{"id":94948,"date":"2015-11-19T00:53:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T07:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=94948"},"modified":"2015-11-18T13:55:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T20:55:10","slug":"always-happy-to-help-a-new-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2015\/11\/always-happy-to-help-a-new-writer.html","title":{"rendered":"Always Happy to Help a New Writer!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Reader Martin Kennedy writes<\/p>\n

I wrote \u2018A Philadelphia Catholic in King James\u2019 Court<\/em><\/a>\u2018 in 1999.\u00a0 It did well and continues to sell.<\/p>\n

My next book will be out in 3 or 4 months, but not why I\u2019m writing you.\u00a0 In Spring of this year a would-be novelist asked me to look at the book she was writing.\u00a0 That happens from time to time.\u00a0 This time I really liked it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d describe it as \u2018Theology of the Body\u2019 in fiction form.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s taking part in a contest.\u00a0 In short, if her book gets enough \u2018nominations,\u2019 which is quite easy to do, then Kindle will publish \/ promote it.\u00a0 The benefit of that is that it will get attention in a broader (secular) market.\u00a0 The novel is not explicitly Catholic; it has the potential to \u2018sneak\u2019 up on people, to evangelize subtlely.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a short description along with the opportunity to \u2018nominate\u2019 it.<\/a>\u00a0It is pretty much a matter of \u2018clicking\u2019 a button.<\/p>\n

My hope is that you\u2019ll consider plugging it on your blog.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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