{"id":763,"date":"2006-11-11T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-11T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=763"},"modified":"2006-11-11T16:04:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-11T16:04:00","slug":"caught-in-the-eddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=763","title":{"rendered":"Caught in the eddy"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Her Hidden Children<\/em><\/a> came out last summer, I enjoyed about two months of happiness over that, but now it is time to get going on something else.<\/p>\n

I started research for an historical novel, and I still mean to write it, once I figure out the rhythm of fiction-writing. Publication, if ever, would be a long way away, however.<\/p>\n

And there was a plan for another scholarly book, but my editor at Rowman & Littlefield poured cold water on that idea, mainly because it sort of fell between two horses from a marketing perspective.<\/p>\n

I have not abandoned the idea though, and I mean to talk with him at AAR-SBL next week. <\/p>\n

That leaves some book reviews that I need to do for Nova Religio<\/a>. As I tell my students, when you don’t have anything else going on, reviewing keeps your mind and your fingers moving.<\/p>\n

If you came here for content today, then, there is not much to be found–unless you look at some of the excellent bloggers over on the right side of your screen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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