A mighty spiritual weapon or a waste of time? What exactly
is prayer? Is it something to be engaged in fiercely as if wielding a weapon in
the midst of a spiritual battle, or is it a just a personal practice to achieve
a calmer, more focused, and disciplined life? Does prayer really change
anything?
Those questions and so many more are discussed inside the
pages of my soon-to-be released book, “Prayer: It’s Not About You”. The book
does not simply offer one writer’s perspective on the topic of prayer. Instead,
it delves deep into scripture to see how prayer is presented in God’s word.
I am so excited to let you know that I am finally down the
homes stretch of the publication and release of the book I wrote on prayer. I
turned in the galley edits to my publisher last week, so now it’s just a matter
of time until I announce that it is released!
What are galley edits? That is the last step in editing a
book. It’s when the publisher sends the author a digital copy of the formatted
book with each line in the document assigned a number. The author re-reads her
book (for the umpteenth time) and notes any additional edits she may desire by
listing the line number and the suggested edit in a separate document that she
sends back to the editor / publisher.
This book is my Opus. It took four years to write and longer
than that to get published. As an unpublished manuscript it was named one of
only 25 finalists out of over 750 entries in the 2011 “Women of Faith” manuscript
national competition. And very soon it will be available for purchase on
Amazon. I will keep you posted! J
