Aug 30, 2016

Hullo the Fire! 

After sending query letters and manuscripts to more than a few publishing houses and literary agents, all to no avail, I’m very happy that Watchfires Against The Lord has found a home here on Inkshares. I believe in this book and in its message, and it’s been extremely encouraging to find other writers here who have shown interest. Thank you all so much, and I hope to see our tribe grow in the months to come. 

Here’s a little about my game plan for publication. As a pastor and theology student, I have something of a potential  readership outside Inkshares, but I want to make sure the campaign starts as strong as possible and reaches both the Inkshares tribe and my other communities effectively and simultaneously. To that end, I’ve been working with a musician friend to write and produce a men’s choir piece that will be turned into a promotional music video, hopefully sometime in October. Once the trailer is ready, I will also have a friend  who runs a production company interview me, and these videos will be released on Inkshares and to my network. Then the hard work of the campaign will begin. In the meantime I will be uploading a few more sample chapters and excerpts, including an excerpt from chapter 5 and a summary/outline that are going up today. 

Again, thanks for your support! I will be happy to trade recommendations with anyone, exchange advice or opinions, or even a full read/copy/developmental edit if anyone is interested. 

Happy writing,

J.