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I was just curious - it seems like the vast majority of Christian fiction I've read has been "safe." Very little death, very few murders, or if there are, they're not main characters.
Also very few real life problems - premarital sex, abortion, witchcraft, rape, etc. Of course, I don't mean describing in vivid detail, but I think touching on such problems would most definitely make the book meatier.
I ran into that when I wrote my book, and the current book I'm working on now has more "real life" stuff in it. My publisher and I talked about it. I hope someday to get a traditional publisher for my books, but my publisher agreed with me that the big Christian publishing houses usually don't touch stuff like that - don't want to get in trouble.
What do you think? Should Christian fiction stay away from stuff like that? Or should they take a risk and touch on the harder stuff? Would it make their ministry more effective?
Also very few real life problems - premarital sex, abortion, witchcraft, rape, etc. Of course, I don't mean describing in vivid detail, but I think touching on such problems would most definitely make the book meatier.
I ran into that when I wrote my book, and the current book I'm working on now has more "real life" stuff in it. My publisher and I talked about it. I hope someday to get a traditional publisher for my books, but my publisher agreed with me that the big Christian publishing houses usually don't touch stuff like that - don't want to get in trouble.
What do you think? Should Christian fiction stay away from stuff like that? Or should they take a risk and touch on the harder stuff? Would it make their ministry more effective?