Totally agree, love the quotations. My daughter is Orthodox as am I, and she began a very successful Classical Christian School in Albuquerque based on those very concepts and the desire to fan into flame the wonder and awe that is natural to children and guide them toward great literature, including fiction. On the other hand, the road is very, very difficult for those of us who have devoted ourselves to writing generally unmarketable fiction that aspires toward the same aims.
Watch the video with this article and check out St. Basil's School of Writing I reference at the end! Sometimes great novels just need to be found or they need the help of great writers to prune and grow. I'd LOVE to be reading great Orthodox fiction/fantasy and sharing with a wider audience!
Thank you for the gracious reply. I love your enthusiasm and your research. St. Basil's School looks wonderful -- who wouldn't want to spend time with Paul Kingsnorth? I've come to Orthodoxy "at the 11th hour" (the Paschal Sermon of St. John Chrysostom) with an established prior career as a Christian writer (mainly nonfiction) and writing coach. Yet Orthodox people who read my novels say that I've been Orthodox for a long time and just didn't know it. But my goal has been to use my skills to their utmost, to reach for literary excellence: books which, though critically acclaimed, have not found a wide audience among Protestants. I'd be happy to send you a novel or two I wrote but that's an imposition I won't put on you. Everybody is busy. Meanwhile, keep up your excellent work that I truly appreciate.
Totally agree, love the quotations. My daughter is Orthodox as am I, and she began a very successful Classical Christian School in Albuquerque based on those very concepts and the desire to fan into flame the wonder and awe that is natural to children and guide them toward great literature, including fiction. On the other hand, the road is very, very difficult for those of us who have devoted ourselves to writing generally unmarketable fiction that aspires toward the same aims.
Watch the video with this article and check out St. Basil's School of Writing I reference at the end! Sometimes great novels just need to be found or they need the help of great writers to prune and grow. I'd LOVE to be reading great Orthodox fiction/fantasy and sharing with a wider audience!
Thank you for the gracious reply. I love your enthusiasm and your research. St. Basil's School looks wonderful -- who wouldn't want to spend time with Paul Kingsnorth? I've come to Orthodoxy "at the 11th hour" (the Paschal Sermon of St. John Chrysostom) with an established prior career as a Christian writer (mainly nonfiction) and writing coach. Yet Orthodox people who read my novels say that I've been Orthodox for a long time and just didn't know it. But my goal has been to use my skills to their utmost, to reach for literary excellence: books which, though critically acclaimed, have not found a wide audience among Protestants. I'd be happy to send you a novel or two I wrote but that's an imposition I won't put on you. Everybody is busy. Meanwhile, keep up your excellent work that I truly appreciate.
Yes yes and yes! Great post, Kyle. You’ve got “the big 3” lined up in your article (Lewis, Tolkien, and Chesterton) so I’m on board!