Forensics & Faith: The One Most Important Thing
The answers to a question that Brandilyn posed on the ACFW loop are posted on her site in the form of a survey. While the numbers may not be scientific, the answers should be of interest to any fiction writer.
October 10, 2007
October 6, 2007
Christian Authors ROCK!!
Christian Supply in Portland hosted Christian Fiction Day today for some of our own Oregon authors. What a treat! I got to meet Patricia Rushford, Melanie Dobson, Cindy Hannan, Robin Jones Gunn, Randy Alcorn, Melody Carlson, Jane Kirkpatrick, Bonnie Leon and Leslie Gould.
I spent 2 hours asking some of them about writing and their journey to getting published, and pretty much babbling about myself. What a great bunch, they all nodded, smiled and listened. I found out that Melody Carlson and I own neighboring mounds of dust and sagebrush in Central Oregon. It's good to know there are a few folks who know the best place to hunt sage rats.
I found out where Glenbrooke Oregon REALLY is. (he he he)
I also found out that Bonnie Leon is one cool lady! Check out her story (link to her site on the right). Check out her numerous books for a good read, or check out her "for writers" page for some helpful writing advice. Keep it coming, Bonnie!
It was exciting to talk to these gracious Christian authors. I came away with a couple autographed books and some encouraging words. Hey, it's no small wonder that Christian Fiction is the fastest growing genre in the book market in recent years.
I left feeling ready to press on with my novel, and then remembered all the intelligent questions I forgot to ask. OH WELL. I also remembered with a sense of utter satisfaction how I told Robin Jones Gunn that I 'write like her' (I honestly did) and like that other lady . . . what's her name? Yeah, I 'write like' someone whose name I can't remember. I spit out a few syllables of nonsense and she guessed Karen Kingsbury. Yes! Thank you. That's the one.
(By the way, I didn't actually mean to say I WRITE like Robin or Karen. But, unfortunately, I really have NO CLUE what I meant to say. If I were to actually compare my writing style to anyone, just for the sake of illustration, I'd have to say Nicholas Sparks meets Dennis Miller from Weekend Update.)
DO you ever open your mouth and hear nonsense flowing out freely? Is there a cure for this?
I spent 2 hours asking some of them about writing and their journey to getting published, and pretty much babbling about myself. What a great bunch, they all nodded, smiled and listened. I found out that Melody Carlson and I own neighboring mounds of dust and sagebrush in Central Oregon. It's good to know there are a few folks who know the best place to hunt sage rats.
I found out where Glenbrooke Oregon REALLY is. (he he he)
I also found out that Bonnie Leon is one cool lady! Check out her story (link to her site on the right). Check out her numerous books for a good read, or check out her "for writers" page for some helpful writing advice. Keep it coming, Bonnie!
It was exciting to talk to these gracious Christian authors. I came away with a couple autographed books and some encouraging words. Hey, it's no small wonder that Christian Fiction is the fastest growing genre in the book market in recent years.
I left feeling ready to press on with my novel, and then remembered all the intelligent questions I forgot to ask. OH WELL. I also remembered with a sense of utter satisfaction how I told Robin Jones Gunn that I 'write like her' (I honestly did) and like that other lady . . . what's her name? Yeah, I 'write like' someone whose name I can't remember. I spit out a few syllables of nonsense and she guessed Karen Kingsbury. Yes! Thank you. That's the one.
(By the way, I didn't actually mean to say I WRITE like Robin or Karen. But, unfortunately, I really have NO CLUE what I meant to say. If I were to actually compare my writing style to anyone, just for the sake of illustration, I'd have to say Nicholas Sparks meets Dennis Miller from Weekend Update.)
DO you ever open your mouth and hear nonsense flowing out freely? Is there a cure for this?
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