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{"id":317,"count":0,"description":"<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnthony Horvath founded Athanatos Christian Ministries in 2009. He serves as director of its ministries, including its publishing arms: Athanatos Publishing Group<\/a>; Suzeteo Enterprises<\/a>; Bard and Book Publishing<\/a>; and Paley, Whatley, & Greenleaf Press<\/a>.\r\n\r\nWebsite<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | Twitter<\/a> | Amazon<\/a>\u00a0\/ AR Horvath<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a> \/ AR Horvath<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\nHorvath's work through Bard & Book<\/a>\r\n\r\n*Author Interview*<\/strong>\r\n\r\nQ1: Why do you write?<\/em>\r\n\r\nI write because I have to, really.\u00a0 I feel all bottled up if I don\u2019t.\u00a0 Sometimes, it's worse than that:\u00a0 I feel like my characters and stories are locked within the cage of my mind, when they really ought to be free to roam the minds of others.\u00a0 I know that sounds like I\u2019m assuming that other minds would welcome them, but that part is really irrelevant to me.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter if others like what I write.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got to write.\u00a0 My creations have got to be free.\u00a0 Otherwise, I just don\u2019t feel right.<\/span>\r\n\r\nQ2: How would you describe your writing \u2018method\u2019?<\/em><\/span>\r\n\r\nI\u2019ve never suffered from \u201cwriter\u2019s block.\u201d\u00a0 My problem is lack of time and opportunity.\u00a0 Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), many of my stories \u201clive\u201d inside my mind, often fully formed, until such time as I can get them down on paper.\u00a0 A good example is my first published book, Fidelis, of the Birth Pangs series.\u00a0 This story essentially played itself out in my mind in its entirety before I sat down to actually write it.\u00a0 It was as though I were witnessing the events and it was merely my job to record them.\u00a0 When I did finally sit down to write them, the 155,000 words or so spilled out in just a couple of months.\u00a0It took longer to edit it than it did to write it.\u00a0 In the meantime, the other five as yet unpublished books play out in my mind, almost relentlessly.\u00a0It can get a bit annoying;\u00a0sometimes, I\u2019d like to just some peace and quiet in my brain.\u00a0 When I do finally sit down to let my creations spill out of my skull onto paper, I don\u2019t like to be interrupted until I am done.\u00a0 So, I will often postpone a project completely until I know I\u2019ll be able to finish it.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s a good habit or not.<\/span>\r\n\r\nProbably bad.<\/span>\r\n\r\nQ3: How would you respond to the classic question, \u201cIs there Christian art, or artists who are Christians?\u201d<\/em><\/span>\r\n\r\nSince I believe that Christianity is true, not merely my opinion, I think that all art is Christian.\u00a0 Since we are all created in the image of God, and our creative natures reflect God\u2019s creative nature, we cannot create and not in some way be revealing the glory of God\u2013as Christians understand him.\u00a0This leads me to re-cast that question a bit.\u00a0 Creation should be done for creation\u2019s sake.\u00a0 Art for art\u2019s sake, as it were.\u00a0 I think sometimes Christians put stuff out there that is not of very high quality but figure that since it has Christian content, or has a \u2018higher purpose\u2019, that\u2019s \u2018ok.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0 Worse:\u00a0 Christian publishers put out this stuff.\u00a0 Presumably, because it is safe\u2013it preaches to the choir. I think genuine art will resonate with both believers and unbelievers.<\/span>\r\n\r\nQ4: Do you have any words of wisdom for aspiring authors?<\/em><\/span>\r\n\r\nGenuine artists are always trying to improve their craft.\u00a0 Writers, painters, musicians\u2026 and even engineers, software coders\u2026 all who create strive to create the best they can.\u00a0\u00a0 If you are the sort of person who has to write, or they\u2019ll die, I doubt very much you\u2019re not the kind of person who tries to improve their writing.\u00a0 However\u2026<\/span>\r\n\r\nRealistic expectations are critical.\u00a0Absolutely critical.\u00a0What is it you want?\u00a0Do you think that your writing is meaningless unless it finds a publisher?\u00a0Will you release your stories from the cage of your mind, only to see them confined to your desk drawer until your death, simply because you can\u2019t find a publisher?\u00a0 I think there is a lot of that going on, and often because authors feel like they need to be validated by others.\u00a0 Unfortunately, publishers are producing a lot of crap these days\u2013and here I am referring to the \u2018traditional\u2019 publishers\u2013and if one of them picks up your work, that doesn\u2019t at all mean you\u2019ve been validated.\u00a0 I think one of the pitfalls authors fall into is that they seek validation for their work but not honest and earnest criticism of it\u2013and if a traditional publisher releases the work, obviously the work must be so good it can\u2019t be criticized!<\/span>\r\n\r\nBut that kind of attitude wars against the artist\u2019s instinct to improve their craft.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThere are oodles of ways to get your content out these days.\u00a0 If you have to create, you can create, and you don\u2019t need to wait around to be patted on the back.\u00a0 At the same time, this means you can open yourself up to feedback from others, because negative responses don\u2019t necessarily mean the death of your \u2018dream.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0 For under a thousand dollars, these days, anyone can achieve their \u2018dream.\u2019\u00a0 So, I say focus on producing the best, most satisfying creative piece you can and then let the pieces fall where they may.<\/span>\r\n\r\nQ5: Which of your creations has brought you the most joy?<\/em><\/span>\r\n\r\nI have a work, yet unpublished, written for pre-teens to early teens, that made shiver run up my spine many times while writing it.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait to finish it and let it out of its \u2018cage.\u2019\u00a0It presently has a terrible name:\u00a0\u201cThe Mammalites.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nQ6: Which has brought you the most heartache?<\/em><\/span>\r\n\r\nProbably my short story series imagining Antony Flew, Mother Teresa, and Richard Dawkins dying and going to heaven.\u00a0This short story collection was discovered by a somewhat famous blogger who fronts as a biologist at a public university in Minnesota, who proceeded to review it, without, it 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