Tracy L. Higley

Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt – Stop 16

Tracy Higley — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:59:56 +0000

Welcome to the 2013 Summer Scavenger Hunt! This hunt has 32 stops and runs 5/17-5/19/13. You can make the loop, reading unique content from 31 different authors, and if you complete the loop, and fill out the Rafflecopter form at Stop #32, you’ll be in the running for an iPad Mini (loaded with all our books), or one of two runner-up prizes—all 31 of our new releases in paperback. In addition, some authors are offering additional prizes, so be sure to read each post thoroughly to be...

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Sneak Peek – So Shines the Night Prologue

tracyhigley — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:23:31 +0000

So Shines the Night releases in about one month. Until then, here’s a look at the Prologue. Stay tuned for more excerpts in the next few weeks! Prologue I am an old man, and I have seen too much. Too much of this world to endure any more. Too much of the next to want to linger. And though I have nearly drowned in the glorious visions of those last days, yet I know not when it shall come, nor how many years I must tread this barren earth before all is made new. There is a...

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Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt

tracyhigley — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:00:35 +0000

Scavenger Hunt Stop #5! Love Christian Fiction? The hunt runs from 10/25/12 at noon until 10/28/12 at midnight. It will include 31 Christian authors with new releases, and will feature exclusive material on each new release, not found anywhere else. Grand Prize: A new Kindle Fire, plus 31 new novels! 2nd & 3rd Prizes: $50 Amazon, B&N, CBD or BookDepository.com gift certificate. (Contest is open to international entrants. If the winner lives outside the United States, they shall win...

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How Flannelgraphs Gave Me Hints of the One True Story

tracyhigley — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:00:54 +0000

I’ll confess. I never understood the Sunday School story of the Tower of Babel. In my mind, I pictured this group of well-meaning folks, just trying to build a tower (sounds cool to me), when God hits them with this metaphorical lightning bolt of language-confusion, and they scatter like ants from a stomped-on anthill. Oh, yes, I knew what my teacher told me – they were trying to be like God, it was a prideful thing to do, etc. But I never actually saw that in the story. I only saw people...

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Why Building an Ark also Built a Myth

tracyhigley — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:00:07 +0000

There are so many mythic elements that surround and embody the Flood Story, no wonder it has captured the imagination of the entire human race and been repeated, enlarged, and passed on for millennia. But the biblical account – is it another myth or is it fact? I will say this: it’s a strange blend like no other version, with dates and details. Perhaps one of the biblical stories that moved C.S. Lewis to say that “nothing else in all literature was just like this. Myths were like it in one...

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Mercy’s Kiss

tracyhigley — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:00:55 +0000

If we needed proof that a Curse has truly fallen upon ourselves and the land, we need only look to Genesis 5 through 7 to see all the ugly and mounting repercussions. Adam’s curse is a land that yields thorns alongside its fruit. Cain’s curse is a land that yields nothing. Did we try to break the curse? It’s difficult to say. Those curious verses at the start of Genesis 6, referencing the Nephilim – the “heroes of old” – perhaps there was some hope on the part of mankind that brute strength...

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Wait for it…

tracyhigley — Tue, 29 May 2012 11:23:44 +0000

Ah, Genesis 3. If ever there was a chapter in the Bible that whispered to all our fairy-tale longings for The One True Story, it is this one. While still unfallen, the first man and woman desire wisdom, to peer into the unknown and understand mystery, and in their desire they over-reach and we are all cursed. It strikes me today that the “forbidden fruit” was not some sensual pleasure, as that term has come to be understood. The forbidden fruit was knowledge, unlawfully gained. (I say...

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Living the Day Backwards…

tracyhigley — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:34:13 +0000

I’ve just started the Essential 100 Bible Reading Plan this week, and already Genesis 1 has my wheels turning! Something has always confused me about this creation chapter and the subsequent Jewish practice – the way the Day is considered as beginning at sunset. It seems so backwards, doesn’t it? We’re completely ingrained with morning as the start of the day. How did they think of it in reverse? When the sun came up, how could it feel like the end of the day? I still don’t have the answer...

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Where it all began…

tracyhigley — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:13:15 +0000

My “official” bio that floats around the internet and print interviews seems to always include some reference to the fact that I started my first novel at the age of eight. I still have this unfinished masterpiece, fifteen chapters of it scrawled in an assortment of spiral notebooks. The handwriting morphs as it goes, so I think I may have worked on it for several years. Just for fun today, I thought some of you might enjoy reading that early start. I will keep all errors intact. Be kind. I...

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Do You Like the New Look?

tracyhigley — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:44:24 +0000

A couple of months ago I spent some time analyzing my website, taking a look at the pages that my readers seem to most enjoy, learning that my travel stories and photos are a favorite. As a result, I’ve recently had my site redesigned to make it easier and even more enjoyable to experience the stories and images of my adventures in researching my novels. You’ll find the “Tracy’s Travels” link at the top will take you to the locations of my books’ settings, and give you a glimpse into the...

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