Christian Writing with Mainstream Appeal Part Two

An excerpt from The written word: Sales of Christian books is on the rise by Beth Rodriguez for News Advance

July 2, 2005

As far as future trends in the Christian book market, Tamela Hancock Murray,an agent with the Hartline Literary Agency, and author of more than a dozen Christian romance novels and novellas, predicts “we’ll be seeing more books on spiritual warfare, which involves encounters with the unseen spiritual world. … We’ll also be seeing more romance.

I think that crime fiction and suspense will take the genre to the next level more so than romance. Because christian fiction is a bit safe in romance. Or not? Waiting on your opinion...:)

Writing to see what the end's gon' be,
Dee
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Guerilla Book Promotion:Rafting the River Novel

"It has been unbelievable and totally worth it," he said. "We came out here because it is not enough to write a good book and get reviewed well. I want to write fiction the rest of my life, and to do that you have to sell books. I thought this" - he swept a hand over the craft and the river - "might help."
-John Wray, author of Canaan's Tongue, who has hosted a reading raft adventure to promote this novel

When I read this news article this morning I thought: Boy, we will stop at nothing to promote our books. But when I read the article and what the book was about. I became curious. And then I went to Amazon.com to read more about the book and check out the Publisher Weekly review and now I really want to read this book(AKA add it to the twenty-something book stash by my feet and this computer.) So I guess his idea is paying off, because I did not plan to read anymore books this year until I finished the pile on the floor.

Go Guerilla Marketers Go!

Writing to see what the end's gon' be,
Dee

What do you do after Live 8

I must be honest. I am a big human rights supporter. I believe and I see poverty right here in Suwanee, Georgia. But I did not think that the Live 8 Concert this week was beneficial. Now maybe, because I didn't sit through it all, but outside of signing a petition ot send to George Bush what else did the promoters tell us to do? Moreover, what are they doing to fight poverty in Africa themselves? I hope more than just singing.
But if you agree that poverty in the world is an issue(and it's not fair to blame America for it,) there is a nice site that links organizations that have been fighting poverty all of the world. And if you're poor like me, their are local organizations you can donate your clothes, books, food, too. American Red Cross and United Way to name a few. I don't have a concert for you, but you can click on the Luther Vandross link and listen to some nice snippets to get you in the mood to fight poverty. And Madonna won't give you the finger in the process(how rude.)

Dee

Voice of an Angel: Luther Vandross. Listen Here.

Luther Vandross 1951-2005.

Click on the Title to be redirected to a nice tribute for Luther Vandross. You can also listen to snippets of his most popular hits.

Dee

Christian Fiction Review: Bloggers Unite

Happy Belated 4th. I was out of town and came back to find some interesting things awaiting my email. One was a great review of Charles Martin's Wrapped in Rain. Rick S. host of Cafeeinated Adventures, has other christian fiction reviews and movie reviews you should check out. Nice Blog. Click on title to get there.

Writing to see what the end's gon' be,
Dee misses Luther Vandross

Literate Christianity

Interesting thoughts on the christian counter culture movement that is heading away from Bible necessity to watered down religion. When does Christian fiction cross this line?

Dee