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About deanhardy23

Dean Hardy is the Bible Department Chair at Charlotte Christian School North Carolina. He is the author of middle grade fantasy Magnus Kir and an apologetics text entitled Stand Your Ground

Upcoming events…

Quick events post: I’m speaking tonight at a homeschool community gathering. I’m looking forward to a discussion on apologetics as well as Magnus Kir. I’m starting an apologetics series at Team Church on Wednesday nights. Would you like to join … Continue reading

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Day Three of CSFF tour of ResAliens.com- articles on Christian Fantasy

I’ve looked at a piece of fiction on day one, overviewed the actual website and its editor on day two, so how about a few pieces of non-fiction on the ResAlien.com website and blog?   First, John Ottinger’s Christian Fantasy: … Continue reading

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Day two of CSFF blog tour of the ResAliens Website- seeking short stories!

In yesterday’s blog about the ResAliens website   I focused more on one of the short stories than I did on the actual web/webzine, so, here’s a little more on this cool website. Lyn Perry is the editor of ResAliens as well … Continue reading

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“Considering A.I. in Christian Fantasy” : Day One of CSFF tour of ResAliens website! (Free book offer within)

The ResAliens website quickly enthralled me. There was so much to READ and I couldn’t even choose where to begin!  (visit Web site link – http://www.resaliens.com/ )  They have an e-magazine which I quickly downloaded for FREE and will have to … Continue reading

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A post on Hunger Games… (a review and being on set of the movie)

Hunger Games (HG) was a very unique read for me for two reasons. 1) It was written in first person. I found this strange, yet, for the most part it was smoothly written. A few times during the read something … Continue reading

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Signing at Barnes and Noble- August 27th

It’s been a crazy summer…but I actually got more reading done than expected. I highly recommend Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death”- it’s an interesting take on how tv and media has changed how “we know.” My wife and I … Continue reading

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Recent Updates! Family Christian and other events…

2 major updates: 1) Magnus Kir is on the shelves at Maranatha Bookstore in Monroe, NC. Stop by and say hello to Doris! She’s a super cool lady! 2) The Publisher met with Family Christian Bookstore’s Corporate buyers about a … Continue reading

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Quick update…

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. Much has happened since the release….but mostly in the marketing of the book. We’ve been meeting with independent book store owners/managers, establishing an online presence- mostly facebook and amazon as well as good … Continue reading

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Update: Book Release at Charlotte Christian…

The Book Release after school on Wednesday went very well. We had over 50 people show up, some were even friends from off-campus! It was great to see all of you. I especially appreciated our fifth grade teachers (and their … Continue reading

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Book Release & first promotional meeting.

This Wednesday is the Book Release at Charlotte Christian… an obvious choice for the first venue for a release. These are my students, friends and my extended family! I stopped in New Creation this weekend to discuss a signing at … Continue reading

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