Could you have Goth Christian Chick Lit?
While I do know Christian (and Mormon, and Catholic, and Jewish) goth girls (I hesitate to call them "chicks"), I dunno if you could write Chick Lit about them and have it conform to those rules.
I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
Spike ,'Chosen'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Atropa - Mar 29, 2005 12:57:54 pm PST #1301 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Betsy HP - Mar 29, 2005 1:01:19 pm PST #1302 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
CBA and ABA stand for
Christian Booksellers Association and American Booksellers Association. What they're saying is that unless your book adheres to these guidelines, it can't be sold in a CBA bookstore.
Basically, they're saying "We're targeting an evangelical Christian market, and therefore your book must not contain anything that would offend any Evangelical Christian." Some of whom believe that only their church's members are truly saved, and who would immediately stop reading when Millie turns out to be a Methodist.
Jilli, many Evangelicals believe that Halloween is the Devil's holiday. It was a big deal in Charlotte -- half the kids on our street stopped trick-or-treating between one year and the next because of it.
juliana - Mar 29, 2005 1:01:32 pm PST #1303 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
It's just, c'mon, even the Not Dead Yet folks are saying, "Get on the cart."
BWAH!
Daisy Jane - Mar 29, 2005 1:01:44 pm PST #1304 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Afternoon. My boss has been out all afternoon, so I'm all caught up.
Atropa - Mar 29, 2005 1:02:33 pm PST #1305 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, many Evangelicals believe that Halloween is the Devil's holiday. It was a big deal in Charlotte -- half the kids on our street stopped trick-or-treating between one year and the next because of it.
Whack. A. Loons.
juliana - Mar 29, 2005 1:03:07 pm PST #1306 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Also,
Who can write a novel without raffles?!?
Who can write a church novel without raffles? (You can tell I live in the Land of the Lutherans.)
Betsy HP - Mar 29, 2005 1:03:26 pm PST #1307 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
The thing that really frosts me is that the most bigoted Christians are being allowed to set the standards for everybody else.
"The Friendly Persuasion" isn't a Christian book by these standards.
msbelle - Mar 29, 2005 1:09:12 pm PST #1308 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The thing that really frosts me is that the most bigoted Christians are being allowed to set the standards for everybody else.
Really? It seems to me that they are only being allowed to set the standards for people who want to write Christian romance novels that can be sold in CBA bookstores.
Is this publishing house dominating the romance publishing world?
brenda m - Mar 29, 2005 1:09:18 pm PST #1309 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Wow. Johnnie Cochran died. (I found this out by clicking Tommyrot's M & Ms link, btw.)
msbelle - Mar 29, 2005 1:12:19 pm PST #1310 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
and Falwell is in critial condition. wow.