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Christmas Discounts for Two New Catholic Novels

Author Kevin Rush wishes you Merry Christmas with 25% off his latest books

We’re coming up on Thanksgiving, and in no time we’ll be preparing for Christmas. There is much to be thankful for this year (including, perhaps, the preservation of our beloved Republic), but even so, our posture should be prayerful anticipation rather than premature jubilation. As we do every year in Advent, we must reflect on our shortcomings, our flaw and failures, and marvel that in spite of it all, God our Father wishes to shower us with mercy. May His mercy draw us closer to Him and farther from the abyss of “fundamental transformation” we’ve been toeing of late.

On the point of gratitude, I am very thankful for the loyal readers who’ve supported my modest efforts to tilt the cultural axis back to quality entertainment that uplifts and edifies. Your willingness to purchase, read, and post reviews of my books has kept me going, despite the Sisyphean existence of the independent author. In the spirit of gratitude, I want to offer you these links for Christmas discounts of my most recent books, Harvesting Eden and The Wedding Routine 2: Destination Lyon.

Hardly a warm-and-fuzzy Christmas story, Harvesting Eden is a rough-edged fable that employs fantasy and sci-fi motifs to illustrate the dangers of contemporary, secular society, where today’s fleeting feelings are weighed more heavily in the balance than 5,000 years of hard-won wisdom.

As 16-year-old Tara Hartzwell mourns the loss of her twin sister, she’s ready to throw her own life away, until the appearance of a mystery girl plunges Tara into an intragalactic struggle, that teaches her there is no peace for a creature at war with its Creator. But now that I think of it, Harvesting Eden might be a classic Yuletide tale, in the tradition of A Christmas Carol. “God bless us, everyone!”

Readers of The Wedding Routine, which I released three years ago, will recall that Christmas played a prominent role in the climax of that story. I won’t give anything away for those of you who haven’t started the series, but Celia and Emile are back in The Wedding Routine 2: Destination Lyon. Yes, it’s a destination wedding for our two lovebirds, but not without the screwball complications that make for an entertaining RomCom.

Destination Lyon is also my personal love letter to the city I visited in fall of 2019. It’s filled with cultural and historical references woven into the narrative, as the reader encounters this beautiful city through the eyes of its natives and Celia’s crazy New Jersey relatives.

Again, not to give too much away, but as Celia finds her dancer’s feet getting a bit cold, she’s pretty much on her own. She has no luck seeking advice from her uncles or even her mother, who seem to be going through simultaneous midlife crises, which their experience in Lyon helps them happily resolve. Destination Lyon neatly sets up The Wedding Routine 3, which I hope to compete in a timely manner.

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To get your discounted copy of either book, just click on the link in the second paragraph above. They take you directly to IngramSparks, the printer. Once again, thank you for your support, and I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas.

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The Wedding Routine Garners Five-Star Amazon Reader Review

For independent authors, reader reviews are our lifeblood. Unfortunately, not many readers know this. I’ve had readers compliment my work sumptuously, but when I look on Amazon or Goodreads for a review, nothing! This dilemma forces us to take extreme measures, such as giving away 100 free copies through a Goodreads Giveaway in hopes that some percentage of those folks will read the book AND leave us a review (but only if they like it!). Since we launched The Wedding Routine in late November, and the holidays kept people very busy, now’s the time we’d expect reader reviews to come trickling in.

So, here’s our first Amazon Review, given Five Stars!

Delightful and satisfying comedy-romance

“Loved the pace and the immediacy of this relatable story. If you are a fan of screwball comedies with clever repartee, this novel is for you. Author Kevin Rush used dance sequences to good effect to reveal relationships between the characters. Vivid, well-crafted story-telling.”

Thank you, “Pomegranate,” whoever you are, and thanks to all who purchased and are currently enjoying The Wedding Routine. We hope to see your reviews soon. If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, you can order by clicking the image below.

P.S. Sadly, another reason we need honest, favorable reviews is to counteract the effects of malicious reviews that bad actors post for their personal or political reasons. We all understand how cancel culture works. Some lunatic decides that your personal, political, or religious beliefs disqualify you from living peaceably in society, and they take it upon themselves to destroy your career. I’ve had malicious reviews posted on Goodreads and Amazon by people who seem to have opened their account simply to slam my book, which they obviously didn’t read. I’ve also had people list complaints about a book that had no bearing on what I had written, and must have been meant for some other book. It’s all but impossible to correct these matters, so we rely on our honest readers to restore balance. Thanks for understanding.

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Author Kevin Rush Talks ‘Subpopcult’ with Screenwriter Michael McGruther

Podcast discussion covers writers’ inspiration from Swing dancing to Catholicism.

I recently sat down with my friend Michael McGruther for a wide-ranging discussion on his Sub Pop Cult podcast, to be released Friday December 10. This wasn’t just a courtesy visit to plug my new book, The Wedding Routine. We talked in-depth about the many challenges facing independent creators who’ve chosen to work outside the corrupting restraints of conventional Hollywood.

Sub Pop Cult is a weekly one-hour podcast that examines how pop culture storytelling and political narrative merge to produce the political results desired by those already in power. Featuring interviews with indie artists of all stripes, Sub Pop Cult leads the way in restoring culture from the bottom up by bringing attention to truly independent culture creators. The creator and host of Sub Pop Cult, Michael McGruther is best known as the screenwriter of Tigerland (2000) starring Colin Farrell, and the author of the science fiction thriller Crisis Moon. But he is passionate about supporting a grass roots movement of independent artists telling the stories that don’t fit the narrow rut of the Hollywood-Industrial complex.

Michael and I met in Los Angeles, roughly 15 years ago, as part of a nascent Conservative movement that unfortunately, never crawled out of its cradle. Back then I was trying to sell a screenplay, which I eventually turned into the novel, The Lance and the Veil, an adventure in the time of Christ. Naturally, since Mike is a fellow Catholic, we touched on that project and my first book, Earthquake Weather, a novel for Catholic teens, which grew out of my experiences as a parochial school teacher.

Mike and I draw heavily on our Catholic faith for inspiration and guidance, and we share a determination to carve out a niche where virtuous storytelling can thrive. If you’re interested in our talk, you can find the Sub Pop Cult podcast with Michael McGruther at the Apple Store.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Wedding Routine by Kevin Rush

The Wedding Routine

by Kevin Rush

Giveaway ends December 20, 2021.

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