An Unflinching Dedication to Mediocrity
If you've ever tried to have something published, you know how frustrating it can be. Getting someone to look at your work is just part of the frustration. Beyond that, another big factor is that you can look around at the bookstore and find work after work that is inferior (in many cases, vastly inferior) to your work.

It seems as if the major publishing houses these days are interested in the bottom line. I can't necessarily blame them for that, but it lends itself to a literature of pablum designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator. The publishing industry can be summed up with the old adage of "If it's not broke, don't fix it."

Poorly written books about the end times are selling well? Let's shove as many other poorly written books about the end times as we can out onto the market! Or, as we saw a few years ago, Peretti wrote some very good books about spiritual warfare, so the publishers tripped over themselves releasing other books about spiritual warfare, most of very little value and less skill.

But the good writing is out there. Authors are out there who desire to tell a good story, who write well, and aren't afraid to ruffle feathers when necessary. They're harder to find because--especially in Christian publishing--a misguided attempt to be loving has eliminated critical thought and confrontational writing; the kind of story that makes you sit up and--agree or disagree--respond to what you've read.

If CS Lewis were alive today no one would publish him because he asks too much of his audience.

That's the kind of writing I'm trying to find and promote now.

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