Need a HEAD COUNT, Please...

All right folks, it's about time I took an informal survey to have some idea how many copies of "Zion Rising" (that'll be BOOK 3, those who are waiting!) I'll need to order.

Since there's been a LONG wait, I'm willing to put out a First Edition on my own while I shop it to publishers. (Yes... my 2nd publisher also ceased to publish books last year, so I have to start all over... again) I have several options to look into, but the bottom line is business, and I don't want to wind up with too many--I can always reprint.

So... if you're waiting, AND are going to BUY the book, not just snag a copy from your friend (which is OK! I'm happy you're reading it!), please leave a comment here with a # of how many you'd pre-order.

This is NOT an official pre-order call! I need a better spreadsheet before I work that out.

But if we're all lucky, and it's a green light from the first readers without massive plot rewrites, my hope is to have something available to all you wonderful people before the year is out. Keep praying for me... I do need them. :)

Thanks!

PS: I'm doing a scary thing here and opening up my blog to comments by "Anyone" temporarily, so you don't need a Blogger/Google account to chime in on this one.
This is a TEMPORARY setting! Please don't abuse it. :) Thanks!

Just Keep Swimming, Just Keep Swimming...

That's my theme for August.
I love Dori and her simple but effective advice to Nemo ("Finding Nemo" by Disney) in this little, one-line, catchy song. It works - and it's very true.

I'm continuing with Tristi and the gang on a second BIAM (Book In A Month) challenge, which is really just continuing the momentum we got going in July. Feel free to join us, if you're a writer and need some motivation!

Tristi's BIAM Challenge Blog

It is my fervent hope and prayer that I will have a completed, reasonably presentable draft available to selected "First Readers" sometime in September.

Please, if you feel so inclined, include me in your prayers that I'll have all the tools and capacity I need to finish this book. This request goes especially to any of you who happen to be WAITING rather impatiently to READ it. :) I could certainly use this help if you can give it. I'm a firm believer in the power of prayer. I know that as we all pull together that good things can come to pass.

Thanks for all your loyalty and support!

Hooray!

Okay... this may be a little silly, but it worked.
I'm participating in Tristi Pinkston's BIAM (Book in a Month) challenge this month, and she told us all that if we made our writing goal for Friday and Saturday, we could snag this picture from her blog.

So: I did it!
I wrote 1500 words last night and 1300 tonight.

And no, you can't read any of them.

Sorry! The sneak preview window is officially closed until the MS is complete.

However, I am open to additional motivational tools to keep me going, your sincere prayers on my behalf that I can finish this thing this summer, and your continuing support and loyalty to these books. I appreciate each one of you very much!

THANK YOU!

If you're on Facebook -

Then come on out to my brand-new "Pages" for each of my books!
Come see!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Prodigal-Journey-by-Linda-Paulson-Adams/21514688670
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Refining-Fire-by-Linda-Paulson-Adams/40245143464

While you're there, you can click to "Be a Fan!" of each book, and if you want to, you can post something to the discussion board or the Wall. Could be fun!

Thanks!
...And YES, I'm still working furiously on Book 3 of this trilogy!

Quick UPDATE on Kirby & Corbin!

Hi folks!
It's confirmed - Kirby and Corbin will perform a mini-set at the Good Ol days Stage at 3 p.m. right smack in the middle of main street in Auburn.

Also, they will be signing autographs at Deseret Book at 11:00 a.m. Please ask me if you don't know how to get there.

Also, if you buy 4 $10 tickets, you get one free - 5 for $40 - a great deal!

We expect to sell out the day of the concert, as we'll be selling the rest of the tickets during Good 'ol Days, so please don't wait till the last minute to get yours, or you may be disappointed!

This is not General Admission (sit wherever you want) but numbered seating, which is another reason not to wait. Why sit in the back-40 when for $2 more you can sit up-front and center?

If you've been to any event in the PAC--you know what I'm talking about.
Thanks, everyone!