{"id":1563,"date":"2020-12-03T08:01:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T14:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissakaysimonds.com\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2020-12-03T08:01:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T14:01:23","slug":"i-love-this-authors-work-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melissakaysimonds.com\/?p=1563","title":{"rendered":"I Love This Author’s Work, but…."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On December 1, in celebration of my second novel’s release, Christian fiction author Chautona Havig<\/a> posted a blog and podcast in which she permitted me to talk at length about my creative choices in All In<\/em>, some of which have caused a stir among Christian readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We talked about Stork Bite<\/em> and a lot of other things too, including Christian identity. If you have an hour to kill, I’d love for you to tune in. You might also enjoy Chautona’s other Because Fiction podcasts<\/a>. I sure have. Thank you, Chautona, for your generosity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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