Christian Living
A former magazine writer and editor, John Shore’s life as a Christian writer began the moment when, at 38 years old, he was very suddenly (and while in a supply closet at his job, of all places) walloped by the benevolent hand of God.
John's most recent book is Midlife Manual for Men, which he co-authored with Stephen Arterburn, author of the best-selling Every Man series and host of the nationally syndicated Christian radio show, New Life Live. Midlife Manual is the first of four books John and Steve will be writing together for Bethany House Publishers; the next, Being Christian, will be out in September 2008. John is also the author of I'm OK--You're Not: The Message We're Sending Non-Christians and Why We Should Stop (NavPress); Penguins, Pain and the Whole Shebang (Seabury Books); and co-author, with Richard Lederer, of Comma Sense (St. Martin's). Both Penguins and Comma Sense won San Diego Book Awards for best books in their respective categories (Religious/Spiritual, and How To/Reference).
In response to some (lovely) e-mails I received yesterday, I'd like to say that everything you might have read here about Penguins, Pain and the Whole Shebang is equally true about I'm OK--You're Not.
Except these are the--or at least three--online places to buy I'm OK:
Thanks.
Oh, wait! There's more! Pretty extremely apropos of not entirely a lot, the paperback edition of Comma Sense just came out. (Find some Major Comedy Yuks from that book at When Punctuation Goes Really, Really Wrong.) Wootwoot!
It is so completely cool to receive via Fed-Ex a whole big fat box filled with copies of your newest--well, not to mention your only--paperback book.
(Okay, so does anyone besides me and about one other person I know like "wootwoot!"? I'm quite a fan of it myself, but thought I'd ask. As my Regular Readers know, I'm also inordinately fond of "Yay!" and "Whoo-hoo!" To me, all three of these just ... look great in print. They always crack me up. And I'm especially fond of "wootwoot!" just now, because I'm new to it--and, just like any father, I like my newest child best. [This is a joke. Repeat: This is a joke. Please don't write me about how fathers shouldn't love some of their kids more than others. Please? I'll send you cash if you don't.] So whaddya' all say? Am I delusional for thinking that "wootwoot!" is just about the greatest thing since ... well, "whoo-hoo!"? Log in YOUR opinion today!! Wootwoot! (Um. Or "Whoo-hoo!" Or whatever.)
