Calling the American church out of the shallows and into the deeper waters of the faith
I alluded to this in my post about enjoying summer break, but this summer I am working on two projects at the same time – or trying to. As it turns out, it isn’t easy. I’ve blogged about the fiction project, so I’ll briefly mention the other one here. Again, it isn’t under contract (yet), … Read More “The Other Project” »
According to an email I received within the last hour, All My Holy Mountain is supposed to arrive at P&R from the printer by 6/10, which means on or about that date, P&R will start filling orders. If you’ve ordered directly from them, then the book shoud be sent directly to you. If you ordered … Read More “AMHM Update” »
It’s Memorial Day weekend, so all over the country people are stocking up on food for the grill – though here in St. Louis its been hopelessly rainy all spring and any plans for a barbecue are an act of sheer optimism. In any case, a three day weekend is always cause to celebrate, especially … Read More “Summer” »
OK, so this title is a little misleading. Until my new series is under contract, I don’t really want to be too specific, but I thought I’d follow up on my earlier post, “A New Start,” with a brief update on where things are and with some further thoughts about the new series and why … Read More “Why I’m Excited About My New Series” »
For those of you who occasionally drop by the BOTB website, you already know this, but my publisher, P&R, has announced that the revised release date for All My Holy Mountain is June 1st. Hopefully, those who have been waiting so patiently (or not, I suppose) all this time, will find that it was worth … Read More “Revised Release Date” »
For those who have been waiting for the release of All My Holy Mountain, the first chapter is how available for viewing and downloading at the BOTB website. You can link to it here. Though the first chapter has been available early for the other books in the series, it feels strange to be unveiling … Read More “Beginning of the End” »
Do you love it? Do you love writing? When you can’t, when time or life or whatever prevents you from accessing your pen & paper, your keyboard, your microsoft word file, do you hunger for the moment you’ll have the chance again? Is telling a story, crafting a sentence, communicating a thought, an idea, an … Read More “For the Love of It” »
As evidenced even by comments in the last few months on this blog, it looks like some people were upset that Joraiem died at the end of Beyond the Summerland. All right, so that’s a little tongue-in-cheek. The outrage over Joraiem’s death (or “Jory” as a friend of mine likes to refer to him when … Read More “The Joraiem Factor” »
There are all kinds of reasons to write a book, and all kinds of people at some point, contemplate writing a book, actually sit down and write a book, or even vigorously pursue publishing a book. No doubt, then, there’s some artificiality in all attempts to say what “writers” are or are not, since those … Read More “Writers & Storytellers” »
A definite perquisite of being a published writer, is that on occasion, you get a crack at reading a book that is on its way toward being published but is, as yet, not in print. I don’t know why it is quite so much fun to curl up with a book that isn’t yet available … Read More “Sneak Peaks & Creative Diversity” »