{"id":6365,"date":"2007-11-07T13:53:58","date_gmt":"2007-11-07T19:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2007\/11\/07\/facing_impossible_odds_in_christian_spec\/"},"modified":"2007-11-07T13:53:58","modified_gmt":"2007-11-07T19:53:58","slug":"facing_impossible_odds_in_christian_spec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2007\/11\/07\/facing_impossible_odds_in_christian_spec\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing Impossible Odds In Christian Speculative Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nathan Lambes<\/strong> has written an article for Infuze magazine entitled Clawing Up the Mountain: Christian Speculative Fiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is a tough analysis of the Christian speculative fiction market—it really is<\/em> a mountain! And so standing here at the bottom the prospects look very dim indeed for even reaching halfway to the top!<\/p>\n

What motivates me in the face of impossible odds?<\/strong> More than anything else that I am leaving a legacy for my children, grandchildren, etc. I am writing something that in future years they can hold on to and learn from and know a little bit about me and what I cared about. In other words, even if I never get published, I will<\/em> be for my own family and friends. <\/p>\n

Am I looking for a vanity publisher?<\/strong> Not in the least. I don’t pretend that paying someone to publish my book is anything close to being really published. <\/p>\n

If after my best efforts I cannot get published by someone without paying them, then I may print up a few professional copies for myself, family, and friends—and that is all. <\/p>\n

The reach of my arm<\/strong> will be determined by God and nothing less. If it is His will that my best efforts succeed and that I gain a platform to tell truth and glorify Him through the medium of fiction, then that is good. <\/p>\n

But it is also good if I fail. If in His grace I do nothing more than pass on something personal that to me is of profound beauty and truth, then that is more than sufficient. Grace upon grace!<\/p>\n

Why do I write?<\/strong> I write because I am compelled. I am compelled to speak the truth that God has placed in my life. I am compelled to glorify Him. Where it goes is His decision. I know that His word will not go back to Him empty and that it will fulfill His purpose.<\/p>\n

Nathan Lambes ends his article this way:<\/p>\n

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What I’ve left you with is a look at what the industry has become, what it wants to be, and where it is headed. In the end it is up to the readers to decide.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yes, the readers may<\/em> vote with their pocketbooks on the voyage of life—but it is God who steers the ship<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

(Footnote: Please read this REBUTTAL<\/a> of Nathan Lambes who prompted my post!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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