12/11/2004

YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE REQUIRED

OK, I guess it’s time for me to consider writing a book. I’ve always been daunted by the fact that so many people are trying to write books, and so few of them succeed. But I’ve decided that the best way to deal with that problem is simply not to care about it. I’d be better off just writing for my own purposes instead of trying to figure out what the market wants.

So help me out . . . what should I write about? Because, frankly, I haven’t a clue. I mean, I have some ideas, but I’m not sure they would hold anybody’s interest . . . not even mine for the months it would take to research and write. But I need a winter project. I covet your comments.

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9 Comments

  1. “Martin Luther’s favorite fart jokes”

    (C’mon, dude…we’re talking Minnesota best-seller material here…)

    Comment by Steve Casburn — 12/11/2004 @ 3:14 pm

  2. Go do your D.Min. That’ll help you focus your thoughts. (Right.)

    Comment by Rev. Mike — 12/11/2004 @ 8:42 pm

  3. Usually, people start with wanting tell a story and decide to write book, rather than the reverse. Perhaps a collection of essays, like waht Steve Martin did.

    Comment by Jammer — 12/12/2004 @ 10:21 am

  4. Just write an auto-biography. I mean, you’ve been a Lutheran pastor in Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin. That’s GOLD!!!

    Comment by Jon — 12/13/2004 @ 9:27 am

  5. Whatever you write about– write in active voice & don’t use adverbs. Adverbs are evil.

    Comment by Kennedy — 12/13/2004 @ 1:20 pm

  6. Seriously, write a devotional book. I love when you are talking about something funny and can tie it into the spiritual.

    Comment by Kelly — 12/13/2004 @ 7:49 pm

  7. Looking to the right & checking your handy categories, it looks like your choices are sports & music. You know what that means: the definitive history of the 1985 Chicago Bears hit song, “The Super Bowl Shuffle.”

    Comment by Kennedy — 12/13/2004 @ 8:08 pm

  8. There’s always ghostwriting my autobiography. I’m kind of young so it should only take you a few months. :wink:

    Comment by Sean Hackbarth — 12/14/2004 @ 2:49 am

  9. You forgot about bad automobiles.

    Comment by bryan — 12/15/2004 @ 2:01 pm

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