| blurbs for the back cover | | Date Created: Jan 26, 2005, 09:10 AM |
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| Here's an interesting one... remember when I asked all you people in blogland for help deciding who to ask to write a blurb on the back of my book? Well, out of that long list, only three people were willing. |
| I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised. We're talking about 200+ pages of unbound manuscript from some author most folks won't have heard of. What's a gempf? Most of the people we asked have a lot of attractively bound books that they actually want to read; why should they accept a request to read and write about this thing? |
| And even of those who were crazy enough to give it a shot, well.. my attitude and style aren't really everybody's cup of chai latte. At least one of the academic types found the slang and chattiness an insurmountable barrier and was honest enough to say so (and give me some feedback I'll definitely consider in writing the next book). |
| The three people? This may cause some ironic laughter out there, so get ready. Steve Chalke, Jeff Lucas and Rob Lacey. Rob has actually written a 3-page Foreword, which is really nice. So here's what the other guys had to say about Mealtime Habits of The Messiah (coming soon to a bookshop near you): |
"An inspiring and startling portrait of Jesus which will nourish your spirit and feed your soul." - Steve Chalke
"Conrad's book is a delight. It's like its subject, Jesus: alive, fun, engaging, warm, and occasionally wonderfully dangerous." - Jeff Lucas
“Gempf’s well-balanced approach … will put fuel in the tanks of all our journeys toward wholeness and purpose.” - Rob Lacey |
| Hearing that Steve Chalke was on there, I was going to get Anna Robbins to make a comment too. How cool would it be to have the two main contributors to Chalke-gate both recommend the same Jesus book!? But, alas, the publisher had already finalized the cover design. Too late! |
The guy who didn't like it? Here's some of what he said:
"I could not even identify the genre and purpose of the book and its individual chapters. Is it a devotional book? Is it the fruit of scholarship, filled with original insights, and slanted toward a popular audience? I could not answer those questions. Quite apart from the book itself being miscellaneous, even within an individual chapter I felt that the rug was continuously being pulled out from under me after a train of thought had been put on the table." |
| So, health warning: If you need to be able to identify the genre of a book and if you don't like surprises, keep away. |
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