Finally home and putting the kids to bed, but not before some big news!
While at Timeless Treasures in Time Square, Wayne Batson got a call from his publicist:
“Your book is on the front page of the Washington Post!” And so was an article about Christian Fantasy, our tour, and a photo of Wayne, Sharon Hinck and myself. Not sure why they excluded Bryan Davis. But he was there for the interview.
Not only was the article extremely positive, but Wayne got some other big news:
“Stay in New York. Fox News wants you live on Fox & Friends on Friday morning!”
So I’m asking for four very important things:
1.) Please go to the article on The Washington Post and post comments. They need to hear from the Christians.
2.) Please watch Fox News on Friday morning and send Fox comments.
3.) Go to your local bookstores and ask for more Christian Fantasy books. Tell them about the Washington Post article and the Fox News interview with Wayne.
4.) Lastly, please go to Wayne’s blog and congratulate him. We are so pumped!
More than trying to promote each other, our tour was about promoting the Lord Jesus, and about making the world aware of what we believe is the most powerful genre for reaching young people: fiction.
What people need to realize is that the Church as a whole largely abandoned her role in writing fantasy and fiction after Lewis, Chesterton and Tolkien, until the late 80′s when Peretti came out with This Present Darkness. For too long we’ve abdicated our responsibility and allowed the world to succeed while we sat by. I’m so proud to be among a growing number of authors and publishers reclaiming what is rightfully ours–imagination and creativity.
Thank you for standing with us, and for all your overwhelming support!
CHÂ
Posted, and will continue to pray!
Extremely excited ’bout the whole Fox thing… Will be sure to tape it!
Hope ya had a fine trip home!
Amen, Brother. I am so honored to serve the One True King by your side.
WtB
We did…so glad to be back at the ranch. And what a JOY it was to meet you and your mom today! Thanks for your awesome support! And you? Home safely?
Blessings!
CH
I’m glad you made it home safely, and back with your horses (lucky).
I’ll keep a lookout for the Fox news thing Friday morning! I can’t wait! I’ll be praying!
Awesome!!! Looks like the tour was a huge success!
This week has been great! The signing, the article which was not just in the Washington Post but has been put in other major newspaper like The Philadelphia Inquirer. I can’t wait to see The Fox News Feature, all this is really making me excited to see the wonders that God can do! I hope with all this exposure that people who usually read Harry Potter and walk out with the last book Friday night, also will walk out with the Door Within and any of the other wonderful Christian fantasy books out there! Glad to see you are home and safe! Let us all sit back and enjoy what God is doing for the genre! This is truly an amazing time!
Awesome things are happening!! Wow, love the videos you have here of the tour. Congratulations to everyone. I’ll be watching Foxnews.com for this interview.
Blessings,
It was a blast having you guys stop by in MD @ at HW! I’m just missing you all ready. *Sigh* We’d love to do it again, and if you are ever in the area, do stop by! That’s what’s known as a ‘standing invitation’ I believe
Well I’m late, but I have to find The Washington Post article title funny, a Muggle is a term in Harry Potter for regular everyday people. Wayne’s books have regular people in them…
I found that amusing.
Regardless, I’m glad to see it!
-Shane