Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy Blog Tour

Hi, all,

Just a quick reminder that voting for the Clive Staples Award – Readers’ Choice will continue through the end of August. If you haven’t voted yet, please do so (provided you’ve read at least two of the nominations), and remember to mention the Award voting during the tour (or not—it is voluntary

Our August tour, Your Favorite, begins Monday, August 23 and runs through Wednesday, August 25. As usual, those who are able to post each day will again be eligible for the CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award. Don’t forget to visit other tour participants (I recommend at least five sites). Our interaction with each other is CSFF’s distinctive. Also, I’ll provide links to specific articles at my site (but remember, I’m on West Coast time so I’m usually posting after many of you).

The links you’ll need are as follows (*indicates required links):
Clive Staples Award voting information - http://clivestaplesaward.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/2010-clive-staples-award-voting/
Clive Staples List of Nominations - http://clivestaplesaward.wordpress.com/2010-nominations-complete-list/

*Participants’ links (paste as is in the body of your post or update the links in your sidebar):

<a href=”http://www.christiansciencefiction.blogspot.com”> Brandon Barr</a>
<a href=”http://www.oerkenleaves.blogspot.com/”> Thomas Clayton Booher</a>
<a href=”http://www.AdventuresInFiction.blogspot.com/”> Keanan Brand</a>
<a href=”http://www.splashdownreviews.blogspot.com”> Grace Bridges</a>
<a href=”http://rbclibrary.wordpress.com/”> Beckie Burnham</a>
<a href=”http://morganlbusse.wordpress.com”> Morgan L. Busse</a>
<a href=”http://jeffchapmanwriter.blogspot.com/”> Jeff Chapman</a>
<a href=”http://csffblogtour.com/“> CSFF Blog Tour</a>
<a href=”http://word-up-studies.blogspot.com”> Stacey Dale</a>
<a href=”http://www.scificatholic.com/”> D. G. D. Davidson</a>
<a href=”http://scriptoriusrex.blogspot.com/”> Jeff Draper</a>
<a href=”http://www.endtimestavern.com/”>  George Duncan</a>
<a href=”http://projectinga.blogspot.com/”> April Erwin</a>
<a href=”http://askandrea.adamsweb.us/”> Andrea Graham</a>
<a href=”http://going-greene.blogspot.com/”> Tori Greene</a>
<a href=”http://realmofhearts.blogspot.com/”> Ryan Heart</a>
<a href=”http://fantasythyme.blogspot.com”> Timothy Hicks</a>
<a href=”http://jessebecky.wordpress.com/”> Becky Jesse</a>
<a href=”http://www.spoiledfortheordinary.blogspot.com/”> Jason Joyner</a>
<a href=”http://www.molcotw.blogspot.com/”> Julie</a>
<a href=”http://carolkeen.blogspot.com/”> Carol Keen</a>
<a href=”http://krystisbooks.blogspot.com/”> Krystine Kercher</a>
<a href=”http://www.mikelynchbooks.blogspot.com”> Mike Lynch</a>
<a href=”http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/“> Rebecca LuElla Miller</a>
<a href=”http://newauthors.wordpress.com/”> New Authors Fellowship</a>
<a href=”http://www.leastread.blogspot.com/”> John W. Otte</a>
<a href=”http://dragonbloggin.blogspot.com/”> Donita K. Paul</a>
<a href=”http://www.sarahsawyer.com/blog> Sarah Sawyer</a>
<a href=”http://www.chawnaschroeder.blogspot.com/”> Chawna Schroeder</a>
<a href=”http://www.jamessomers.blogspot.com/”> James Somers</a>
<a href=”http://www.speculativefaith.com/”> Speculative Faith</a>
<a href=”http://www.rachelstarrthomson.com/inklings/”> Rachel Starr Thomson</a>
<a href=”http://christiansf.blogspot.com/”> Steve Trower</a>
<a href=”http://www.galacticoverlordinchief.blogspot.com/”> Jason Waguespac</a>
<a href=”http://frederation.wordpress.com”> Fred Warren</a>
<a href=”http://www.fantasyandfaith.com”> Dona Watson</a>
<a href=”http://christian-fantasy-book-reviews.com/blog/”> Phyllis Wheeler</a>
<a href=”http://kmwilsher.blogspot.com/”> KM Wilsher</a>

This is going to be one fun tour!

