Hi Phil,
I sure want to read your book when it is available.
Vinny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 11:41 PM
Subject: Christian Novel


> I haven't been posting as much on echurch of late because I have
> been spending my spare time, that is, when not watching
> grandchildren, either praying with people on pre scheduled prayer
> sessions, or working on a Christian novel.  I frankly, in spite of
> all the other writing I have done, never consider too seriously a
> novel.  Oh, I have written one but it was a western and I have
> never tried to get it published.  I have started a couple of other
> Christian novels but never got very far before giving up on the
> idea.  I began one about life during the millennium and another
> about the Christians during the tribulation.  I wrote a few
> chapters and haven't gotten back to either of those for a very
> long time.  I have also written many introductory chapters to
> other novels, mostly westerns, which I likewise have quickly lost
> interest in completely.  Since the changes the Lord has brought to
> my own life in the last two years, an idea germinated which I
> began day dreaming about many months ago.  I happened to mention
> my basic idea of a Christian story to Carol one day in an email
> and she insisted I begin writing it.  Well, shoot.  I still
> didn't take it seriously but I wrote the first chapter, emailed it
> to Carol and Mike to proof read it, and suddenly I was being
> pushed and encouraged to write more and more by them both.  The
> ministry of intercessory prayer I am in now full time became a
> part of this story.  The story itself is about a Satanic group
> which plots against churches to destroy some of them and to extort
> millions of dollars from other ministries.  In the middle of all
> of this, people get saved and healed and set free while others die
> and go to prison.  It is not a book for the light hearted.  I will
> be criticized for certain aspects of the book if it is ever seen
> by the public, too.  I decided, if I was going to write the book,
> it would be real and truthful.  Otherwise, why bother.  After
> writing some chapters and having Mike and Carol proof reading
> them, I have made major changes at times, to only imply, the
> violence and sin in which people become involved.  It is all
> there, however, for others to read when the time comes.  Publish
> it?  I will be surprised it is ever published by a Christian
> publisher.  Self publishing is an option, if you have the money,
> and I already have in mind a publisher that is a Christian bare
> bones publisher.  Again, you pay for everything but they do all
> the printing and binding.  You do all the marketing.  I am not
> even remotely interested in marketing any product and making money
> off the Body of Christ.  I'm not against those who do but I won't
> do it.  Selling a book is fine and there's nothing wrong with it
> but few authors ever see much money from their published works.  I
> have no interest in making money off Christians.  I do want people
> to read something that can change a life.  This book will stir
> people in ways they never dreamed.  Some will hate it.  Some will
> think it is the best read they have ever experienced.  Some people
> will cry as they read it and some will grieve because of the
> impact of the truth imbedded in the story itself.  Some will
> criticize it, and me, but others will experience freedom from
> bondage and those are who I care about.  What happens if no
> publishing company is interested in the book?  I could care less.
> I have a website where it can be displayed for free to anybody who
> wants to read it.  I won't be trying to publish the book, by the
> way, unless the Lord leads me to do so otherwise.  I guarantee
> you, however, that I will not be seeking any Christian publishing
> house to market my book.  I also already have another source who
> may show interest in the book due to the nature of their own
> ministry.  If they are interested in seeing it published, that
> alone will encourage me to do so.  Otherwise, as I said, it will
> be on the website for free to all.  I am nearing the end of the
> book, to my amazement, and I am passed the 180,000 word mark
> already.  It will easily pass 200,000 words by the time I finish.
> My oldest sister, by the way, is a published author of Christian
> educational materials and she is currently self publishing new
> Christian school materials shortly to be released.  She is,
> therefore, an excellent proof reader and knows the business.
> Unfortunately, my sister would be quite well to do by now but a
> Christian publisher, who was a personal friend of the family,
> literally stole my sister's copyrights.  He stole the copies of
> her books when he was fired from a big Christian publishing house,
> whose name most would know if I mentioned it, and that big
> publishing house took him to court.  He lost and was ordered by
> the judge to pay my sister a minimum of 30,000 dollars.  She had
> already lost over 150,000 dollars in royalties but this guy didn't
> have five cents to his name.  He never even paid the 30,000
> dollars to my sister either.  How did I get off on to all that?
> Anyhow, my point is this.  Once the first draft of the book is
> complete, I won't display it publicly on my website but it will
> be available privately to those who want to read it.  I won't
> display it publicly until I learn if anybody is interested in it.
> If they aren't, I'll put it on my website and then pray about self
> publishing.  To do self publishing right, however, you need about
> 30,000 dollars just to get the publishing part done right and
> copies of the book made.  Then you spend a long time trying to get
> interviews on radio stations and doing personal appearances.  I
> have absolutely no interest in any of that.  Maybe during the
> Millennium when there is more time for such things but not now.
> What I want to do now is what the Lord called me to do and that's
> to pray with people who need to be set free from woundedness.  So,
> please pray about all this, if you think about it, and when the
> book's first draft is finished, I'll let you all know.  I have a
> private passworded upload and download folder on my website where
> you'll be able to get the book or I will be able, of course, to
> email it as an attachment.
>
> Phil.
>
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