• A Father’s Day Gift and Giveaway

    What are you getting the dad(s) in your life this Father’s Day? As we know, every dad is different. Some crave their favorite dinner (or dessert), while others would most enjoy a weekend getaway or a surprise gift from their Amazon wish list. However we choose to express our love and appreciation this Father’s Day, we will probably accompany our expressions with the words, “I love you, Dad.” Those words sum up the title and heart of Blythe Daniel’s latest book, which she co-authored with her son William and her mom Helen McIntosh. Today, I’m excited to share this book with you and give away one copy. Keep reading to…

  • The Revisionary Receives Grace Award

    This month, The Revisionary received the 2017 Grace Award for Speculative Fiction in faith-based fiction. The reader-driven Grace Awards first let readers select the finalists in each category before a panel of judges reviewed them to choose the winners. Here’s what the judges had to say: THE REVISIONARY by Kristen Hogrefe (Write Integrity Press) ~ This dystopian novel was engaging and well-paced, reminiscent of George Orwell’s 1984, with a more modern vibe similar to The Hunger Games. The author uses deep point of view in a first person present style, in keeping with current tastes in fiction. The story never stagnates but keeps moving and surprising all the way through. The plot follows young…

  • 3 Reasons to Thank Dad on Father’s Day

    To most, the man across the table from me is nothing but an old broken Tooler with knobby fingers and dirty nails. To me, he is everything left that’s kind and lovely in the world. – Portia, The Revisionary At the beginning of The Revisionary, Portia and her father Abram Abernathy only have each other, but she’s made a plan to get back her lost brother. She thinks that if she can earn a Revisionary seat in the ruling Dome, she can rescue him from the satellite where the ASU government banished him. Although her father calls her plan “a fool’s errand,” she is sure of one thing: he loves her,…