Becky

Happy Summer’s End, All,

I know some of you have been asking what the blog tour is doing for August since our book selection was pulled. One of our administrators had a great idea, though I’ll admit, I almost called a recess because I was having a little tour burnout. It’s temporary, though, and every time I think about visiting participating blogs next week, I get excited. But it would be nice if I let you all in on the plans, yes?

Clive Staples Award – Readers’ Choice.
First a note. Voting for a 2010 CSA winner will last until the end of August. By no means is this required, but I’d appreciate it if you’d mention the award during the August tour. You can see the book introductions, voting instructions, and Readers’ Choice survey at http://clivestaplesaward.wordpress.com/ . Please be sure to mention that a voter must have read a minimum of two of the nominations.

And have you voted? I consider the CSFF membership to be the most qualified voters out there.

August Tour.
Our August feature will be Your Favorite. In other words, each blogger can post about a favorite book (as long as it’s Christian speculative fiction) or list of books or author. This can be a new work or something from yesteryear. It can be a book published by a general market house, self-published, your own book, or whatever you deem blog worthy.

See why I get excited about visiting participants’ sites? I can hardly wait to see what all you will write about. (I can hardly wait to see what I’ll write about, too—haven’t decided yet.)

Except that I won’t supply any tour links, we’ll follow the regular tour standards. This one begins Monday, August 23 and runs through Wednesday, August 25 (see information below about opting in or out of the tour—new members MUST opt in to have links included on the participants’ list). Those who are able to post each day will again be in the running for the CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award. Each of you may vote on the poll at my site after the tour to choose the winner.

The links you’ll need are as follows:
*Participants’ links (list available Saturday evening) – must be included at least once in the body of your blog OR updated in your sidebar to show the July participants.

*indicates required link(s)

Opting In/Out – Please check the list below for your name.

• IF your name is on the list below and you plan to participate, DO NOTHING.
• IF your name is on the list and you do not plan to participate, OPT OUT by responding with your name and “Opt Out” in the body of the email.
• IF your name is NOT on the list and you plan to participate, OPT IN by responding with your name and “Opt In” in the body of the email.
  

Deadline for notifying me of your opt in/out status change is Saturday 9:00 AM (Pacific Daylight time).

Schedule.
Our schedule for the coming months is as follows:

*  August 23-25 Your Favorite
*  September  –  Venom and Song by Wayne Batson and Christopher Hopper (YA fantasy, Berinfell Prophecies #2, Thomas Nelson – tentative)
*  October – The Skin Map by Stephen Lawhead (adult fantasy published by Thomas Nelson – tentative)
*  November – TBA
*  December – The Wolf of Tebron by Susanne Lakin (YA fantasy published by AMG)

Current Participation List.
Those who posted in July (Starlighter tour) are listed below:

Brandon Barr
Thomas Clayton Booher
Beckie Burnham
Jeff Chapman
CSFF Blog Tour
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Jeff Draper
George Duncan
April Erwin
Andrea Graham
Tori Greene
Nikole Hahn
Ryan Heart
Timothy Hicks
Becky Jesse
Jason Joyner
Julie
Carol Keen
Krystine Kercher
Leighton
Rebecca LuElla Miller
John W. Otte
Donita K. Paul
Chawna Schroeder
Rachel Starr Thomson
Steve Trower
Jason Waguespac
Fred Warren
Dona Watson
Phyllis Wheeler
Jill Williamson
KM Wilsher

So looking forward to what you’ll contribute to the CSFF Favorites.

Becky

Hi, all,

Are the dog days of summer here yet? Hope we can muster up continued enthusiasm for Christian speculative literature and at the same time bring more readers to our individual blogs. Oh yes, we also want to let our readers know about our July feature.

Our tour for Starlighter by Bryan Davis (Zondervan) begins Monday, July 19 and runs through Wednesday, July 21. As usual, those who are able to post each day will again be eligible for the CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award. For those of you that received review copies of the book, please remember to include a disclaimer such as the following: In conjunction with the CSFF Blog Tour, I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.

