Clean Fiction Blog

This is a big day! Today marks the day that this blog is shifting from just creating great reviews to creating a FULL MAGAZINE of great reviews! So here is the skinny, "Clean Fiction" is going to be your one stop shop for NEW ADULT content. What is New Adult? From Wikipedia: New adult ( NA ) fiction , also rendered as new-adult fiction , is a developing genre of fiction with protagonists in the 18–30 age bracket. St. Martin's Press first coined the term in 2009, when they held a special call for "fiction similar to Young adult fiction (YA) that can be published and marketed as adult—a sort of an 'older YA' or 'new adult'". This magazine/ezine is not geared toward teenagers, but to mature adults who would prefer less "mature content". I am going with the tag line: WONDERFUL READS FOR THE QUIRKY & DISCERNING BOOK LOVER. There will be physical copies available at a minimal price as well as ebook copies available for FREE. Yes, let...

Yesterday was the day. March 31, 2021, the day a 23 year goal was finally accomplished. I officially released a piece of myself, a novel, out into the public. It was difficult, scary, and extremely nerve-racking. It is also something that many others have done before me. Why did I do this to myself? I felt called. Living in the world that we do, I have found it extremely difficult to find reliably clean fiction of any kind. The decades I have spent as a bibliophile have filled my shelves and consequently emptied them again in many cases. Why are books leaving my extensive collection? They include themes that directly thumb their nose at my Creator. As a Christian woman, I am rather conservative, but I have no problem separating fantasy from reality. Just because a book is not a "Christian" book does not automatically jettison it from my shelves, but I have found that some books, even from my favorite authors, are a step too far. Understanding that, I want you to understand th...