Daily Archives: July 21, 2012

Book Update…

I finished what will  hopefully be the last of the proof editing last night around 2:00 AM. The cover and galley had come back with two minor errors in each. Unfortunately, they had to be corrected and turned back in for corrections. This means that I will have to receive the edited proofs back Monday and finally approve them, once and for all.

What does all this mean?

I will have a printed book ready for public distribution on my new release date of Aug. 10th, one day after the Kickstarter project. Although I will have limited funds without a successful Kickstarter project, I will still be going ahead with publishing, just on a limited basis. There will not be any money for prints or note cards from the cover art until either the Kickstarter is successful or I have obtained enough sales of the book to help cover those costs.

I have tentative plans to start my book signing/reading at  one of the closest places of inspiration for the book, Valdese NC. Aug. 10-11th is their Waldensian Festival, which is held each year. This will be my first time being able to attend the festival, and some what making the journey of 18 years research full circle. I can’t describe to you how wonderful this will be. Regardless if I am approved to sell my book through the Waldensian Museum there in Valdese or not, just to start the journey there, the place that helped form the ideas  behind the book, will be a dream come true.

There are also plans underway to continue the journey the following weekend when I will be traveling to Auburn Alabama to attend my unofficially adopted niece’s wedding. We are trying to arrange, and yes I would love any suggestions, book signing/readings along the way. I would like to find something around Atlanta for Friday night and something for Saturday night in Auburn if possible. I would also be more than happy to speak to any groups or congregations about what the theological inspiration themes were written into the book.

I had a wonderful fellowship this morning at the Chatham Mills Farmers Market with a military chaplain and his family. I shared with them that I now feel like I am standing on the edge of an abyss where I’m about to step off into the unknown, with my faith being the only thing I can be assured of holding up the next footstep. Yes, it has become more than just a book, it has become a calling….

Let the light shine in the darkness, Lux Lucent in Tenebris….

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