The links you’ll need are as follows (*indicates required links):

*Starlighter – http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310718368/ (or an alternate link of your choice)
Author blog – http://dragonsinourmidst.blogspot.com/
Author Web site – http://www.dragonsinourmidst.com/

*Participants’ links (paste as is in the body of your post or update the links in your sidebar):

<a href=”http://www.christiansciencefiction.blogspot.com“> Brandon Barr</a>
<a href=”http://rbclibrary.wordpress.com/“> Beckie Burnham</a>
<a href=”http://jeffchapmanwriter.blogspot.com/“> Jeff Chapman</a>
<a href=”http://blog.rlcopple.com/“> R. L. Copple</a>
<a href=”http://csffblogtour.com/“> CSFF Blog Tour</a>
<a href=”http://word-up-studies.blogspot.com“> Stacey Dale</a>
<a href=”http://www.scificatholic.com/“> D. G. D. Davidson</a>
<a href=”http://scriptoriusrex.blogspot.com/“> Jeff Draper</a>
<a href=”http://projectinga.blogspot.com/“> April Erwin</a>
<a href=”http://askandrea.adamsweb.us/“> Andrea Graham</a>
<a href=”http://going-greene.blogspot.com/“>Tori Greene</a>
<a href=”http://www.thehahnhuntinglodge.com/“> Nikole Hahn</a>
<a href=”http://realmofhearts.blogspot.com/“> Ryan Heart</a>
<a href=”http://jessebecky.wordpress.com/“> Becky Jesse</a>
<a href=”http://crisjesse.wordpress.com“> Cris Jesse</a>
<a href=”http://www.spoiledfortheordinary.blogspot.com/“> Jason Joyner</a>
<a href=”http://www.molcotw.blogspot.com/“> Julie</a>
<a href=”http://carolkeen.blogspot.com/“> Carol Keen</a>
<a href=”http://krystisbooks.blogspot.com/“> Krystine Kercher</a>
<a href=”http://www.momofkings.com“> Dawn King</a>
<a href=”http://www.slygames.net/“>  Leighton</a>
<a href=”http://winningreadings.blogspot.com/“>Jane Maritz</a>
<a href=”http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/“> Rebecca LuElla Miller</a>
<a href=”http://www.leastread.blogspot.com/“> John W. Otte</a>
<a href=”http://dragonbloggin.blogspot.com/“> Donita K. Paul</a>
<a href=”http://prochristroetlibertate.blogspot.com/“> Crista Richey</a>
<a href=”http://thestuffyouneedtoknow.blogspot.com/“> SarahFlan </a>
<a href=”http://www.chawnaschroeder.blogspot.com/“> Chawna Schroeder</a>
<a href=”http://www.rachelstarrthomson.com/inklings/“> Rachel Starr Thomson</a>
<a href=”http://christiansf.blogspot.com/“> Steve Trower</a>
<a href=”http://frederation.wordpress.com“> Fred Warren</a>
<a href=”http://www.fantasyandfaith.com“> Dona Watson</a>
<a href=”http://christian-fantasy-book-reviews.com/blog/“> Phyllis Wheeler</a>
<a href=”http://www.jillwilliamson.com/“> Jill Williamson</a>
<a href=”http://kmwilsher.blogspot.com/“> KM Wilsher</a>

See you on the tour.

Becky

Greetings,

Miscellaneous.
First I want to apologize for the need to pull the book offer for our August tour. One of our administrators has a creative idea for next month, and I’ll fill you in about that after our Starlighter tour.

Second, if you haven’t visited the Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative Fiction to check out the introductions of the nominations, I encourage you to do so –  http://clivestaplesaward.wordpress.com/ . I recommend you subscribe to the blog so you’ll be sure to receive the updates and information on the voting. Please continue to inform your readers about this award. Emphasize in particular that this is a readers choice award, not a popularity contest. To be eligible, voters must have read TWO or more of the nominations.

If you ordered a copy of Starlighter please be sure to opt into the upcoming tour if necessary (see current participants’ list at the bottom of this email). You are not required to post a positive review, but by accepting the book you have agreed to participate in the tour.

Starlighter Tour. Our July tour features member Bryan Davis’s Starlighter (Zondervan). The tour begins Monday, July 19 and runs through Wednesday, July 21 (see information below about opting in or out of the tour). Those who are able to post each day will again be in the running for the CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award. Each of you may vote on the poll at my site after the tour to choose the winner.

The links you’ll need are as follows:
*Starlighter – http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310718368/ (or an alternate link of your choice)
Author blog – http://dragonsinourmidst.blogspot.com/
Author Web site – http://www.dragonsinourmidst.com/

*Participants’ links (available Saturday evening) – must be included at least once in the body of your blog OR updated in your sidebar to show the July participants.

*indicates required link(s)

Also, don’t forget (I usually do at least once during the tour!) the need to meet the FTC “disclosure” policy by including a line in your post such as the following:

In conjunction with the CSFF Blog Tour, I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.

Opting In/Out – Please check the list below for your name.

