About Me

I got my love of stories naturally.  My parents read to my siblings and me when we were growing up, and my father wrote stories for us. My father and mother both won writing contests with short stories they entered, and my grandmother published fiction in a children's magazine.

I have been writing fiction since I was eight years old.  I am a Christian, and my stories often (but not always) have things about God in them.  I like to write fantasy and science fiction, and have also experimented with romance, mystery, etc., not always successfully.  Ultimately, I write in whatever genre fits the story I have to tell.

Since 12th grade, I have struggled with exhaustion, although I don't have an official diagnosis.  Recently I have improved somewhat, since a friend recommended enzyme supplements.  I hope to continue gaining strength and clarity so that I can pursue a career as a novelist.  I am a member of ACFW.

 

Writing Credits

(in chronological order)

"The Great Escapade" won an Honorable Mention in Jackson's Print Gallery's "The Art of Words - A Story to Tell" contest, in January 1999.  (A humorous science fiction story.)

"Tom's Story," Creativity Contest, First Place 17-22 fiction winner in the Young Salvationist, April 1999.  (This science fiction story featured a skeptical college professor who goes back in time to witness the birth of Christ.) 

"Could Some Dinosaurs Still Live?" a Creationist look at cryptozoology with a bibliography, won First Place in the Senior division of the Eighth Annual Student Paper Competition given by the Institute for Scientific and Biblical Research, 2000.

"The Princess," First Place winner 17-22 fiction winner, May 2002, Young Salvationist Creativity Contest  (The story was a fantasy-allegory.)

"Strays," a short article on God's love, appeared in Young Salvationist, November 2002.

"TV Time," a short article on Christian living, appeared in Young Salvationist, Summer 2003 edition.

"The Wrong Thing to Love?" a short article on Christian living, sold to Young Salvationist in May 2003, appeared in February 2004.

"A Thief's Life," First Place winner 17-22 age group fiction, May 2004 Young Salvationist Creativity Contest.  (This Biblical fiction short story told the life story of the thief on the cross, and how he got that way.) 

"The Great Commission," a non-fiction article, won First Place in the nonfiction category in 2004's Young Salvationist Creativity contest, in the 17-22 age group, nonfiction.

"Lights!" sold to The Christmas Supplement - 2004.  (A poem.)  (This was an email newsletter.  They paid $5.)

"Dragon Bones," a science fiction story, GateWay S-F Magazine, July 2005.  Appeared again on Tower of Light Fantasy in September 2007.  The story is here.

"Private Jim Banks," a Christian science fiction story, on the Christian Fandom Website, 2006.  (A soldier of the future deals with an annoying Christian while in the trenches.)  The story is here.

"Blight" Ray Gun Revival, December 2006, a short science fiction story. (Written under the penname "Lucy Tingle," although my real name is listed at the end of the story.)The story is here.

"Murder Beneath," on Ray Gun Revival, May 2007.  (A science fictional retelling of Shakespeare's MacBeth, featuring underwater plant houses and genetic engineering.)  The story is here.

"Cricket Nights," Haruah: Breath of Heaven, July 2007.  (A woman remembers, and regrets.  A short-short 'literary' story.)  The story is here.

"Changed Minds," Wayfarer's Journal, Fall Issue 2007.  A short-short science fiction story.   The story is here.

"Last, Full Measure," a short science fiction story involving time travel, published in February 2008 at Ray Gun Revival!  The story is here.

 "The Great Escapade," a short science fiction / buddy story story involving an alternate universe, published in Ray Gun Revival issue 42, March 15, 2008.  The story is here.

To contact me, write to AliceRoelke *AT* gmail *DOT* com.