Book Update

Some authors have the luxury of holing away and writing full time. Fellow Edinan, the late Vince Flynn, went to a rich guy’s pool house every day and wrote for 8 uninterrupted hours (this was before wireless, and he’d jammed a screwdriver into his laptop’s ethernet port to fight the temptation of the internet).

I, however, am not such an author. Like most authors, I write in fits and starts between my several jobs, grading papers, coaching a baseball team (we won last night!), and other commitments. As such, I haven’t looked at the manuscript in a week. But today I revise chapters 3-5.

I’m working with an editor who is uniquely suited to me, I think. And I’ve been thrilled with the feedback I’ve gotten so far — it will be an eminently better book because of his involvement. And, believe it or not, I’ve already had meetings about PR and marketing with various personnel of the publishing house — that’s a first!

The book is officially titled, Did God Kill Jesus?, and it releases on March 17, 2015. We’re still working on getting the subtitle just right.

I will occasionally be tweeting lines from the book with the hashtag #DGKJ — you can tweet me questions and thoughts about the book there, too.

I’ll be honest, it’s an exciting time. Summer’s here, the garden is planted, I’m going north to fish this weekend with my sons, and I’m neck deep in a book for which I have high hopes. Thanks to all of you who read this blog and have been an encouragement. I’ll keep you posted…