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Kevin Lucia

Forever searching for roads less traveled.

About Me

I'm just a guy who loves to write, and gets a kick out of creating my own little worlds to run around and play in. In my opinion, it would be the greatest job in the world to create stories for a living, and while I plug along at my day job teaching middle school English, I continue daily to develop my craft, and hopefully produce something someone would like to read someday.


I do have a manuscript in progress, and over time, it has morphed from a desperate attempt at literary greatness into a writing project that I'm really starting to love and have fun with. I have no idea what its ultimate fate will be, but if you're interested on either a personal level or professional level in learning more about it, visit its website .


I also write book reviews for The Baptist Voice, The Country Courier - two local newspapers in Binghamton, NY - and for Title Trakk.com , Afictionado and Infuze , as well as participate in three blog-oriented Christian fiction review organizations: Christian Fiction Blog Alliance, Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy Blog Alliance, and First Day. Read my reviews and find links to those two fine organization at The Bookshelf Reviews . I am a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers Association as well.


Also, as a born again Christian who loves a cracking good read, I'm extremely interested on both a reading and writing level about the development of Christian fiction, and how to incorporate elements of faith and spirituality without impairing the creative process. A great blog exploring this is run by a fine fellow named Dave Long .

My Interests

Teaching, Writing, Reading, Film



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I'd like to meet:

Folks who want to read horror, suspense, or good, solid literary fiction....or, without being naive an agent, publisher, or acquisitions editor interesting in learning more about my current work in progress. Specifically? Stephen King, Ted Dekker, Frank Peretti, that T.L. Hines guy,Larry Bird, Edgar Allen Poe - but I can't, 'cause he's dead; Homer Simpson - also can't, 'cause he's not real.


Me with the great guys of Decypher Down.



Music:

Anything but polka and Country Western....and Country Western Polka...

Movies:

Matrix series, Original Star Wars and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Serenity, all three LOTHR.

Television:

Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Supernatural, Stargate SG-1, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly.

Heroes:

My father, father-in-law, a senior high English teacher who pointed the way, and my closest friends.

My Blog

Interview with Rachel Hauck, author of Lost in NashVegas

Q: When did you first decide you might like to become a writer? RH: I wrote my first book, about a horse, of course, when I was ten, and continued to write in journals for seventeen years. I studied J...
Posted by Kevin Lucia on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:03:00 PST

Lost in NashVegas, by Rachel Hauck

Every once in awhile, a novel comes along with a story so captivating I'm compelled to read it all the way through until I finish  sometimes, in one sitting. Now, with the advent of teaching, the sta...
Posted by Kevin Lucia on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:04:00 PST

Calm, Cool, & Adjusted, by Kristen Billerbeck

Miles run: 0 Laps in the pool: 0 Desperation level: OFF THE SCALE! Kirsten Billerbeck, one of the first "Christian chick-lit" authors, scores another hit with her latest release in the Spa Girl Series...
Posted by Kevin Lucia on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:20:00 PST

The Brethren, by Beverley Lewis

The Brethren, by Beverley Lewis, is an endearing novel about life on the Pennsylvania countryside. It grants us a portal into a world understood by few: the world of the Amish, of the Brethren. Its ta...
Posted by Kevin Lucia on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:52:00 PST

Landon Snow & The Island of Arcanum

Landon Snow's life has been anything but boring and commonplace. Ever since he got swallowed up by a book not too long ago, (yes, a book, and a magical one at that), he's been opened up to a whole new...
Posted by Kevin Lucia on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 02:13:00 PST

Ilana's Love, by Laurel West

Ilana's Love, by journalist and best-selling author Laurel West, is a timeless story about Old Testament Israel, the coming of a new prophet people are calling savior and Messiah, and the pangs of ado...
Posted by Kevin Lucia on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:40:00 PST

Thou Shalt Not&.edited by Lee Allen Howard

A bored tourist in a foreign land who gets more than he bargained for.  A brother jealous of the attention his sick sibling gets. A man driven mad by the death of their only child; so mad he lies...
Posted by Kevin Lucia on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 01:05:00 PST

The Cubicle Next Door, by Siri L. Mitchell

Like every good civilian working in the military, Jackie Harrison has tailored her world to pin-point specifications.  Her office is her domain, she makes the rules, runs the show - that's just t...
Posted by Kevin Lucia on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:53:00 PST

Until the Last Dog Dies: A Joe Box Mystery  by John Laurence Robinson

Joe Box is not your typical, "meek as a lamb, turn the other cheek Christian". A hard-boiled private detective who's only recently been saved, Joe's seen the darker side of life: he's survived a harro...
Posted by Kevin Lucia on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 06:55:00 PST

The Best of Evil, by Eric Wilson

Aramis Black has got a new life.  Saved from destructive vices and a dangerous life-style, he's left his old world behind to start anew with his country-singer-hopeful brother in Tennessee. ...
Posted by Kevin Lucia on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:06:00 PST