Religion, Worldview, and Writing

A lot of Christian authors have tried to dip into sci-fi or fantasy, usually with poor results. You don't walk into a Christian bookstore looking for sci-fi or other specialist books; it's simply not done.

So although many Christians read sci-fi or fantasy, the market is a dead one.

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Now these fellows come along.

It's an untapped market. These people are out there, the readers, the writers. Connecting them together has been hard. Making the connection is beyond hard.

As a writer, I've always assumed that to put my religion into my books I would have to side-step. Because if you want to be published in science fiction, you can't write a Christian novel, and if you want to be published by a Christian house you can't write sci-fi. So my only choice was to pick one main theme (for me, sci-fi) and never explicitly reference Christianity, while at the same time making it my main point.

To wit, redemption, sacrifice, and faith are my biggest themes throughout. The sinner coming to redemption. Laying down your life for another. Trusting in something bigger.

All this without EVER using the words sacrifice, redemption, or faith. Or even hinting at them! I'm so very crafty that friends who are Christian read my manuscripts and don't see it, don't understand what I've put in.

Very strange.

So I've chosen my path... and here comes a new publishing house that could bust that all open.

Wow.