Just a couple of interview links for those who like to listen to things.
My interview with Eric Metaxas became available this past week, and you can hear it here. It's about forty minutes long.
A much shorter interview with British talk-show host Justin Brierley, almost entirely on Acts, was tacked onto the end of a show here, starting about 1 hr., 9 1/2 minutes.
I'm also pleased to announce that a Kindle version of Hidden in Plain View is "in the works." I don't have a release date for it but hope it will be out within a couple of months. Of course, don't let that stop you from buying the physical version if you are so inclined! A joyous on-going Easter season to everyone!
Comments (4)
I was wondering, Lydia, whether there was any inclination to put Tim's name on the cover with yours, given the very substantial contribution he made to the coincidences you used.
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It's really good stuff. People, if you haven't ordered your copy yet, this is a book you want to have.
I also thought that you did a very good job of balancing tension across denominational lines in dealing with the Bread of Life discourse in John 6 (item 4 in the first chapter). You are right that the coincidences support that Christ really said the words, whatever he meant by them.
Posted by Tony | April 24, 2017 9:16 PM
Not really. When Tim's name goes on something, he's an extremely hands-on co-author. The writing and all sorts of decisions, in all their details, are things he gives a lot of time to. He knew he didn't have the time to take that kind of care with the book, so he gave the whole project, qua project, over to me. This allowed me the freedom to make decisions quickly, such as how to frame an argument, what to include, and how to negotiate with a publisher. His and my writing is really pretty different. I think they can be stylistically distinguished easily, which makes co-writing somewhat difficult. We've done a lot of co-writing in the past, including on our one technical book, but eventually we've decided that it's too burdensome and will probably not do much of it in the future. Also, I got to decide how much trouble to give the publisher. :-) For example, I didn't care too much what specific bits of the blurbs DeWard chose to include and interfered only when something really looked unclear or incorrect.
DeWard, fortunately, didn't press us to put his name on it. They are blissfully easy to work with, thank goodness. He publicized the book in other crucial ways, including putting me in touch with DeWard in the first place.
Thanks, I appreciate that. I hope memorialists would feel the same way. It was interesting that that was one of the only UCs that I found entirely on my own, and as a causal matter I think perhaps I wouldn't have found it if I hadn't been a sacramentalist of some sort, but once found, I don't think it *requires* a sacramental interpretation to appreciate, at least to some degree.
Posted by Lydia | April 25, 2017 9:25 AM
Ha! At least some trouble, I'm guessing.
By the way, I've met Tim and I think he's an exceptionally patient man.
In all seriousness, I echo Tony's remarks. The book works just fine for Roman Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, etc. Lydia constrained her personality, you might say. Or you might say that it's still there and lively. Even at Good Friday and Easter services, I found myself flipping around during the readings to make the connections.
To prove that I've read every word, including notes, I did take a tiny bit of pleasure in the two W4 references.
Posted by Paul J Cella | April 25, 2017 2:15 PM
Get any publisher/editor who has worked with each of us separately in an unbuttoned frame of mind and ask him which one was the easier author to work with. Go ahead, do it! I'll wait right here. :-)
One great thing about W4 is all of the wonderful material I've been able to archive here over the years. Props to you, Paul, for encouraging it.
Posted by Lydia | April 25, 2017 5:46 PM