Art Imitates Life 3: Faith and the Force
In an interview I gave to a fan site after the release of Star Wars Legends: The Last Jedi, which I wrote with the late,
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Art Imitates Life 2: What Faith Brings to the Table
During interviews I’ve given—both live and digital—interviewers sometimes expressed interest in how I treated issues of faith in my work, up to and including the
WORLD-BUILDING & RELIGION: Pitfalls, Religious Diversity, Schism & Pluralism
This article features my answers to several questions from the Catholic Writers’ Conference Online that I participated in for several years. They deal with the
WORLD-BUILDING & RELIGION: Checking with Religious Authority
I found this question from an attendee of the Catholic Writers Conference I spoke at for several years an interesting one with a number of
WORLD-BUILDING & RELIGION: Heresy & Sin
This question from the Catholic Writers Conference dealt with how I handled the complicated subject of heresy. Q: Have you ever had a story dictate
WORLD-BUILDING & RELIGION: New Wineskins & Old
More Q&A from the Catholic Writers Conference I participated in as a non-Catholic guest speaker. Since I’d raised the issue of the age of a
WORLD-BUILDING & RELIGION: Common Elements
Greetings, World-builders! Here is another question from a group of Catholic writers at an online conference I spoke at several times as a non-Catholic guest.
WORLD-BUILDING & RELIGION: Future Religion & Pluralism
Today’s question from the Catholic Writers Conference Q&A deals with projecting historical religions into the future given the pluralistic nature of global society. For any
WORLD-BUILDING & RELIGION: Warts and All
The question I fielded about literary license in a Q&A in a Catholic Writers Conference I participated in as a non-Catholic guest, (I’m a Baha’i)
WORLD-BUILDING & RELIGION: Literary License vs Reality
This is the second in a series built around Q&A sessions from an online Catholic Writers Conference I was invited to participate in as an
WORLD-BUILDING & RELIGION: Portraying Religion in Fiction
I occasionally take part in conferences and conventions that feature extended Q&A sessions on a particular facet of writing speculative fiction. This series of articles