When your characters come alive, writing is exhilarating! My labor of love lately has been new characters and plots! It's an aspect of life I very much enjoy—beginning a new story.They say that a writer's life can be solitary. Most...
Author: Anthony Barbera
Anthony Barbera is a novelist with a passion for storytelling rooted in faith, history, and adventure. He is the author of Elijah: Fire from Heaven, Jonah in the Time of the Kings, Catching Baby Moses, The First Rains of October, Assurity: A Space Thriller, and Izzy the Bernese Mountain Dog. His novels span biblical fiction, Christian suspense, and inspirational sci-fi, drawing readers into rich, character-driven journeys. He writes stories meant to inspire, encourage, and entertain.
The AudioBook Jonah In the Time of the Kings, read by the author, is now available on Audible & Spotify.
Learn more at www.AnthonyBarbera.com
Fall In Love With Your Characters
WHEN YOU SPEND YEARS WRITING A NOVEL OR A SCREENPLAY—you'd better fall in love with your characters.
Elijah’s Historical Background (Mighty men & Women of the Bible)
If you don’t know the record of Elijah’s contribution to our Biblical history, a brief summary is in order: Elijah means “Yahweh is My God.” Eliyyaha, in Hebrew, lived in the 9th Century BC and took on the invasion of...
5 VITAL STEPS BEFORE YOU WRITE YOUR FIRST NOVEL
Writing Your First Novel? You've talked about it for years. Well, let's stop procrastinating and get to work, shall we? Would you like some tips before you begin?Here are some ideas that might help. Having completed five novels and three...
Book Review: Barbera’s Christian Mystery & Second Chance Love Story “The First Rains of October”
Local author’s new book, The First Rains of October brings literary sentiment to the area. By Colin Ortstadt –Sonoma Sun.The first sentence of Anthony Barbera’s novel, The First Rains of October, reads like a Lee Child thriller. “When August St....
Unveiling the Fantastical Reality Beyond Sci-fi in Biblical Records: Exploring the Origin of Giants
(Christian Fiction is any novel that states and illustrates a Christian worldview in its plot, its characters, or both.) The fact is many of us love science fiction and fantasy. However, you might ask, why would I (a Christian) write...