Thoroughly enjoyed this. You hit on a lot of things I’ve noticed and occasionally tried to articulate in conversation- there are people who say things in books (which I think we have too much of) and then there are writers. We need more writers. I appreciate the communities and programs that attempt to encourage writers, but not everyone has a book to write. And the glut of people who are just saying things in books is kind of discouraging for those of us who harbor a small dream of writing something beautiful and deep. Always appreciate your thought and commentary. Thank you.
You might be interested in Daniel Vaca’s Evangelicals Incorporated and Timothy Gloege’s Guaranteed Pure. Excellent reads on the foundation of the Evangelical Industrial Complex.
I am also bringing up “where are the Lewis’s of our generation?!” rants to unassuming friends around a fall fire 😂 love all of this and truly would love more literary fiction than commercial fiction in the world 🙏 🙏
This hit as I’ve been navigating the world of commercial non-fiction, creative writing, and having integrity for both the sake of my own soul and my readers. Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks Tim, very helpful post. I recently started communicating with Wipf & Stock about publishing my dissertation. They have a different publishing model that includes author financial participation in the publishing process, which might sound negative, but seems to me to be quite positive, as it results in deep works being published.
Loved this, thanks for putting all of this into words--and a challenge for me to keep reaching for the deep. Excited to check out the beauty book--I did a research project on beauty for a spiritual direction program this year, wish I had it for that, but alas, the learning will continue.
Thoroughly enjoyed this. You hit on a lot of things I’ve noticed and occasionally tried to articulate in conversation- there are people who say things in books (which I think we have too much of) and then there are writers. We need more writers. I appreciate the communities and programs that attempt to encourage writers, but not everyone has a book to write. And the glut of people who are just saying things in books is kind of discouraging for those of us who harbor a small dream of writing something beautiful and deep. Always appreciate your thought and commentary. Thank you.
You might be interested in Daniel Vaca’s Evangelicals Incorporated and Timothy Gloege’s Guaranteed Pure. Excellent reads on the foundation of the Evangelical Industrial Complex.
I am also bringing up “where are the Lewis’s of our generation?!” rants to unassuming friends around a fall fire 😂 love all of this and truly would love more literary fiction than commercial fiction in the world 🙏 🙏
This hit as I’ve been navigating the world of commercial non-fiction, creative writing, and having integrity for both the sake of my own soul and my readers. Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks Tim, very helpful post. I recently started communicating with Wipf & Stock about publishing my dissertation. They have a different publishing model that includes author financial participation in the publishing process, which might sound negative, but seems to me to be quite positive, as it results in deep works being published.
Leave it to you to bring 90s music into the "Where is today's C.S. Lewis?" discussion 😂
Loved this, thanks for putting all of this into words--and a challenge for me to keep reaching for the deep. Excited to check out the beauty book--I did a research project on beauty for a spiritual direction program this year, wish I had it for that, but alas, the learning will continue.
It's uncanny the connections with Roger Scruton, C S Lewis, J R Tolkien. Your conviction that artists too easily join the parade for commercialism reminds me of something I wrote at Mere Beauty https://tayount21.wixsite.com/merebeauty/post/mediocrity-it-s-easy-and-it-sells.
Your thoughts?