I’ve had a second novel in draft form for some time now.  Again, it has a religious theme. The premise for the story occurs at the confluence of Christianity and Buddhism — a place I am drawn to, for reasons beyond my current understanding.  I like to tinker around at the fringes of orthodoxy, in places which are often a long way from the comfort zone of many fellow Catholics.  It is as place where the language is rough and the characters undeserving. In this new story, the spirit of John the ...