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So, are you going to write another book?
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Dear Reader, Once again, the Trinity Encounter in Montana (last month) was a time of profound spiritual renewal and directional revelation. I received two confirmations -one I'm not ready to share yet, and another I'd value your input on. When I wrote "The Rest of the Man's Show," I knew it would connect with some readers, but I received a response that I didn't expect, yet was pleasantly surprised by. Many readers have told me or shared in their reviews that they enjoyed not only the content but also the quality of the writing. This humbled me and encouraged me! At the Trinity Encounter, many of the guys began reading my book, and what I heard over and over is, "I just couldn't put it down." Music to an author's ears! The revelation I'm sharing with you today is the answer to a question I've been asked frequently: "Will you write another book?" The short answer is yes! Sort of. While my debut book is far from perfect, I am proud of it and of having completed it. However, what hurt the book is simply a lack of awareness. There are only so many books friends and family can buy. 😅 Such is the challenge with self-publishing a book when you don't have a massive platform to begin with. I plan to write a synopsis and some sample chapters, and then submit them to some literary agents and authors to see if I get any bites. If I can secure a publishing deal, I'll write the entire book, as I already have the title and concept. If there's little interest, then I'll pause for a season. One of the reasons I can't commit to doing another book on my own again is that the other, more significant revelation of direction I received will require a substantial amount of my time, energy, and focus, so I can't afford to divert my attention unnecessarily. I can't wait to share this other revelation with you soon; I'm already hard at work on it! Godspeed, Bill PS: I'm up to 29 five star reviews on Amazon!!! So thankful for everyone who has already done a review. If you haven't, would you mind taking a moment to do so now? Can we get to 30?!? 😁 |
The journey to my first book launch!
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Dear Reader, First of all, thank you so much for coming along with me on the journey to the release of my first book, The Rest of the Man's Show, this year! I love hearing stories of how it is reaching people. I recently ran into a guy I know from the cowork space I work out of downtown. He told me he's not religious, but he loved the book so much that he bought copies for his family as gifts this month. He told me he's curious to see their reaction when they receive this gift from him, since...
Dear Reader, I know we are knee deep in the Christmas season, so I will keep this very brief. We continue to have significant momentum as we build and prepare to launch early next year. Here are three quick, important updates: Launch date - Our launch date has been moved one week from 2/22/26 to 3/1/26 to resolve scheduling issues. Launch budget - We are 1/3 of the way towards our $150,000 launch budget goal. We need to order a bulk of our gear very soon to ensure it is on hand and ready for...
Dear Reader, On Monday, I had a conversation with Chris, a core member of our launch team (how we connected is a God story in and of itself). Chris asked, “Was it like this last time?” He wondered if things went like this when we planted a church many years prior in Connecticut. The reason he asked is that we were both marveling at how many things God has been doing and providing to bring One Life Church from vision into reality. After all, Bayside Church had just donated a trailer to us to...