Moving shop and shifting gears
Hoping you'll join me
Good afternoon, my friends. It’s been a long time since I last posted. If you follow me on any of my social media accounts, you may know why. I think I may have even mentioned in this newsletter how I’ve been deepening my relationship with Jesus and leaning more toward faith-based works.
Well, it’s finally happened. I’ve decided to stop writing horror. I’m shifting gears and focusing more on glorifying God. I’m in the process of writing a faith-based supernatural thriller of sorts. Nothing against anyone else who writes or reads horror. This is just my journey. The Holy Spirit has been pushing me towards getting out of horror for a while.
Some of you may have seen the drama on my Facebook page. I wore a Trump hat. It was just a picture of my brother and I wearing Maga hats. People lost their ever-loving minds over it. The “hateful hat” post made its rounds on Facebook, with lots of authors and readers I thought were friends sharing it, along with all kinds of unkind words about me. I won’t go into detail here because I wrote a long newsletter issue about it in my new Substack account.
From now on, I’ll be writing under my real name (or my initials anyway). CM Powers is the name I’ll be using for my new work. No more pretending to be somebody I’m not. If people want to hate on me because I believe Jesus is the only way into heaven, and if they think I’m hateful for wearing a Trump hat, then consider this the line in the sand.
You can leap over that line and join me on my new Substack account. I’d love to see you over there at
my account under author CM Powers. Or you can retreat and remain on the other side. Either way is fine. I totally understand if that’s the way you decide to go.If you do decide to check out my new newsletter, please read the first issue before making your decision to subscribe or not. It’s definitely going to ruffle some feathers. But that’s okay. It’s the real me, and I’m not going to cater to the bullies any longer.
I’m following God’s lead, and I’m writing to glorify Him. I should have listened sooner. Last night, all three of my Facebook accounts were shut down. Carver Pike (my horror account), Chris Genovese (my old romance account I didn’t really use anymore), and Chris Powers (my real name). I was able to get my real account back by verifying it.
I was planning to shut down the other two once I had the time to go through and make sure there weren’t any photos I wanted to keep from those accounts. Apparently, God was tired of me taking my time and said, “Enough is enough.”
It’s kind of a fresh, free feeling knowing I only need to be me now. No more contemplating shutting down those accounts. I think somebody who read my first newsletter issue on that other account probably reported me. It wouldn’t surprise me. But in the end, if that’s what you did, you were just doing the Lord’s work without realizing it, so thanks for having those shut down. Out of sight, out of mind.
To all the friends I’ve made who decide to say goodbye, I truly want to thank you for being a part of my life. It’s been a wild ride.
Chris (Carver)