{"id":4404,"date":"2013-04-23T15:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=4404"},"modified":"2013-04-23T15:00:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T20:00:31","slug":"novel-update-big-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=4404","title":{"rendered":"Novel update – big news!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was announced within the last hour that my novel was selected as the 2nd place work in the Athanatos Christian Ministries<\/a> Christian Novel Contest.

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Athanatos Christian Ministries Novel Contest<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

This comes with a $1000.00 prize and a potential offer of a publishing contract.<\/p>\n

I am honored and humbled to have my book do so well in the contest. I’m withholding the name of the book (it’s subject to change anyway) as it’s entered in still another contest and they ask that we not identify with the work publicly until the judging is done.<\/p>\n

So, that unnamed book did really well. <\/p>\n

My thanks to my wife, Kip, for her editing assistance and support during the writing of the book, and to the mentors in the contest who helped me shape the work and bring it into fighting trim. Dylan and Debbie, your help was immense and will not be forgotten.<\/p>\n

**this will be included in all posts until further notice. Please subscribe now to Commotion in the Pews and then “like” the Facebook<\/a> author page. I will be giving away a $100 prize from Walker Farms Honey<\/a> in May if, and only if, I get 100 new subscribers and 100 new likes to the author page. It stands at 67 today, needs to hit 166 before the prize can be awarded. This helps me when I approach agents and publishers trying to get my books published. Thank you!**<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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