• IF your name is on the list below and you plan to participate, DO NOTHING.
• IF your name is on the list and you do not plan to participate, OPT OUT by responding with your name and “Opt Out” in the body of the email.
• IF your name is NOT on the list and you plan to participate, OPT IN by responding with your name and “Opt In” in the body of the email.
  

Deadline for notifying me of your opt in/out status is Saturday noon (Pacific Daylight time).

Schedule.
Our schedule for the coming months is as follows:

*  July 19-21 – Starlighter by Bryan Davis (Dragons of Starlight, Book 1, YA fantasy, published by Zondervan)
*  August 23-25 TBA
*  September  –  Venom and Song by Wayne Batson and Christopher Hopper (YA fantasy, Berinfell Prophecies #2, Thomas Nelson – tentative)
*  October – The Skin Map by Stephen Lawhead (adult fantasy published by Thomas Nelson – tentative)
*  November – TBA
*  December – The Wolf of Tebron by Susanne Lakin (YA fantasy published by AMG)

Current Participation List.
Those who posted in June (Imaginary Jesus tour) are listed below:

Brandon Barr
Keanan Brand
Grace Bridges
Beckie Burnham
Valerie Comer
R. L. Copple
Amy Cruson
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Jeff Draper
April Erwin
Andrea Graham
Tori Greene
Becky Jesse
Cris Jesse
Jason Joyner
Julie
Carol Keen
Krystine Kercher
Dawn King
Rebecca LuElla Miller
John W. Otte
Donita K. Paul
Crista Richey
Chawna Schroeder
Rachel Starr Thomson
Steve Trower
Fred Warren
Phyllis Wheeler
Jill Williamson
KM Wilsher

Becky

CSFF’ers,

I’m sure those who read our June selection will agree that we’ve never toured a book like Imaginary Jesus before. I’ll be reading your posts with interest to see what you all thought, and I invite our entire membership to check out participants’ blogs this week. (Did you know that leaving comments at other sites helps bring more traffic to your blog?)

As a reminder, our June feature is Imaginary Jesus by Matt Mikalatos, starring Matt Mikalatos, and published by Tyndale. The tour begins Monday, June 21 and runs through Wednesday, June 23. As usual, those who are able to post each day will again be eligible for the CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award. For those of you that received review copies of the book, please remember to include a disclaimer such as the following: In conjunction with the CSFF Blog Tour, I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.

The links you’ll need are as follows (*indicates required links):

*Imaginary Jesus – http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1414335636/ (or an alternate link of your choice)
Author blog – http://mikalatos.blogspot.com/
Author Web site – http://imaginaryjesus.com/

*Participants’ links (paste as is in the body of your post or update the links in your sidebar):

<a href=”http://www.christiansciencefiction.blogspot.com“> Brandon Barr</a>
<a href=”http://www.AdventuresInFiction.blogspot.com/“> Keanan Brand</a>
<a href=”http://www.splashdownreviews.blogspot.com“> Grace Bridges</a>
<a href=”http://rbclibrary.wordpress.com/“> Beckie Burnham</a>
<a href=”http://valeriecomer.com/“> Valerie Comer</a>
<a href=”http://blog.rlcopple.com/“> R. L. Copple</a>
<a href=”http://www.the160acrewoods.com/“> Amy Cruson</a>
<a href=”http://csffblogtour.com/“> CSFF Blog Tour</a>
<a href=”http://word-up-studies.blogspot.com“> Stacey Dale</a>
<a href=”http://www.scificatholic.com/“> D. G. D. Davidson</a>
<a href=”http://scriptoriusrex.blogspot.com/“> Jeff Draper</a>
<a href=”http://projectinga.blogspot.com/“> April Erwin</a>
<a href=”http://askandrea.adamsweb.us/“> Andrea Graham</a>
<a href=”http://going-greene.blogspot.com/“>Tori Greene</a>
<a href=”http://jessebecky.wordpress.com/“> Becky Jesse</a>
<a href=”http://crisjesse.wordpress.com“> Cris Jesse</a>
<a href=”http://www.spoiledfortheordinary.blogspot.com/“> Jason Joyner</a>
<a href=”http://www.molcotw.blogspot.com/“> Julie</a>
<a href=”http://carolkeen.blogspot.com/“> Carol Keen</a>
<a href=”http://krystisbooks.blogspot.com/“> Krystine Kercher</a>
<a href=”http://www.momofkings.com“> Dawn King</a>
<a href=”http://www.slygames.net/“>  Leighton</a>
<a href=”http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/“> Rebecca LuElla Miller</a>
<a href=”http://www.leastread.blogspot.com/“> John W. Otte</a>
<a href=”http://dragonbloggin.blogspot.com/“> Donita K. Paul</a>
<a href=”http://prochristroetlibertate.blogspot.com/“> Crista Richey</a>
<a href=”http://www.chawnaschroeder.blogspot.com/“> Chawna Schroeder</a>
<a href=”http://www.rachelstarrthomson.com/inklings/“> Rachel Starr Thomson</a>
<a href=”http://christiansf.blogspot.com/“> Steve Trower</a>
<a href=”http://frederation.wordpress.com“> Fred Warren</a>
<a href=”http://christian-fantasy-book-reviews.com/blog/“> Phyllis Wheeler</a>
<a href=”http://kmwilsher.blogspot.com/“> KM Wilsher</a>

