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« on: January 14, 2009, 08:31:14 PM »
The tentative title is "Faithfully Dangerous"-- yes, named for the Over the Rhine song.

It's a sort of "musical travelogue," based on some of my experiences writing about music and culture for evangelical magazines over the past ten years. Sort of hard to condense it into a short blurb or a nutshell, but suffice to say the first chapter alone contains references to Tom Waits, Bono, John Calvin, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Biko, Flannery O'Connor, Sufjan Stevens, Willie Dixon, and Homer Simpson.

I haven't signed a publishing contract yet, but there has been some VERY preliminary interest from one well-known publisher. Of course, I appreciate your prayers as I try to hammer out the details and make it official. Lord willing, the book will be on shelves by summertime.
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« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2009, 08:32:10 PM »
You had me until mention of Calvin.  just kidding.
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« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2009, 08:53:36 PM »
wow, very cool! looking forward to reading it!
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2009, 01:42:58 AM »
cool beans.
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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2009, 09:43:28 AM »
Good luck, sir.  Will definitely read if I get the chance.
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« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2009, 01:17:05 PM »
Don't post too many details of it online or someone might steal your idea.
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« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2009, 02:21:54 PM »
Yeah, there are lots of people out there dying to write books about Josh's experiences before he does.
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« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2011, 10:34:12 PM »
Did anything ever come of this? Is the book still in development?
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