Sad, so very sad!

Never have I been more disturbed than to find on my writing journey that the very folks who enjoy my stories the most will never find them in venues where they shop and here's a fine example of why they won't. An excerpt from a blog I ran across today.

"I strolled through the bookstore at Mount Hermon and what I saw deepened that dread and grieved me. In our desire to gain favor with the world, we have strayed from God’s Word, even to the point of exalting those things associated with Satan . . . "

I was going to respond on the blog but no other comments had been left and I did not feel like targeting the blog specifically because I'm not "down with that." If someone has a narrow mind it is their God given right to have it. So I'll post here what I would've posted there if I didn't "roll" the way I "roll."

My response:

Did you mean "Christian" bookstore or simply bookstore? I can tell you for certain no "Christian" bookstore allows any book in unless it is sorted out as being from a targeted Christian publishing house or not (and they don't allow stories about vampires of lore such as those I write about.)

As an author who is a Christian, I write about vampires of lore. To this day and despite being approved for distribution to the "Christian" market, no "Christian" bookstore will take my work. But it's because I don't write specifically for their targeted audience of Christians and not what I write about.

It is every readers option to enjoy a book or not. Why can't we associate something irritating with Satan. How about stories about garden gnomes? That's it. No one can write anymore stories about garden gnomes. They are of the devil.

Lots of folks who follow Christ enjoy a good vampire story. I thank God for each and every one of them. ;)