TL:DR

• Had an awesome time at CWCL
• Hotel misadventures!
• I’m hosting C.E. Stone, a Christian SF author today. Check out her book and sign up for her newsletter.

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I had an awesome time at the Catholic Writers Conference - Live this year. It was full of friendship, fun, and misadventures.

First, the misadventure (because it's funny.) After landing in Chicago, Michelle Buckman and I were pleased to discover the hotel had a shuttle bus! We trekked across the airport, all the while chatting to another friend who was already there. I should know better, right?

But no, while we were there, I was joking about how many hotel names begin with H...and promptly forgot what hotel we were staying at! "Holiday Inn" became "Hilton," and you can guess what bus we took!

I realized the error as we stepped into the Hilton and did not see our friends waiting for us. As it turned out, we were about 2.5 miles away as the MapQuest leads, and Michelle is a big walker. There was no way we would declare defeat and get an Uber! So we dragged our suitcases down the street, found a shortcut through a busy park where families, bikers, and fellow walkers looked at us like we were nuts, then dashed across a four-lane highway to the Holiday Inn...which begins with H, dagnabit.

Moral of the story: Double-check your reservations, pay attention to all the letters in a name, and when all else fails, travel with a great friend.

Did you know the new Tower of Babel is going to be currency? Tell you that story next week!

Newsletter Swap: C.E. Stone

This month, I’m doing a newsletter swap with C.E. Stone, who is a Christian SF writer.

About C.E. Stone

C.E. Stone is a tutor by day and an award-winning Christian author by night. The wife of a chronically-ill husband, she tutors a host of students between writing her next book and plotting a galactic takeover. She created Starganauts at the age of ten.

Though primarily a fantasy writer, she told her best friend about the Starganauts universe one day. For 2 hours. Afterward, her friend insisted she write everything down. Starganauts is the result. C.E. hopes to follow in the footsteps of her favorite authors, Tolkien and Lewis, albeit with a sci-fi twist.

• Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18681254.C_E_Stone
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ce_stone/
• Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gc30Pb

About Starganauts

The end of Earth was their beginning.

Kaity Anderson was a new bride on her wedding day. Samantha Harris was an engineer who had given up all to follow God. Kaity’s reception is ruined when an alien gunship incinerates the surface of Earth. Rescued from the apocalypse by a strange prophetess, Kaity, her husband, and five others are drawn across the galaxy. While the prophetess promises God has a plan, Kaity grows increasingly desperate as their chances of survival—and water supply—dwindle.

Samantha didn’t ask to be God’s prophetess. Yet once she answers the call, the Spirit leads her to an inhospitable world with Kaity and several of Earth’s survivors. Hounded by the master of the gunship, the Earthlings search for water as their alien pursuers and dehydration close in. Only God’s promise of a future in a distant city gives Samantha any hope of survival. But could the answer to all their problems lie in eight, mysterious orbs? The discovery of these crystals will change their lives—and the destiny of galaxies—forever.

Thus begins Starganauts, a clean, compelling Christian space opera adventure by C.E. Stone. Fans of Star Wars and Star Trek will enjoy this series that explores how God’s plan prevails, even against impossible odds.

Get Starganauts now