Thread by @AlethiaWrites

Hi new friends! Thanks for joining conversation here, typically re:
-survivor care & abuse in churches
-critical analysis of “biblical” family life teaching & high control religion
-advocacy for children
-OCD/scrupulosity
-storytelling Scripture
#amquerying #amwriting ⬇️🧵

#amquerying my novel THE DAUGHTER:
SPEAK+#shinyhappypeople: Stay-at-home-daughter Hope grapples w/religious OCD, forbidden ministry ambitions, & web of abuse cultivated by her Christian dominionist community as she fights to find the self she was always taught to put to death.

#amwriting:
-#greatparentingrescue-esque non-fiction book critically analyzing theological/sociological influences on "biblical" family life/parenting ideology.

-MG fantasy: Hobbitish hedgehogs & ornery feline steeds save fairyland from moths that steal all the animals' tears.

#amwriting (s-l-o-w-l-y):
-Epic fantasy: Magical realism+ancient Egypt+the prophetic witness of four women--Miriam, Shiphrah, Puah & Bithia--who save baby Moses by defying the forces of Egypt & the crocodile god Sobek. (Untitled b/c titles are the hardest; Eve vs. Sobek?🤔)

#amwriting:
-THE BIBLE IN AN AFTERNOON: short book that storytells overarching narrative of Scripture in accessible, abbreviated format.
-Prayers of the People that incorporate Sunday lections for Years A,B,&C w/BCP prayer forms. Editing-in-progress: prayersofthefaithful.org

#amediting:
-I am a freelance editor: magazines, articles, essays, novels from developmental suggestions to line edits. (Chronically embarrassed by my twitter typos). More here: marissaburt.com/consultation

Glad to connect here on twitter & look forward to the conversations. M