This Very Cool Couple

Wow.. Some of you are going to be sooo jealous because I got to have lunch yesterday with none other than Becky Kenealy (and her awesome husband Dan). Becky is just as warm and genuine and kind as you'd imagine from reading her blog, and it was a true pleasure to spend some time with this very cool couple. Thank you Becky and Dan for taking the time to swing by Fort Wayne on your multi-state motorcycle ride!

Also, have a quick clarifying prayer request. You saw in my recent whiny post that publishing efforts are fraught with various forms of torture at every turn, not the least of which is waiting and then, well, rejection. You can't sugar coat it -- it just is what it is. My problem is that I don't turn the whole thing over to prayer and let it go like I should. I hold onto the good the bad and the ugly of the process like grim death.

I'm a little thick headed that way.

With that said, below are the publishing houses that have rejected it, and the others (in red) still remain as possibilities, though Steve Laube (that agent o' mine) considers them more in the "distant" possibility category. The landing of an agent was a very good thing, but this good thing won't last forever.

Essentially, if these don't work out, I'm back to marketing it on my own.

So, distant or not, I'm pretty sure that God is capable of the type of miracle necessary to turn it around. Yes, it be true.. anything is possible through Him. Can I get an amen?

Any and all prayers would truly be appreciated!!



In the "still possible" category:

Zondervan
Revell
FaithWords/Hachette
Berkley/Penguin
Howard/Simon & Schuster
NavPress
IVP




Rejected (how could they?)


Moody
Jossey-Bass
Waterbrook/Random House
Thomas Nelson
Cook Communications
Regal Books
Broadman