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Member Profile – Rebecca Ellen Kurtz

Friday, August 21st, 2009

According to the Christian Fantasy Review, when thinking of Rebecca Ellen Kurtz’s Sons of God, one should “think of Twilight, the Mummy movies or Indiana Jones full of paranormal activity.  But this one has a Biblical worldview.”
A former high school history teacher, Rebecca has become a television writer and producer, historical film consultant, screenwriter, film [...]

CSFF Blog Tour Announcement

Friday, August 21st, 2009

In June CSFF was privileged to tour Vanish by Tom Pawlik, the novel that won the 2009 Christy Award – Visionary Category. Over 30 bloggers posted more than 50 articles. The July tour for The Enclave by Karen Hancock ran from July 20-22 with 46 blogs signed up to participate.
Looking ahead:
*  August – Offworld by [...]

Author Appearances

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Speaking
*Scott M. Sandridge  as a panelist at Context 22
http://www.contextsf.org
Doubletree Hotel
175 Hutchinson
Columbus, OH, 43235
August 28-30
Book Signing
*Bryan Davis
Barnes & Noble
75 BS Hood Drive
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Thursday, July 23 From 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
The Mall at Barnes Crossing
1001 Barnes Crossing Road, # 104
Tupelo, MS 38804
Friday, July 24 From 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Contests & Awards

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Contests
*Sons of God by Rebecca Ellen Kurtz Book Giveaway Contest
Details at http://rebeccaellenkurtz.com/blog/?page_id=484
Awards
*Christy Award – Visionary
Vanish by Tom Pawlik – Tyndale (June 2008)
http://www.christyawards.com/winners.html
*CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award
June 2009: Steven Rice
http://ansric.blogspot.com/
*Clive Staples Award Poll and Readers’ Choice Practice Survey
http://clivestaplesaward.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/thoughts-on-the-clive-staples-award/
http://clivestaplesaward.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/clive-staples-award-update/

And Then There Is This

Friday, August 21st, 2009

*Sons of God by Rebecca Ellen Kurtz hits Amazon’s Best Selling List for Horror/Occult
*The Godly Goth – review site in search of
God-fearing romantic horror and supernatural thrillers
http://rebeccaellenkurtz.com/GodlyGoth/
If your book or a book you know fits this genre,
contact Rebecca at rek@rebeccaellenkurtz.com.
*Sons of God by Rebecca Ellen Kurtz (Ephesus Books – March 2009) available for review
Request a [...]

New Releases

Friday, August 21st, 2009

*The Codebearers Series, Book 2: Hunter Brown and the Consuming Fire
by The Miller Brothers – Warner Press (September, 2009)
Hunter Brown returns to Solandria where he must find “the Seven” and save the Resistance.
*The Enclave by Karen Hancock
Bethany House Publishers (July, 2009)
When science plays God, can one man summon the courage to stand in its [...]

Interviews

Friday, August 21st, 2009

*Tom Pawlik by Chawna Schroeder at Imagination Investigation
http://www.chawnaschroeder.blogspot.com/2009/06/5-questions-for-tom-pawlik.html
*Brandon Barr and Mike Lynch by Chawna Schroeder at Imagination Investigation (in 2 parts)
http://www.chawnaschroeder.blogspot.com/2009/07/interview-with-brandon-barr-and-mike.html
http://www.chawnaschroeder.blogspot.com/2009/07/interview-with-mike-lynch-and-brandon.html
*Rebecca Ellen Kurtz by Karina Fabian at Virtual Book Tour de ‘Net
http://virtualbooktourdenet.blogspot.com/2009/06/sons-of-god-by-rebecca-ellen-kurtz.html
*Conlan Brown by Jeff Gerke at WhereTheMapEnds,
http://www.wherethemapends.com/Interviews/current_interview.htm
*Frank Creed by Derek Gilbert “A View From the Bunker”on PID Radio
Listen to the interview at http://www.pidradio.com/?p=434

Podcasts

Friday, August 21st, 2009

*Rebecca Ellen Kurtz on the Author’s Insight (podcast)
http://www.emeraldbookcompany.com/authors/kurtz/
http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=9bd904284f9d8228694e

Reviews

Friday, August 21st, 2009

*When the Sky Fell by Mike Lynch and Brandon Barr – Silver Leaf Books (May 2009)
Reviewed by Chawna Schroeder at Imagination Investigation
http://www.chawnaschroeder.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-sky-fell.html
*Nightmare’s Edge by Bryan Davis – Zondervan (May 2009)
Reviewd by Chawna Schroeder at Imagination Investigation
http://www.chawnaschroeder.blogspot.com/2009/06/nightmares-edge.html
*By Darkness Hid by Jill WIlliamson – Marcher Lord Press (April 2009)
Reviewed by Kim Ford at Window to My World
http://berlysue.blogspot.com/2009/06/by-darkness-hid-blood-of-kings-book-one.html
Reviewed [...]

What’s on the Web

Friday, August 21st, 2009

*Based on Blaggard’s Moon by George Bryan Polivka:
Twitter “posts” from protagonist Smith Delaney from his post on the pond.
http://twitter.com/smithdelaney
*Sons of God author Rebecca Ellen Kurtz’s new site.
Read archaeological evidence on the N’filim.
Watch Rabbi Rosenfarb’s review of author’s research presented at the end of the novel.
Listen to character’s iMixes on iTunes.
Read the first forty pages of [...]