I’m sorry I’m coming in late with these. Hope I didn’t throw a wrench into any of your plans.

Becky

Happy Summer Solstice, Everyone,

Hope you all are enjoying a change of pace as we officially march into summer on Monday.

Miscellaneous.

• The Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative Fiction will close the nominations in a few weeks. Then the voting begins.  As I mentioned before, I need your help to alert readers to this award. This year anyone who has read TWO or more of the nominations may participate. Voting will begin in July. Please let your blog readers and friends know about the award. Information is available at  http://clivestaplesaward.wordpress.com/ .

• Congratulations to K. M. Wilsher, our latest winner of the CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award for her posts in our May (By Darkness Hid) tour. In case you missed her posts, you can look them up at http://kmwilsher.blogspot.com/ .

• CSFF member Bryan Davis, author of our July selection, is available for interviews. Contact him at bryan_spam_@_spam_dragonsinourmidst.com (remove the _spam_ from before and after the @ sign) .

• If you ordered a copy of Imaginary Jesus please be sure to opt into the upcoming tour if necessary (see current participants’ list at the bottom of this email). You are not required to post a positive review, but by accepting the book you have agreed to participate in the tour.

Imaginary Jesus Tour. Our June tour features member Matt Mikalatos’s Imaginary Jesus (Tyndale). The tour begins Monday, June 21 and runs through Wednesday, June 23.  Those who are able to post each day will again be in the running for the CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award. Each of you may vote on the poll at my site after the tour to choose the winner.

The links you’ll need are as follows:
*Imaginary Jesus – http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1414335636/
Author blog – http://mikalatos.blogspot.com/
Author Web site – http://imaginaryjesus.com/

*Participants’ links (available Saturday evening) – must be included at least once in the body of your blog OR updated in your sidebar to show the April participants.

*indicates required link(s)

Also, don’t forget (I usually do at least once during the tour!) the need to meet the FTC “disclosure” policy by including a line in your post such as the following:

In conjunction with the CSFF Blog Tour, I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.
Opting In/Out – Please check the list below for your name.

• IF your name is on the list below and you plan to participate, DO NOTHING.
• IF your name is on the list and you do not plan to participate, OPT OUT by responding with your name and “Opt Out” in the body of the email.
• IF your name is NOT on the list and you plan to participate, OPT IN by responding with your name and “Opt In” in the body of the email.

Deadline for notifying me of your opt in/out status is Saturday noon (Pacific Daylight time).

Schedule.
Our schedule for the coming months is as follows:

*  June 21-23 – Imaginary Jesus by Matt Mikalatos (humorous supernatural time travel for adults published by Tyndale)
*  July 19-21 – Starlighter by Bryan Davis (Dragons of Starlight, Book 1, YA fantasy, published by Zondervan)
*  August 16-18 – The Last Christian by David Gregory (adult futuristic, published by WaterBrook – tentative)

Current Participation List.
Those who posted in May (By Darkness Hid tour) are listed below:

Brandon Barr
Jennifer Bogart
Keanan Brand
Beckie Burnham
Valerie Comer
Karri Compton
R. L. Copple
Amy Cruson
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Jeff Draper
Epic Rat
April Erwin
Andrea Graham
Tori Greene
Timothy Hicks
Becky Jesse
Cris Jesse
Jason Joyner
Julie
Carol Keen
Krystine Kercher
Dawn King
Leighton
Rebecca LuElla Miller
New Authors Fellowship
John W. Otte
Crista Richey
Chawna Schroeder
Rachel Starr Thomson
Fred Warren
Dona Watson
Phyllis Wheeler
KM Wilsher
I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to what you have to say about this book!

Becky