them together? Well, I don't know if we're talking about justification today, but Katy Huth Jones is here to talk about using fantasy to show Christian themes. Katy Huth Jones Christian/Fantasy/Historical Fiction Author of Mercy's Prince Blog ~ Amazon ~ Goodreads ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Instagram ~ Pinterest ~ YouTube What makes a fantasy “Christian”? Does it have to actively evangelize? Have a Christ figure? Be merely an allegory? Or does it count if the characters are godly people with faith in the living God, even if in their world He is called by another name? I would argue that any or all of these approaches can be used to craft a fantasy story with a goal of honoring Jesus Christ and pointing the way to Him. C. S. Lewis did a masterful job in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe using the allegory approach. With Aslan the lion as the Christ fi...

The medieval era. Now that was an interesting time. (I say this like I was there. I wasn't.) Since I wasn't there, nor do I know anyone who was, it is, understandably, an intimidating era to tackle - but I have Katy Huth Jones here to cover the topic. Hopefully, we can emerge at the end better equipped to pen stories into this interesting time. Katy is primarily a fantasy author, but her traditionally-published Treachery and Truth is a biography of King Wenceles, a fascinating figure of the time. Let's hear what advice she has for us! Katy Huth Jones Christian/Fantasy/Historical Fiction Author of Mercy's Prince Blog ~ Amazon ~ Goodreads ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Instagram ~ Pinterest ~ YouTube How can a historical fiction writer find credible evidence about people who lived hundreds of years ago? After all, it’s not possible to interview William the Conqueror, since he died in 1087. The key is to turn over every possible rock in your search for inf...

Don't forget, we have a word war going down - so be keeping track of your writing! The person who leaves the most comments across ALL of the Indie e-Con posts will win a special prize package. If you leave a review on the book of any Indie e-Con author THIS WEEK on your blog or on Goodreads,  you can enter it towards another giveaway. Sharing the posts via social media (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, ect.) gives you a chance to enter for MORE prizes! Don't forget to  vote in the Book Awards ! I actually have authors today! YAY! Historical fiction is a diverse, complicated genre - as diverse and complicated as the history that it is fictionalization. I love reading it, especially ancient history, and now I'm going to turn things over to our lovely historical fiction authors. First Question - Why do you write historical fiction? Tammy Lash: Honestly, I didn't set out to write Historical Fiction...or Romance for that matter. White Wolf and the Ash Princess i...