Posted by Mark Shaw on December 25, 2009
Hemingwaywantabes, hope you are writing away with the intention of telling your story to the world. And don’t worry about anticipated bad reviews of those who want to kill your book for others. Just keep writing, and keep the faith as the truth shall set you free.
One example, my new Thomas Merton biography has become quite a testy book for some people, especially those who want to protect his squeaky-clean reputation and not expose the truth about his love affair with a student nurse half his age. Take a look at this article in Religion News Services (http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/book_about_mertons_affair_stirs_up_controversy/) or check out www.markshawbooks.net for more information.
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Posted by Mark Shaw on December 1, 2009
Interested in whether Thomas Merton death was an accident or whether he was murdered? Want to know if he consummated the forbidden love affair with student nurse Margie Smith? Wondering if Merton was an alcoholic? All this and more are featured in the new Merton biography, “Beneath the Mask of Holiness: Thomas Merton and the Forbidden Love Affair that Set Him Free.” Fellow monk Peter Mursak calls the book, “fair, honest, provocatively entlightening, and a highly entertaining read.”
More about my new book is at www.markshawbooks.net where a link may be used to view the YouTube book trailer.
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