Sins of Our Fathers | Author Blog

I am pleased to report that I received a very favorable in depth review of Sins of Our Fathers (SOF) from an editor from a well known Christian book publisher.

Out of three manuscripts reviewed in my genre it looks like SOF rose to the top. She presented me with a number of suggested revisions to improve the manuscript.

As I wrote quickly this morning on my other blog, The Great Separation,

“there are some [suggestions] that I don’t agree with – what writer always does We writers tend to have something of an ego, though most would probably say that my ego isn’t all that big (some would say it needs to be bigger), but our work is our baby and ultimately we want our baby to mature and stand on it’s own in the publishing world.”

And making the manuscript shine is the goal. That and getting it on book shelves across the nation then the world (insert world domination laugh here).

So I’m going to put on hold the current writing project I think and return to the world of Jack Grayson, Brooke Simmons, and Maxwell Tyler – characters I love.

It’ll be interesting returning there. Already the gears in the grey matter are spinning, and shifts in story and additional possibilities are going off like little chimes in a mantel clock.

One thing I need to do is break out the flash software and update the news on the main book page. So that goes on the list of things to do along with printing out the manuscript so I can feel the pages under my red pen.

For those of you who know me well, you know that I am a very patient man.

As you know I’ve submitted my book proposal to Thomas Nelson, Inc. and am waiting to hear back from them on a yea or a nay. I’m finding myself not so patient in this instance. Which is weird for me. I think it’s because I long for something to happen. I fully expect that the acquisition editor will take her time in getting back to me for the soul reason that I am dead certain that she is swamped with work. All editors are. There is a ton of stuff they must work through, and I sympathize and am amazed at what they are able to accomplish.

So I think my impatience isn’t really with not hearing from the publisher so much as it is with a desire for something to happen. Several years ago I felt on the cusp of something, like the Lord was about to move in my life and things were going to change. So I think that’s from where the impatience is stemming.

Perhaps something has changed, but I can’t see it because my focus is wrong. Something for me to think about.

I’ve been trying to work on several different writing projects from writing a sermon, to working on poetry, to thinking about a non-fiction weight-loss book, to thinking about which novel idea to start next. I’m having a hard time settling into a routine. Part of that is the season. There’s just so much going on in my church. Part of it’s because I’ve gotten out of habits necessary to writing. Saying, “No,” to myself and to others is a very important part of scheduling that I need to re-establish.

Well, I think I will quit waiting on hearing anything on my proposal and get on with those things within my grasp. After all, those are the things the Lord gives me today. I need to let Him dwell on what might be and give my hands to what is today.