I'm trying to post in the Writer's List section. If it winds up saving to somewhere else, then it might not belong.
Anyway, I have earned some money from books I've written, so I guess that makes me a professional novelist.
Honestly, I'm here at CCAS on the lookout for artists who would be interested in working on graphic novels. There seem to be a lot of very talented artists working in the industry today--usually paired with some poor-to-mediocre writers. But I'll leave it at that because this is supposed to be about me.
I've written a couple hyper-niche novels in a genre that I guess doesn't exist outside my repertoire (I'll call it "gearhead adventure"), a western, and a Biblical epic; in addition to other novels under pseudonyms. I hope and pray God is glorified in all my efforts.
I used to blog as Captain Gearhead at virtualpulp.net. Reviewed a few Arkhaven titles there when it first got started (before Arktoons). Also at Seven Thunders (elijahdispatched.blogspot.com). Should still be blogging there, probably.
The aforementioned Biblical epic (Gods & Proxies) is a novelization of a screenplay I wrote for what I wanted to be an animated feature based on the Book of Joshua--but with spiritual insights gleaned from Bible scholars like Chuck Missler and Michael S. Heiser. I still think that the story would be best told in a visual medium.
I'll add that it's also the most difficult prose work I've ever brought to completion, and it took monumental effort on my part to write it. I simply am not an author who likes to write from an outline. I know writing from an outline is the pat advice for aspiring writers given prolifically from other aspiring writers; but whenever I have formed a plot outline, I've lost all interest in taking the project farther. Well, I had to work from an "outline" for this project of neccesity. The Book of Joshua is the source material and, though there are gaps in the Biblical narrative to fill; and probably a thousand different ways to "interpret" or flesh out the narrative, I refused to take creative license with the Word of God. I kept as true and accurate to the source material as I knew how. I did add a narrator who is one of the Watchers (angels referenced by Peter and Jude) who did not rebel. Maybe some would say that is creative license; but even using that device, I didn't change anything from the Biblical text.
Of all the Biblical epics brought to the big screen, none to my knowledge have centered on Joshua. He was a strong supporting character in narratives centered on Moses; and that's about it. That's a shame. Joshua and Revelation were two books I read repeatedly for years before I made Jesus Lord of my life. It's a book with the action and adventure to appeal to an unbeliever--which makes it a sort of ministry tool. And it's packed with a whole lot of awesome stuff that is missed upon casual reading.
I see a place for an excerpt below. I'll see if I can just paste my afterword there.
Well, some of it fit without the footnotes, anyway.
