An Update On My Fiction Book – Clear Winter Nights

I appreciate the interest readers of Kingdom People have expressed in my upcoming fiction book. Every week, I hear from people curious to know how the project is coming along. (In case this is the first you’re hearing about the new book, check out the back story on why I chose to try my hand at fiction.)

Now that I’ve submitted the final manuscript, I feel a mixture of relief and nervousness. Relief that the book is done, and nervousness that the book is, well, done. What I’ve written, I’ve written.

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The title is Clear Winter Nights: A Journey into Truth, Doubt, and What Comes After. The line at the bottom of the front cover (Theology in Story) gives a clue to the genre – theological fiction.

Here’s what will appear on the back cover:

Searching for Real Faith – Or No Faith at All

What happens when a young Christian dealing with disillusionment and doubt spends a weekend with an elderly, retired pastor? They talk. And no subject is off limits. Clear Winter Nights is a stirring story about faith, forgiveness, and the distinctiveness of Christianity. Through a powerful narrative and engaging dialogue, Trevin Wax shows the relevance of unchanging truth in an ever-changing world.

Quotes from Clear Winter Nights:

• “Truth is not a formula… Truth is a Person.”
• “No Christian who truly understands grace can feel superior to anyone else. Grace shatters any sense of superiority.”
• “A Christian is not defined by the sins of the past or the struggles of the present but by the vision of the future.”
• “The world says, ‘Be true to yourself.’ King Jesus says, ‘Be true to your future self.'”
• “The true rebellion is in the heart of the Christian who follows King Jesus by swimming upstream against the current of the world.”
• “Don’t trust in your strength, because there is such a thing as pride. Don’t despair in your weakness, because there is such a thing as forgiveness.”
• “Authenticity isn’t accepting your sins. It’s admitting your sins and then being true to the person King Jesus has declared you to be.”

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In upcoming weeks, I will be blogging more about the creation of the book. This has been the hardest learning curve and most interesting experience I’ve ever had as an author. I look forward to sharing more about it.

For now, I hope this gives you a glimpse of the project. You can pre-order Clear Winter Nights through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waterbrook Multnomah, other online bookstores, ChristianBook, Parable, and Books a Million. The eBook version is available on Kindle, Nook, or other eBook formats.

You can sign up below to win one of a few advance copies.