Preparing for a new adventure.

Well here I go, attempting to do something new. A blog chain. Starting in September members of Christian Writers (http//:christianwriters.com) will start a blog chain. Members decide what topic to cover and then sign up to take days for the month.

I admit I am intrigued by how this works. I was going to take September 19. That is the date of my wedding anniversary. But it was already taken. So my turn will be on September 5. Labor Day.
The topic for the month is Coming home. So it will be interesting to see what transpires.

I am also in the home stretch of my current project, Xtreme Xianity. I had one of those writers' moments when I thought mm.. what if I approached being a follower of God the way an Extreme athlete approaches his sport?

It has been a wonderful and soul searching journey as I studied the lives of biblical characters and what made them stand out for God. I will be posting more on a later date.

Since I can't just work on one project alone. I am also working on a study in Genesis 1-11. The project is too big to put into one study guide, so the finished work will be four guides. I have my work cut out for me over the next year or so.

In His Grip
Steve

Playing Catch up

Wow! talk about neglect and procrastination. Almost a year has past since I last visited my own blog. but then, I think I am the only one who actually reads it.

But then it has been a busy year with four more books released. I don't know, I have this thing about working on only one project at a time. I am working on two more and am already planning to participate in Nanowrimo again this year (http://www.nanowrimo.org/) Pssst. It's only 64 days away.

Thanks to Nano I wrote my first novel. I like it. I hope others will too.

It was a learning experience for me as I had never seriously considered writing fiction, much less a novel. But I've done both and learned that I could do it. Although there are similarities with writing fiction and non-fiction, the creative process is very different.

With non-fiction, you have a thesis, you research your subject and develop an outline and go to work. With fiction, you have an idea. Well, it's more than that. For me it was like I was recording the events and thoughts of my characters. They were telling me their story. I was the scribe.

My fiction writing friends tell me that sounds about right.

So check it out. You can even read a free e-book preview @ smashwords.com

Ciao