On Becoming a Published Author

by Mark Noonan :: May 9, 2007 9:36 AM

It is a long held dream, and it has finally come true - for many years now I've said that I wanted to write, and now I have written for publication, and people have chosen to actually buy what I had a hand in making. It strikes me with awe over the power of God to work in our lives when we allow it to do so...

As I peeked in from time to time and noticed that the book was actually selling (we don't know how much yet, but we do know that it is selling), a fit of anxiety came over me - what if it flopped? What if it was judged to be no good by people I respect? What if it was a huge success? These thoughts and their attendant feelings flooded in on me in waves, bringing me into the elation of a completed task, and into the nightmare fears a human being can dredge up from the depths of his cluttered mind. Finally, after hours of such agonizing came the wisdom: Thy will be done.

Matt and I wrote this book - we put ourselves into it, and we hope it is good. I think it is good. But I also understand that if it is good, then I merely used a gift God gave me, and I hope I used it in a manner which brings glory to Him - I pray that my effort will have the highest reward, that of being praised by praiseworthy.

For all of you who have bought or will buy the book, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for having faith in the ability of Matt and I to do our job right, and I hope you'll be patient with whatever flaws you find in this book, written by your fallible servants.

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