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Date Posted: 16:55:55 03/10/04 Wed
Author: beccabee
Subject: I Need Help from the Great Lallynetwork! (I am double posting this on Spirit World and in the

My father, age 81, has written a book on prayer, a compilation of writing from over sixty years of thought and study that literally began when he was a kid in high school. I illustrated it for him and edited it a bit, which felt kind of funny as I only have a B.S. to his exalted Ph.D. Now he is at the "let's get this published" stage and so far has been turned down by two publishers who have given him glowing reviews but suggest that the book won't sell unless he dumbs it down. My editing (as well as critiques from friends and colleagues) has already taken it from the post-doc level down to the high school grad level. So far, several churches have expressed interest in using the book for teaching as it is, without any "dumbing." The New American Standard Bible people have one of our draft copies we had bound by Staples that they keep on a coffee table in their office. We sent it to them because we had to get permission above and beyond what they allow for quotations and they liked the book so much they kept it. The book has merit, but we are running into the mentality that says a publication must read like the USA Today to sell these days. What is that, at the 9th or 7th grade level now? So, I really want to ask you Lallyfolks, because I love my father and want to see him published very much - - - does anyone out there have a suggestion for a publisher? A publisher not afraid of words of more than one syllable?

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[> Hey, I have an agent, and she might be interested in working with the text. Currently she is not taking new submissions, but she might make an exception for me. :) Email me and we'll knock heads on this. -- Ann, 11:28:09 03/11/04 Thu


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[> beccabee, I know this is really late, but how did you get on with having your dad's book published? It sounds intriguing and like something I would enjoy. Let us know when it is available :-) -- Kylie McA, 23:04:09 04/25/04 Sun


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