There’s a verse I was reminded of today, Ephesians 4:15: "Speak the truth in love." What an important thing to remember here. I’ve been guilty of forgetting this instruction, which doesn’t make me proud. There are also times when I’ve been snide or too cynical, and tell the truth, blamed my job or other people for it. But in our
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Many of you have asked for it, but I’m still waiting on that “wilderness” speech from Wangerin. If I’m lucky, maybe I’ll get a book out of it, but in the meantime, let me share what I felt was the most powerful aspect (there are interesting correlations here to Eugene Peterson’s speech, “What Are Writers Good For?”): writers call words
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Let’s face it. Some publishing realities contribute to low quality books too. Start with money. We’ve got to sell books. But that creates a conflict of interest for Christians; the goals of business are diametrically opposed to God’s. No mission statements say “show us the money.” It’s just implied. Which means we’ll publish books we may not fully agree with
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First off, brief mention of an article discussing the new genre of contemporary speculative, “New Wave Fabulists” in the Boston Globe (from Publisher’s Lunch yesterday), mentioning one of the most creative publicity stunts I’ve ever heard of. "Half Life" author Jackson is currently coordinating the publication of her short story, Skin, [to] be printed via tattoos on 2,095 volunteers, one inked
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There are certainly some interesting reasons we don’t see higher quality writing from Christian writers. We tend to be fairly separate–exclusive in our lingo, churches, and bookstores. We say we’re meant to be set apart, and that makes us inbred. No wonder so many our of books seem to have snaggle teeth and play the banjo. We tend to harbor
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