Writer Beware

There's always a good scam (or rather, a bad scham) out there, so beware. This alert is concerning a literary agency called The New York Literary Agency. Check with Writer Beware before you sign with them (actually, don't sign with them).

New: Interview With a Rocker!

Click on Gate Graffiti and get to know Rocker/Goth minister Steve Urenda aka Steve-O! Here's a little "teaser."

The Gatekeeper: Tell us why you moved to um . . . Detroit?

Steve-O: We're on a mission from God. And quit laughin.
Let me explain something about Detroit: it's hardcore. It's cold here. People are struggling to make the rent, struggling with heavy addictions, struggling with depression, anger, multi-generational prejudice, they are searching for a voice, they are searching for connection, they are searching for meaning, searching for a real relationship with God, yet they are too blue collar proud and scared to say "help me.” Add to that a certain blunt honesty. If they like you, you'll know it. If they don't, believe me you'll know it.

Laura and I speak that language. It's been said in certain circles that we're possibly a wee bit rough around the edges. But we fit here. Not only do we fit here, we were made for this place, and this place has welcomed us. It’s a battleground that we've been preparing for all of our lives.

New at the Gate

Read an interview with actor Dennis Baker at Gate Graffiti. Here's an excerpt.

The Gatekeeper: How does one stay true to his Christian values in “Hollywood?”

DB: I don’t think it is different than any other profession. Christians do not have the corner market on truth. Some parts of Hollywood are spiritual places. Just because they don’t claim Christianity does not mean they are not sharing some truth that God would affirm. God created the world and all our ideas and concepts. So therefore, all truth is God’s truth. With that mindset, we are able to have open discussions and shared lives with Muslims, Buddhists, Jews, Agnostics, New Agers, and Atheists because we don’t have to feel that we have to convince them of everything.

That means we as followers of Jesus become tour guides. We take the truth that people proclaim and bring deeper meaning to it. We give a context to the truth that people are living out in their lives and interact with on a daily basis.

To read the rest of the interview click on Gate Graffiti.