Coram Deo Conversations

03/18/2026

This will be interesting!

It’s time to dust off your browncoat, because is coming back! The Sci-Fi series was wrongly cancelled 24 years ago, after only 11 of its 14 episodes had aired on Fox (some out of order). The cult following it gained led to the 2005 movie, Serenity, which was designed to wrap things up, but calls for more have never ceased, with fans hungrier than ever for more adventure from their favorite ragtag crew.

Now, those calls have been heeded. After a couple of weeks of Nathan Fillion teasing something with Firefly’s cast on Instagram, it’s now been officially confirmed: a Firefly revival show is happening, and it’s going to be animated, according to Deadline. Alongside Fillion, original stars Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Summer Glau, and Sean Maher are all involved. “The dedication of Firefly fans has kept this 25-year-old show relevant. Clearly, the return of Firefly is something the fans want. More importantly, it’s something they deserve,” said Fillion at Awesome Con, drawing attention to the fans’ 24-year-long support campaign.

Speaking at Awesome Con, Fillion, alongside his costars, gave fans the news they’ve been waiting over two decades for, saying that the new Firefly animated series is in advanced development. He also said that the reboot is being developed under his own production banner, Collision33, alongside 20th Television Animation. It has also been noted that Joss Whedon, who created the original series, will not be involved in the animated project. And as for the showrunners for the animated revival, the series has tapped the writing-producer team Tara Butters (Agent Carter) and Marc Guggenheim (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow), and a script has been completed.

The revival will be set between the original 2002 television run and Serenity, which debuted in 2005, thereby expanding the universe while preserving the existing canon and lore. And now that it’s official, fans have tons of hopes and dreams for the animated series, though some are skeptical of it being animated; most are just happy that their favorite show is slated to return and finish the stories it was never allowed to tell. “I am happy Firefly is back, but knowing Disney owns the rights to it, I just hope they don’t ruin it like most of the new Star Wars,” says one fan. Another adds, “If Nathan Fillion and the rest of the crew are back, I’m following them to the edge of the ‘Verse. Shiny!”

Are you looking forward to the animated Firefly reboot?

07/26/2025

These tips also work for nonfiction. Kudos, Book Cave!

So you’ve written a novel—and now it’s finally published. But unless readers know it exists, your book won’t sell. With the right tools and a bit of strategy, you can promote your novel effectively—even on a shoestring.

07/24/2025

Wrote a short story loosely centered on cult trends and methods of development, from the perspective of the business owner being interviewed after a court case. That’s what happens when you plow through four books on cults and start thinking ‘how did it all start’ thoughts.

There are many ways to die. When I started ALG - the Affirmation of Life Group - I didn’t know that our steps toward light would end in darkness. W...

06/28/2025

To manufacture inclusion and belonging, the best weapon is … words.

To create true inclusion and belonging, you must have the Word (outside of self).

So it’s not surprising that cults create their own language and verbal cues to mark their territory. Then they attack the personified Word, who is everything they want to be.

It’s a deep, dangerous, doomed game. Why do they play it?

Despair.

I’m going to weave concepts from this work into my own, not for notoriety, but because it fits. Every criminal organization has a code, and every cult weaponizes their code.

06/24/2025

With The Next Chapter Books and Art New Bern – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

06/19/2025

Maybe "Scrappy Books II" needs some focus on stacking promos. The fact that Vinny has managed this because of (a) demand and (b) efficiency without (c) costing an arm and a leg is GLORIOUS.

Can't wait to find out how this works out in the next week!

About Stacking Book Promotions For the past few months I have been following a lot of authors on KBoards that have been stacking their book promotions across a few days and in some cases over a week. The theory is that Amazon will see your steady sales across a longer time period and adjust their al...

06/19/2025

In the world of Christian literature, my book is like the bottom-left option for kids: SHARKS

Got some recent NetGalley feedback from a reviewer who somehow missed the fact that the book is about predators in churches. Never mind that the title has the word predators embedded, or that the cover shows a wolf looking over a flock of sheep. Nope, she “and the church” don’t need that in their lives.

Good luck with the sharks. They exist whether you like it - or not.

06/08/2025

I began by skimming, and ended by reading deeply. Just thinking about the intersection of faith and failure, loss and love, quiet perseverance versus loud recognition….all of these things take time to develop. I’ve now transitioned to a fan of this author’s work. Kudos for character development over becoming a ‘character’.

Belief doesn't always come easy-and that's okay. Naviga…

06/01/2025

With BookGorilla.com – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

05/25/2025

This seems accurate. It’s probably why prayer meetings have lower attendance than planning for social events - also because the fruit of the prayer may take years to develop.

05/23/2025

Words to live by - for a performance artist or a literary artist. The invisible has more power than the visible.