tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914373095764685039.post2777510697872511085..comments2024-03-27T00:52:36.012-07:00Comments on Brenda's books and blog: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13163128507705064874noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914373095764685039.post-91040048601777422602012-03-19T14:01:15.177-07:002012-03-19T14:01:15.177-07:00Nice post. As someone interested in words, I tho...Nice post. As someone interested in words, I thought you might like to look into the word play in cryptic crosswords (if you aren't already into them). I have been doing a series of posts about cryptic clues and how to solve them. This is the first one in the series:<br />http://caroleschatter.blogspot.co.nz/2012/01/cryptic-crosswords-solving-hints-1.html<br />Enjoy.Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985978221627051493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914373095764685039.post-7020666980867974672012-03-14T19:52:35.348-07:002012-03-14T19:52:35.348-07:00Thanks for sharing! I was a little scared to post ...Thanks for sharing! I was a little scared to post because I wasn't sure the reception I would receive :0Lori Ann Freelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475399413507876752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914373095764685039.post-42313234341150401682012-03-14T15:06:20.439-07:002012-03-14T15:06:20.439-07:00A lot of parallels can be made about Christian pub...A lot of parallels can be made about Christian publishing to the Christian music industry. I was heavily involved in the Christian indie music scene in its heydey - the mid to late 90s and early 2000s. Festivals like Cornerstone in Illinois, which has been around for a good 30 years, gathered 25,000 attendees in its peak. Lots of these artists were on Christian labels but offered music that was left of the Christian market; the lyrics may have been overtly Jesus related, or more spiritually exporatory. But either way, the music was punk, hardcore, techno and all these other genres that the Christian industry typically shirked.<br /><br />So do you know what happened? Slowly over time, the indie labels folded, and more artists sought a mainstream audience. There are lots of bands that didn't want to be cornered in the Christian market because of lack of opportunity to grow, to make money, or to tour outside of churches. I'm not even getting into the scorn bands would receive from their own Christian brothers and sisters about performing their Christian music in secular clubs.<br /><br />Looking at the Christian industry today, sadly it's a lot of the same bands on top that existed 10 years ago. Because a lot of the new innovative bands have left for the mainstream market.<br /><br />All this to say, you write what you love and what you're passionate about, and don't let a label - even a "good" seeming one like "Christian" stand in your way.<br /><br />This article showed up today on Publisher's Weekley about the AoG denomination looking for a "secular" distributor for their faith based publishing. Even churches know that the Christian only market is severely limiting and does not offer the same opportunties. <br /><br />It's time we all broke out of these Christian bubbles (or if you've been burned by it, the Christian Ghetto) and share our faith with the world without feeling like it's a sin to step out of it. <br /><br />I will now step down from the pedestal... :)Stephscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06328839483008086049noreply@blogger.com