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Niches and Glitches
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Men's Fiction
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Looking for a Brainstorm/Critique partner
You know, this is a great idea, if it could be worked into the group. Romantic suspense isn't my thing, but I wonder if Michelle could work some forum magic to setup a partnering system for members...
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Interesting point from another forum on this very topic to which I'd like to hear responses:
The whole issue is personal. For me there is no cursing. Paul didn't tell us not to use crude language or tell dirty jokes, except when you write.
Thoug...
I don't think it hurts me - It challenges me to think differently, but we're called to do that as believers, no? One of the other mains in my book is a racist - now even non-Christian publishers would shy away from what might pass through the mind...
Are you asking us edgy Christian fiction writers or the CBA? :-)
You know, this is a great idea, if it could be worked into the group. Romantic suspense isn't my thing, but I wonder if Michelle could work some forum magic to setup a partnering system for members? Match based on writing genre and style. Would re...
That is a very good point - as well as that much of the Bible is written like a news report. Just the facts ma'am...
The story of the demon-possessed man in the tombs in the NT is horrible. Similarly, Passover in Egypt was (not to mention the other plagues). Imagine writing a story from the perspective of someone who was there (besides Jesus or Moses) and you ha...
...in terms of their fiction? And what can we do to satisfy those manly needs through good Christian lit? To me (being one of those apparently illiterate males), I see an untapped market. To Christian publishers, I fear they see an untappable one....
I believe this is largely market driven - if the first of a series does well, you can be guaranteed the remaining will similarly succeed. I do like the long series, partly because I hate for the stories to end :-)
I'm looking over my scifi/fantas...
I think you said a mouthful. "A little action" is something many men crave - conflict, struggle, challenges of a more physical nature perhaps? My book is set in a war-torn country in Africa, climaxing during a United Nations invasion.
How about supernatural suspense?
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- Supernatural Suspense
- About Me:
- Real-world characters with real-world problems in exciting circumstances. That to me is edgy Christian fiction
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- At 4:24pm on November 9, 2009,
Jeannie said…
- You list your style as supernatural suspense. Is your style kind of like Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti, or am I way off? :)
- At 10:07pm on October 15, 2009,
Michelle Sutton said… - Welcome, Kris. Like your definition of edgy. I am also 42. :P
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