Cover — can you tell I had to look inside already?
The inside layout … and a hint of humor.
Today I received the first “proof” copy of the print version of The Focus of Prayer. I have a couple of minor changes to make, and then the book is ready to be printed. But we’re not quite ready to have it printed yet. We have a few things to sort out still.
The print version integrates the devotional and the study guide. Retail price is expected to be $4.99.
I still have one of these, though I haven’t shot medium format in a long time.
This might seem like quite a leap.
I’m finishing up a young-adult fantasy series,
But the devotional is tied to my “day job” with New Tribes Mission.
The Focus of Prayer: a Balanced Prayer Life takes a look not only at praying for yourself – which we all do and should do – and seeks to balance it with two important facets of prayer that we often miss: praying for others, and praying for what’s on God’s heart.
The Kindle version will be free, and there will also be a free study guide. We’ll also make a print version, which will incorporate the study guide, but because of production costs, we’ll have to charge for that.
I’ll keep you posted when it’s ready to go.
In the meantime, if you’d like to find out more about my work with NTM, you can take a look at my NTM blog.
Yes, it’s The Man with Two Eyes, now available for Kindle and in paperback.
The second Nascent Payne mystery sees our eponymous hero investigating the death of the daughter of his former commander, only to find out he’s been here before.
What’s that mean? Well, you’ll have to read it to find out. Get your copy
Two books are still in editing.
In late November, I completed the final drafts of The White-Silver House, which is the fifth and final book of the fantasy series, The Day Magic Died. Soon afterward, I also completed The Man with Two Eyes, the second Nascent Payne mystery.
I turned those over to my team of critical readers for their input. I have not received input from even half of them yet.
I don’t blame them, however. For one thing, they’re all volunteers. They’re doing this to help me.
It’s also important to note that four of the five had major life changes in the last few months: an unexpected move; a new child; new jobs; etc.
So I am trying to prod them without being a pest – which is a tough balancing act when you’re already sort of a pest like I am. I’ll keep you posted …
Photo by Daniel Mayer
I’m headed back to the place where everything changed.
Two years ago I was well along in drafting my series, The Day Magic Died. I just had no idea what I would do with it.
It seemed it would be problematic for publishers. I was a first-time novelist, and it’s tough to break into book publishing. It’s also not so much a series of five books, as it is a single huge story in five volumes. I was thinking I probably had to at least have a couple of the volumes written, and all of them drafted, before a publisher would look at them.
Even then, it seemed unlikely that a conventional publisher would commit to publishing all five books.
That’s where my thinking was when I went to South by Southwest, and met Hugh Howey.
I didn’t know who he was until I went to a panel on the future of publishing. He was on the panel, representing independently published authors, because he was — and is — a highly successful independently published author. I was intrigued by what I heard, so I went to his book signing afterward. There weren’t many people there, so I was able to talk with him for a while. Maybe too long. Eventually he told me that he had to go use the restroom.
But what I learned was enough for me to decide to publish my series, The Day Magic Died, for the Kindle and in paperback, myself.
by Ian Fallis 
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