<![CDATA[Andrew J. Hubert]]>https://www.andrewjhubert.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qWyn!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F712d3626-a828-4348-a93d-46786a7d0f52_751x751.pngAndrew J. Huberthttps://www.andrewjhubert.comSubstackSat, 16 May 2026 16:30:22 GMT<![CDATA[Charcoal and Watercolor]]>https://www.andrewjhubert.com/p/charcoal-and-watercolorhttps://www.andrewjhubert.com/p/charcoal-and-watercolorThu, 14 May 2026 19:11:58 GMTI first began writing fantasy last summer. It is our custom for me to teach our children a summer elective each year. So last year we watched N.D. Wilson’s School of Fantastical Wordcraft and did all the assignments. But when the summer and the course came to an end, I couldn’t stop.

My daughter Abi, on the other hand, could stop. It was not her thing. Her thing, rather, is art—and I think she is really good. So it was decided: I would write and she would draw and paint what I write. Her very first task: the marble bug.

As the hows and whys and wheres besieged his thinking, peculiar movement in his periphery suddenly arrested his attention. James tracked the motion and spotted the mover, absolutely transfixed. Translucent green wings buzzed upon a dark silver-blue body as round as a marble. Curiously approaching in lackadaisical loops, the insect’s dark eyes stared at James as James stared back. As it came within an arms length, James reached out his hand to give it purchase, but his movement frightened the creature, leading it to initiate its lone defensive tactic. Without warning, the bug ceased its flapping, retracted its wings, and dropped like a rock to the ground, bouncing several times before rolling away.

James’ eyes and mouth bent into a wonder-struck smile. That was, without a doubt, the coolest thing he had ever seen in his life.

(Excerpt from Chapter 2 of The Slaves’ Law.)

How did she do?

]]><![CDATA[Spin-Offs of God’s Signature Book Series]]>https://www.andrewjhubert.com/p/spin-offs-of-gods-signature-bookhttps://www.andrewjhubert.com/p/spin-offs-of-gods-signature-bookTue, 12 May 2026 15:50:37 GMTThe Bible is the book series that God wrote.

And it is so good! Talking animals. Mystical visions. Staff-bearing wizards. Cosmic Battles. Legendary feats. Ultimate sacrifice. Courage and adventure. True philosophy. Miraculous healings. Poetry and song. Cunning villains. Passion and romance. Mind-bending mystery. Desperate attacks. Characters eaten by earth and worm. Men struck blind. Men struck dumb. Apocalyptic disaster befalling whole lands. Enemies defeated by super-human strength. Unexplained sidebars. Wacky riddles. Chariots and horsemen, both human and angelic. A flying, living, fireball-hurling throne. Crafty dragons. Epic warfare. Utter despair. And a Hero to save the day.

You’ll never find a better story because this is God’s best.

And yet, there are others that He writes…

Most prolific of his writings, in fact, are his audiobooks, with a unique compilation accessible in real-time to each individual listener, including you. Can you hear it? I hope so, because you are a part of it! I’m talking about the book you are living in, made of the stuff that was spoken into existence (i.e. everything) and held together only because Jesus keeps talking.

And [God’s Son] is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. —Hebrews 1:3a (NASB)

Even these words you now read, shaped by pixels, colored by an app, powered by a battery, absorbed through your eyeballs, interpreted via your brain, comprehended in your spirit exist only because Christ is dictating the audiobook of Reality right now.

Simply put, the Author of history has written and is writing all that is.

And one of the things Christ writes is me writing for you.

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