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I\u2019m a Christian but I want to break into the mainstream publishing industry. As of right now, that hasn\u2019t happened but I want to shoot for the stars and see how close I get. Honestly, I feel like I\u2019m in this awkward middle in my publishing views like I don\u2019t quite fit into either but ultimately ABA (American Book Association) publishing won out.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\n<\/span>When I first started learning about the publishing industry when I was sixteen I didn\u2019t know jack about the business side of writing. I attended a Baptist conference in Florida where I was at least thirty years younger than 75% of the attendees and staff and all of them wanted to publish romance, memoirs, or devotionals so everyone there would for sure publish in CBA (Christian Book Association). Over the six years, I attended that conference I met with more speculative fiction publishers. Some required a heavier Christian influence to submitted manuscripts While others okay with a subtler religious message. My books just don\u2019t have overt Christian messages and though I tried going with some of the more nuanced Christian publishers I also realized they don\u2019t have enough reach as I want and I\u2019m not sure if I want to be branded as a Christian author.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Christian media has given itself a bad reputation. Like 80% of modern Christian media is very cheesy. I\u2019ve ranted about this extensively. I don\u2019t really want to be looped into that and limiting my audience so much. Books with the Christian label even if they\u2019re about dragons with subtle themes will be put in the inspirational section in the book store and most teens won\u2019t go there to find a cool new book to read.\u00a0<\/span>
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\n<\/span>On the other hand, I\u2019m nervous about going into the mainstream publishing industry not so much because of the competition but because I feel like I have to publicly walk on eggshells. I don\u2019t want to be the next author to have a story blasted all over the news and social media about how they wrote a character the wrong way or tweeted something controversial. I take a lot of care to be politically neutral and I\u2019ve even gone back and edited old posts to make sure nothing I said ten years ago when I was in my teenage years and kinda dumb can be dug up. I grew up in a much less sensitive world and modern cancel culture is tough to navigate around. I\u2019m nervous to even express my full views of it here because I don\u2019t want to get canceled because of this post. ?<\/span>
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\n<\/span>I just want to write good stories that reach a lot of people. That can help a reader escape from life for a bit and take a journey with my characters. I don\u2019t want to push my ideals on other people whether those be religious or political. I want to write my heart and the reader decide how they want to interpret the story. And I don\u2019t want just Christians to read them because that\u2019s restricting myself to watch rapidly shrinking audience.\u00a0<\/span>
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\n<\/span>I\u2019m encouraged by more conservative successful writers like C.J. Redwine, Neil Shusterman, Brent Weeks, and Orson Scott Card that I can indeed do this. I can be successful in the secular publishing world and still hold onto my religious beliefs even if I have to be more private about them then I\u2019d like. To met it\u2019s worth it so my characters can hopefully shine into more readers\u2019 lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

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