tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post3807217042150509267..comments2023-11-05T03:47:03.674-07:00Comments on The Lost Genre Guild: Signs after the factcynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15514785429568086047noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-9541756129161277572007-11-04T04:19:00.000-07:002007-11-04T04:19:00.000-07:00Oh , Mirtika! Thank you! I so hope you like it. I'...Oh , Mirtika! Thank you! I so hope you like it. I'm so glad I met you. I like you a lot and I'm hoping we can become good friends.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, don't stress yourself about reading it. Your novel is crying out to be finished.<BR/><BR/>In December, the Christian Fiction Review Blog will be touring Wind Follower so you'll get an idea of it by then..and you'll be able to see if it's worth the read. -CCarole McDonnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15443401088634718848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-13260681116866943532007-11-03T15:44:00.000-06:002007-11-03T15:44:00.000-06:00You, too.I've received WIND FOLLOWER from amazon.c...You, too.<BR/><BR/>I've received WIND FOLLOWER from amazon.com. Now, to find time to read it during NaNo!<BR/><BR/><BR/>MirMirtikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668769199544406582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-19290307759053557382007-11-03T07:16:00.000-06:002007-11-03T07:16:00.000-06:00Wow, Mirtika! This is so uncanny. We're both think...Wow, Mirtika! This is so uncanny. We're both thinking the same thing. I'm totally amazed. <BR/><BR/>In my story I've divided humans into two groups: the first creation and the second creation. The first creation is called the separated ones. And it is forbidden for anyone in the second "new" creation to marry someone from the first creation. It's fun finding ways to talk about the new life in Christ in such a way that the secular world just won't get what I'm doing and will just think of it as a science fiction or fantasy. Get that novel done, woman! -CCarole McDonnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15443401088634718848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-55107557942164915822007-11-02T15:44:00.000-06:002007-11-02T15:44:00.000-06:00I had to mention the transported like Philip: I us...I had to mention the transported like Philip: I used that as well in AGE'S END--with that being, actually, one of the gifts, the ability to teleport. :D<BR/><BR/>MirMirtikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668769199544406582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-26969849717689138742007-11-02T15:43:00.000-06:002007-11-02T15:43:00.000-06:00In the novel I put on hiatus--the one I was workin...In the novel I put on hiatus--the one I was working on last year--it's an urban fantasy alternate world type of resurgence of ACTS, ie, all the gifts plus some I made up, are in evidence in an underground, persecuted regligious community. And there's one particular power than is only given to one person every few centuries or millenia, and the protagonist, unknowing, is the one with this God-given gift that can be used for good or ill.<BR/><BR/>So, the book of Acts was definitely on my mind, and the verse from Joel repeated in Acts, about dreams and vision, that was my take-off point<BR/><BR/>MirMirtikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668769199544406582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-57053733591789075442007-11-01T10:42:00.000-06:002007-11-01T10:42:00.000-06:00PS, mirtika.I also have a cool accent. Except it's...PS, mirtika.<BR/><BR/>I also have a cool accent. Except it's Jamaican. -CScifiwritirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928979612174904822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-39053247277346563462007-11-01T10:25:00.000-06:002007-11-01T10:25:00.000-06:00Hi Cathikin:Yes... I keep wanting to get dreams in...Hi Cathikin:<BR/><BR/>Yes... I keep wanting to get dreams in which he tells me which book I should be working on. Not good. <BR/><BR/>Hi Deborah: True. It's an awesome responsibility. Because there really is a separation from God. On this earth and after. And what with folks not going to church, the people of God have to use the media to reach the unreached.<BR/><BR/>Hi Mirtika:<BR/>I was raised episcopalian but when the episcopalian church tossed the Bible I pretty much had to leave. A real grieving process. I go to an evangelical ecuadorian spanish-speaking church now. That was a moment where God really did give me a sign as to where to go.<BR/><BR/>As for the book, I really am meditating on the book of ACTS. I find myself trying to understand what the church would be like if all Christians were still like the folks in Acts. It's interesting because that kind of Christianity isn't recognizable to most Christians or to non-Christians so I can get away with stuff. Secular folks won't see what I'm doing unbless they know their Bibles. Same with Christians. For instance, a character is simply transported like Philip. At another time another character enters a house with roaches and mice and simply commands them to leave...and they all march out the house. Disgusting but fun. And when the female main character meets the male main character, he asks her, "Are you one of us?" Instead of saying, "Are you a Christian." At one point the elders at a gathering tell the people to look into the mirror of life and try to "bring substance down" because faith is the substance of things hoped for. Biblical Christians would get all this. Some though will think it's "magic" and sinful. Will see. I just think of it as a game. How to get all that stuff in without letting the editors know the game I'm playing. The book is meditative for me in some ways..because it keeps my mind on the greatness of the full gospel of Jesus Christ. <BR/><BR/>Plus in addition to all this I have to keep the female character as the main character because that's the kind of book Juno publishes...female-focused paranormals. -CaroleScifiwritirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928979612174904822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-52071873004692818192007-11-01T00:05:00.000-06:002007-11-01T00:05:00.000-06:00I am also fearful and arrogant, and I also want to...I am also fearful and arrogant, and I also want to write books that reach that dual audience.<BR/><BR/>I'm not Episcopalian, though, but I occasionally go to the Episcopalian church down the street for Wednesday morning service. Very nice Bahamian/Caribbean ladies there with cool accents. <BR/><BR/>I've actually started praying in recent weeks for God to let loose and give the church more evident power as depicted in ACTS. The premise of your story, therefore, intrigues me.<BR/><BR/>I would like to be more trusting in the dark and new places...I would like less fear and anxiety. I feel a special terror when I write, and soemtimes it stops me cold and I can't write, thinking, what if this isn't good enough, what if this isn't honorable enough, what if God is not in this?<BR/><BR/>I want God to be in every word. And I want to be bolder, not so self-censoring and overly critical.<BR/><BR/>But mostly, I want to feel His power and have it reach out and help someone. If what I write does more than entertain--if it can give consolation, it it can enlighten a corner of the mind, I'll die a happy gal.<BR/><BR/>MirMirtikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668769199544406582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-58022025180606484132007-10-31T21:02:00.000-06:002007-10-31T21:02:00.000-06:00I think we all proceed with fear and trembling -- ...I think we all proceed with fear and trembling -- especially when our words could affect so many readers... It's an awesome responsibility.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing, Carole!Deborah Cullins Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432072631277861967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-78249367575463314852007-10-31T13:45:00.000-06:002007-10-31T13:45:00.000-06:00I understand what you are talking about, although ...I understand what you are talking about, although I haven't faced the same situation. Constantly I second guess what I do, wondering if it is indeed the way God wants me to go. I'd like to see the fleece wet now, please. Yet God is guiding, more subtly than I would wish, but I guess we learn and grow more this way. I appreciate the openness and honestly in yur blog. I pray you feel more positive vibes about the way you are to proceed for God's glory.cathikinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180306267340755443noreply@blogger.com