{"id":2568,"date":"2006-04-27T14:08:31","date_gmt":"2006-04-27T14:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/up-to-here.html"},"modified":"2006-04-27T14:08:31","modified_gmt":"2006-04-27T14:08:31","slug":"up-to-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/up-to-here.html","title":{"rendered":"Up to HERE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Scream\"<\/a> With you-know-what. <\/p>\n

Okay, I know. It’s a way of evangelizing. I hope it works. And I also know that every time I give a talk on this, folks come up to me with stories about the impact of this dreadful piece of dreck. So it matters. <\/p>\n

And the good thing is, my state of fed-up rage has done a great deal to fuel my own novel-writing. I’ve reached the excellent point at which I no longer am drifting about in a state of delight with my vague ideas along with a determination to procrastinate from actually confronting how they look on paper. I can hardly wait to finish up the latest interview or DVC-related article so I can plunge back into it. It’s all part of the writers’ procrastination dance: your house is never so clean as when you have a deadline. Your daunting, overwhelming novel-in-progress never looked as enticing as when you’re in the midst of JesusMaryMagdaleneCouncilofNicaeaGospelofMaryGnosticismAlbinoOpusDeiMonkHahaha <\/em>for the umpteenth time.<\/p>\n

Now…who wants to publish it?<\/p>\n

As someone once said…"There are so many mediocre novels out there…why can’t my<\/em> mediocre novel get published?"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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