Inside the Book:
Title: Saving Jesus
Author: Ralph William Ausman
Publisher: iUniverse
Genre: Alternative History
Format: Ebook/Paperback
The canvas of history provides a complex pattern of culture, change, and conflict. Colorful individuals were often the driving forces behind the progression of history. Was there a grander purpose behind these developments, beyond the individual people, locations, and events? History often turns on a simple thought or decision by those in a position to have a significant impact on the ultimate course for humankind. What influence did some of the most significant personages in human history unknowingly contribute on the world stage, even beyond their own individual stories and experiences? Was his story truly the driving force of history, the basic thread that ties the global human experience together? Author Ralph William Ausman's novel, Saving Jesus: Resurrecting John the Baptist takes us on a journey through history, from the Holy Land, to China, India, Greece, and ancient Persia. It follows the origins of religious thought as world empires play out across the globe in preparation for the defining moment in world history: the birth of Jesus and the subsequent emergence of Christianity that would define world growth and development for the next two thousand years. Ausman looks at such questions as what would have happened had the wise men followed Jesus and his family or if John the Baptist had become Jesus's first disciple. Saving Jesus: Resurrecting John the Baptist is not intended as a refutation of the Bible. Instead, it invites you to take an interesting-and different-look at the most important events and people of history.
The Interview:
Can you give us a go-for-the-gut answer as to why you wanted to be an author?
Express some ideas and thoughts that I wanted to
share in a manner that was hopefully accessible to the general public.
Tell us (we won’t tell promise!) is it all it’s cracked up to be? I mean what are the perks and what are the demands?
No perks yet. It does feel good to have
accomplished something that represents my own thoughts and ideas. No idea how
others will respond.
Which route did you take – traditional or self-published – and can you give us the nitty gritty low down on what’s that like?
Self-published. iUniverse was very helpful in
the process every step of the way. The key was preparing a manuscript I was
comfortable with even though it took longer than I originally expected.
Tell us for real what your family feels about you spending so much time getting your book written, polished, edited, formatted, published, what have you?
My family did not know and some were rather
disappointed that I did not say anything about it until I had finished the
initial manuscript. Since then, they have become proud of my accomplishment and
talk it up with everyone they meet.
In writing your book, how did you deal with the phone ringing, your family needing dinner or your boss calling you saying you’re late?
I just plowed through the distractions the best
I could. It was a ’secret project’ so I pretty much followed everyone else’s
schedule, with gaps between actual writing. This also gave me time to think
about where I would go next with the book.
Meet the Author:
Ralph William Ausman earned a degree in computer science from California State University, Northridge. He then lived and worked in Europe and Singapore with his wife and daughter before returning to the United States. Ausman has always had an interest in different religions and their effects on culture and history.
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