I’ve got this exciting book project I’m working on… but to get it published, I need your help!
THE BOOK IDEA:
Fandoms & Faithful Reading:
What Swifties, Jedi, and Wizards Can Teach the Church
What if being a Christian looked like being a Swiftie, Jedi, or Wizard rather than saying a sinner’s prayer & attending church?
When my daughter read Harry Potter, she was enchanted by the Wizarding World. Yet, like so many students who enter my classroom, she deemed the Bible boring. As a Christian parent, I was frustrated—how and why had we exchanged the rich story of the Bible for tedious morality and right answers? As a Christian literary scholar, I was fascinated—why isn’t the biblical world engrossing like the Wizarding World, Star Wars, the Marvel Universe, or sports fandoms?
If I have spiked your curiosity, more preliminary info on the Fandoms & Faithful Reading book project is available on my Writer page. PLUS, each month you can read a DRAFT chapter for FREE on my Substack.
THE HELP I NEED FROM YOU:
The good news—years of research, study, reading, thinking, teaching, and practice have paid off … and I’m making the DRAFT chapters of my new book available to the world via Substack!
The not-so good news—for my reserach and thinking to reach a wider audience by publishing a book with a popular Christian press, there are big hurdles these days. To publish a Christian book in the age of social media, a public “platform” matters-—and by public platform, agents and publishers mean social media followers, at-least 10K strong. Followers… Messiahs and cult-leaders have followers, not most professors. It wasn’t always this way… but more on that later!
Think of this as a sort of a FREE #ChristianBookKickstarter
So to help me get to 10K, please:
#1. FOLLOW me on Instagram @DrJessHughes
#2. SIGN-UP to my Substack
#3. CONNECT on LinkedIn
#4. SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube Channel
#5. JOIN my Email Newsletter
#6. FOLLOW my Amazon Author’s Page
#7. FOLLOW me on Threads @DrJessHughes
Just to be clear, I won’t save your soul, bring down the empire, encourage you to stock-pile guns, or even try to sell you anything… except books.
Thank you!
