by Vella Karman | Jul 15, 2026 | Author News
There are a LOT of fishy deals aimed at authors. Awards, book club features, fake publishers. It takes so much time and energy to sort through the noise. A few months ago, I entered Beyond the Mirage to the Christlit awards. I’d seen authors touting the Christlit...
by Vella Karman | Jul 8, 2026 | Author News
After I spoke underneath the World’s Largest Mailbox, I wasn’t sure what could top it. Was that one of my career goals? No. Was it extremely fulfilling? Yes. Luckily for you, that won’t be the only chance you get to meet me, either online or...
by Vella Karman | Jul 1, 2026 | Author News, Filling your life with LIGHT
I grew up on the edge of a rough neighborhood. Sometimes there’d be gunfire so close it sounded like it was in the backyard. One time, a police squad with K9s and a chopper were out looking for a wanted criminal in the creek about fifty feet from my backdoor....
by Vella Karman | May 21, 2026 | Author News, BOOKS, Clean fiction
I was driving down a highway between Ohio and Indianapolis when it flew in the window. A book. Sort of a teal color, kinda beat up and scratched around the edges, like a well-worn suitcase. Roughly the same size as Fantastical Summer, and prettier too. The windows...
by Vella Karman | May 21, 2026 | Author News, BOOKS, Clean fiction
What if God allowed people to teleport?Lauren is a quodesher – one of those people who can teleport a whole carful of people across the country.When California wildfires turn the drive to her sister’s wedding into a mad dash teleportation tour of the country, she’s...
by Vella Karman | Apr 29, 2026 | Author News, BOOKS, Clean fiction
Beyond the Mirage, my debut novel, is coming out in May. I call it my “teleportation book.” It’s about four college kids on a road trip that goes laughably wrong. They’re trying to get to a wedding, but everything from the California wildfires...
