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Serializing Fiction Charles Dickens' novels first appeared serialized in literary journals, as did the fiction of other 19th-Century writers. Perhaps it is time to return to that format, especially when I would like visitors to return again and again to this site. Thus, as a fiction writer turned biblical commentator, I want to make available to visitors in-process works on a regular basis. A few of these works were started years ago, and probably, would never be finished if I don't put them out in this format-the format obligates me to finish what I start. And a few will be entirely new works that focus on the subject of what will it be like, as a Christian, not to be raptured. I want, however, to avoid the trap of limiting these works to any sub-genre such as "religious" fiction. Hopefully, they will be "good" fiction. I have been writing since 1979, and I have yet to make enough to quit my day job, so to speak. Now, since having been supernaturally drafted to develop biblical typological exegesis, I am to freely give that which I have received without cost. I am not to rely on royalties for support, but on the donations of co-workers who choose to help in getting the endtime gospel to the world that all who endure to the end will be saved. Therefore, because what will make my fiction distinct from other journeymen writers is the knowledge I have received free, I wish to freely offer these stories to visitors. A word of caution: a person should not expect to find doctrinal statements or position papers in these works of fiction. Such writings do not belong in any work of fiction. Whatever moral the story reveals should arise from the story, and not be added to the story by "sermonizing." I will attempt to avoid the temptation to lecture; you are free (and even encouraged) to tell me when I fail to let the story be the sermon. Fiction explores the question of "what if." Before our language lost its orality, trickster figures were used to explore what-ifs. With inscription (and over-inscription), it takes a novel to do what an oral story-teller did in a few minutes. It takes chapters to create the narrative tension that an oral story-teller could by saying, One day Coyote… So, read. I hope you enjoy. And come again, to find out what happens next. (c)2003-2008 Homer Kizer. All Rights Reserved. |