tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11513909.post4695676332847364352..comments2008-04-20T12:56:34.979-06:00Christopher Bigelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417741940958662788chrisbigelow@gmail.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11513909.post-4098744289741206052008-04-20T12:56:00.000-06:002008-04-20T12:56:00.000-06:00Brother Bigelow said:<BR/><BR/><I>I'm talking about writing approaches that are more sophisticated than the low-brow, formulaic romances and thrillers common in the Mormon market, stuff more along the lines of mainstream literary writers in the national market like Margaret Atwood and Alice McDermott. I'm also talking about stuff that isn't so head-in-the-sand about doubt and sex and salty language and other authentic human stuff.</I><BR/><BR/>I was looking for this too. Didn't find it, so I wrote it. It's probably a little saltier than anyone actually expects and I'm not so arrogant as to think it's "literary," but...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://moriahjovan.com" REL="nofollow">The Proviso</A> might hit the spot neither Deseret nor Signature can.MoJohttp://moriahjovan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11513909.post-6036177295233570812008-03-31T16:21:00.000-06:002008-03-31T16:21:00.000-06:00I've read some Card books, including Folk of the Fringe, Ender's Game, Saints, Lost Boys, and Seventh Son. Overall I think he's quite good, although I'm not as satisfied by him as I am by the national mainstream literary writers, and I don't think he's really cracked open the Mormon culture for national audiences yet, although perhaps he's come closer than anyone else yet.Christopher Bigelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417741940958662788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11513909.post-4691507471133054722008-03-31T02:28:00.000-06:002008-03-31T02:28:00.000-06:00What about Orson Scott Card and his books like Saints and the series on women from the Bible? What's your take on his writing?Dead Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09903125060174519559noreply@blogger.com