tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post8167208355493098927..comments2023-06-10T22:42:19.087+10:00Comments on Australasian Christian Writers: What’s Changed in 20 Years of Christian Fiction Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-81596777420380979102016-03-16T13:20:44.331+11:002016-03-16T13:20:44.331+11:00It has been fun Paula, and didn't we do well t...It has been fun Paula, and didn't we do well to start. I know your original edition of 'Picking up the Pieces' practically flew out the door. I haven't re-read it recently, so I'd be amused to see how the writing has changed. We didn't worry about so many things back then,Meredith Rescehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119649437940781847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-12035943445635421472016-03-16T10:53:32.438+11:002016-03-16T10:53:32.438+11:00Hi Meredith,
It's great to see the gallery of ...Hi Meredith,<br />It's great to see the gallery of covers spanning twenty years, especially on the eve of your 20 year anniversary. Christian fiction publishing in Australia certainly has had highs and lows in that time, and you've stuck there through all of it! Perhaps one of the biggest ironies is that we generally are a lot better as writers now, yet it's become harder to get our work seen and sold. But it's been fun to walk that path together for many of those years.Paula Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079952414990463270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-56660962394783076392016-03-15T16:45:17.474+11:002016-03-15T16:45:17.474+11:00Hi Meredith, Congrats on reaching the twenty year ...Hi Meredith, Congrats on reaching the twenty year milestone! A big achievement :) <br /><br />My kids only occasionally read either print or ebooks because there are so many other entertainment options that they find more appealing eg. Skyping with friends, YouTube, online gaming, etc. When you add in Facebook and other social media, streaming services like NetFlix, we can't ignore the fact that books are now in competition with other forms of leisure that didn't exist twenty years ago. Narellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665380446283721576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-31906065179872397282016-03-15T16:37:22.705+11:002016-03-15T16:37:22.705+11:00Thanks for sharing so honestly. I love to hear sto...Thanks for sharing so honestly. I love to hear stories of the author's journey. Congrats on 20 years!Carolyn Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180744278101977974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-22400460522394826412016-03-15T15:03:11.532+11:002016-03-15T15:03:11.532+11:00Congrats Meredith on 20 years and the anniversary ...Congrats Meredith on 20 years and the anniversary edition of the Manse. And thanks for the insight on the early years of Australian Christian fiction - there is an irony there that while writing styles have improved (or match the contemporary style) the opportunities to sell your work have shrunk. Let's hope that We can reach those audiences who either do know about or maybe had bad experiences in the past with Christian fiction. Only on the week-end I caught up with a former colleague and his wife. He loved the poetry in Glimpses of Light, and she, an avid reader of US Christian fiction, had never come across or heard of the Australian equivalent. All the best with the new edition of The Manse :)Jeanette O'Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057798704247611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-34814135808440691072016-03-15T13:25:01.263+11:002016-03-15T13:25:01.263+11:00What a great story!
I'm not surprised by you...What a great story! <br /><br />I'm not surprised by your UK experience - when I lived there, I found a lot of people read (a lot), but few read any form of Christian fiction, even Christians. They did like reading British books, and there wasn't a lot of good British Christian fiction available.Iolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199141868703826943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-40015668818016385532016-03-15T10:50:56.794+11:002016-03-15T10:50:56.794+11:00Congratulations on 20 years. I'm feeling the r...Congratulations on 20 years. I'm feeling the re-writing pain with you. Although, I'm only tackling 2 books. <br />How much has changed! I agree that our writing is improving so much - and that is one big positive in a lot of negatives. Rose Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916783669139743112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-78815539168252135172016-03-15T10:31:21.832+11:002016-03-15T10:31:21.832+11:00Meredith, congratulations on 20 years. Incredible....Meredith, congratulations on 20 years. Incredible. And how marvellous to see an Aussie Christian Fiction author with multiple editions of one of their novels. <br /><br />All the every best with the latest edition, the 20th anniversary edition. Ian Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192687613923596829noreply@blogger.com