When You Least Expect It...
As many of you know, the impetus for uploading my book came from a local library. Last November while attending a baby shower, I had a few minutes to talk with another author who has mentored me along this journey with my novel. She mentioned that the large Portland library downtown had posted a Writer's Project for local authors. Any author interested could upload their novel on Smashwords. Those selections accepted would be purchased and added into the Multnomah County Overdrive system. Nancy highly encouraged me to consider this opportunity. I did and the fury of final editing and formatting began. Personally, I find formatting and editing much more difficult than the actual writing of a novel, but I digress. After weeks of work, I uploaded the novel on December 21st just days before the contest deadline. Those of you who did not receive a Christmas card now understand why! Christmas came; Christmas went. Valentine's Day came; Valentine's Day went. I picked up my phone to call and laid it back down time and again. Trust God's timing or pursue and pester, the endless questions assailed me. I decided to leave the outcome in God's hands and moved on to live life.
Thursday the e-mail came. It was a busy day. I was running out the door to meet my daughter for lunch. I stared at the unknown name and address sitting in my inbox unsure whether to open this unsolicited mail. Without even thinking of the contest, I did.
"Congratulations! Your book, Spring Thaw, has been selected to be added to the library’s e-book collection as part of the Library Writers Project. We had nearly 150 submissions to the Library Writers Project this year and yours was a standout. Your book will be featured on the Multnomah County Library OverDrive web site, which is accessed by 20,000 unique users monthly.
Thank you for submitting to the first ever Library Writers Project. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns."
And there it was when I least expected it! I happy reminder that God's timing is best. A encouragement to obey His leading and then leave the results up to Him...a lesson to be learned and relearned time and time again.
http://multco.lib.overdrive.com/11226863-0AC7-4ED5-A6DB-ADA6D6C69515/10/50/en/SearchResults.htm?SearchID=59979582s&SortBy=Relevancy
Thursday the e-mail came. It was a busy day. I was running out the door to meet my daughter for lunch. I stared at the unknown name and address sitting in my inbox unsure whether to open this unsolicited mail. Without even thinking of the contest, I did.
"Congratulations! Your book, Spring Thaw, has been selected to be added to the library’s e-book collection as part of the Library Writers Project. We had nearly 150 submissions to the Library Writers Project this year and yours was a standout. Your book will be featured on the Multnomah County Library OverDrive web site, which is accessed by 20,000 unique users monthly.
Thank you for submitting to the first ever Library Writers Project. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns."
And there it was when I least expected it! I happy reminder that God's timing is best. A encouragement to obey His leading and then leave the results up to Him...a lesson to be learned and relearned time and time again.
http://multco.lib.overdrive.com/11226863-0AC7-4ED5-A6DB-ADA6D6C69515/10/50/en/SearchResults.htm?SearchID=59979582s&SortBy=Relevancy
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