PUBLISHING NEWS
Coming up…
Next week I have a very exciting announcement.
Meanwhile, in case you missed it last week, here’s a blurb about my upcoming Sci-fi Dystopia (series name and story title to be announced)
They came at sunset. They weren’t human. And they took everything.
It is the near future and America is gone, replaced by Unity’s iron-fisted regime. Deep in the California forest, the Bishop family has survived off-grid for years—until the day their defenses fail. The Feralis Umbrae, monstrous enforcers of the state, shatter their homestead, leaving JulieAnn Bishop the last one standing.
Armed with martial arts training, her father’s hidden caches, and a strange supernatural light that will not leave her side, JulieAnn plunges into a world of underground rebels, sinister experiments, and lies that stretch from Earth to the stars. If she falters, her family will be lost forever. If she resists, she may uncover a truth more terrifying than the monsters themselves.
Gripping, relentless, and deeply human, (this series) launches a dystopian epic where survival means more than staying alive—it means holding on to hope.
📖 Rebuilding Civilization
I’ve just started to read The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm (Lewis Dartnell). I’m going to see how my own dystopia/post-apoc story measures up.
The idea of a Cataclysm reminds me of the brouhaha last week during the Feast of Trumpets where many people said farewell to their friends and followers on social media, persuaded that Christ was coming back on September 22nd.
Some people even gave their kids up to social services to make sure there was someone to look after them during the post-rapture chaos. So much is wrong with that.
When he didn’t show up, they claimed they’d been using the wrong calendar and he was actually going to return on October 6. 🤷♀️
A broken clock is right 2 times a day. And one of these days, when “the love of most will grow cold,” Christ will return. And maybe someone will have predicted the day.
While I appreciate the hope represented in their anticipation of Christ’s return, Christ’s teaching teaches us it will get worse on earth (“as in the days of Noah,”(Matt 24:37) vs ” Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time” (Gen 6:5).
Christ’s parables teach us what to do in the meanwhile:
- Keep our lamps trimmed with oil on the side,
- use the talents he gave us with all diligence,
- remain faithful even to death.
Let us pursue this.
And we can also prepare ourselves for how to live without modern conveniences, just in case.
See you next week!
Darlene
