Professional Proposal Writer
Tomorrow morning bright and early, if all goes as planned, I head out to Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, to hear Carlos Zazueta preach. Its a big day--he is filling in for Dr. Chuck Swindoll. We met Carlos on our first mission trip to Mexico back before he knew how to put together a simple Bible study. He was the first assistant to the mayor in a city of a couple million, working with professionals and wanting to take them deeper in their knowledge of the Bible. What a delight to see where that path has led.
From there I head to the airport to catch a flight to Denver. It is time once again for CBA/ICRS. And I have meetings galore stuffed into two days so I can get back late Tuesday in time to make class at UTD on Wednesday morning. (Two weeks to go, and a huge paper due between now and then.)
Tonight as I was furiously fighting printer problems, I told my husband I'm no longer an author. I am a professional proposal writer. I have all these proposals for the books I want to write and ICRS is the time to pitch the ideas to publishers.
So it is time for you to weigh in. Can you help me decide--what shall I do next?
AMG wants more of the Coffee Cup series. The Book of Ruth is a definite yes. But should I do Colossians, Ephesians, or Philippians from the NT? Coffee with the Colossians has a nice right. Or should that be Cappaccino? Or Cuppa?
I am chewing on two fiction works. One is another medical thriller titled Informed Consent about a doc dad who tries to save his son's life by harvesting an organ illegally. Another possibility is a totally different direction: The Inconstant Moon about a female seminary prof in London who encounters the challenges of being an American overseas and a woman in a man's world.
In non-fiction I could write Surprised by Dignity: What the Bible and the Church Daughters (1350-1798) Teach Me about the Role of Women. It would detail my journey from thinking that women should not even enter a ThM program to teaching in one.
Another possibility in non-fiction: Readings from Dorothy L. Sayers on creativity: “In the beginning God created. He made this and he made that, and he saw that it was good.” Thus she begins in one of her chapters, titled, “The Image of God.” She argues that “the characteristic common to God and man is apparently … the desire to make things.” Drawing on her own experience as a creator of poetry, plays, translations, mysteries, and essays, Sayers often explores the theme of the creator and created. That one I would not write; I'd just compile.
Any of these sound interesting to you? Anything you would rather see me do than one of these? What think ye?