Heavenletters

This is a great spot to give those interested an update on the book writing project I have proposed. Dream New Dreams applies to this book idea perfectly. It is one of my dreams to help write or produce a book that will serve as a very effective bridge to help introduce the magic of Heavenletters and Godwriting to people who may not otherwise be aware of them.

My silence over the last few days was because I have been very busy with this new project and, in addition, I have not known exactly what to say, until now, other than that the enthusiasm with which the idea was received has been wonderful. For those who missed the beginning of this discussion, it is embedded in the comments following Blessings from June 7, 2009.

Gloria kindly sent me the 15 chapters of a series of questions to God that formed a manuscript that had been offered to publishers in the past. They had been rejected and are still not published. When I started reading these chapters I was thrilled by the quality of the manuscript and puzzled by the publishers’ rejections.

I reasoned that the chapters would be equally uplifting and engaging to friends of mine, who were unfamiliar with Heavenletters, but who have strong interests in spiritual ideas. I invited them to read and comment on one of the chapters. I expected they would love the chapter and ask for more. I was quite surprised and a bit chagrined; they had a hard time relating to it. On close questioning, they could not relate to the beliefs and assumptions of the woman writing the questions to God. She was a devotee of Heavenletters and formed her questions within the framework of the concepts we take for granted, but my friends sometimes found confusing or distracting.

My conclusion from this, at this point, is that my assessment of the ease of producing the book I envisioned was overly optimistic. Having thought about this problem at length I have come up with some further thoughts. First, there doesn’t seem to be a strong need to write the book for Heavenletters subscribers who can easily access the source forums or can be easily sent the 15 chapter manuscript. Second, there is a fairly large group of people at present who are not consciously seeking spiritual answers or who are not open minded enough to even consider a book containing God’s recent revelations. The book will need to appeal to the in-between group who might consider alternative spiritual answers to life’s questions. I think this group is still very large, but they will require a carefully designed approach.

What I see as the implications for my book idea is that it will be necessary to go through the available manuscripts with this need in mind, selecting questions appropriate to these potential readers, especially for the earlier chapters. As the book develops, and the reader becomes acclimated to the new ideas, the questions later in the book can be more flexible. The title of the book, the forward and the introduction will also have to be very carefully done.

This will take a lot more time than anticipated, but it will be a joy to do! The material is spectacular and so uplifting.

I am VERY interested in your reactions to what I am saying here and particularly input about experiences in introducing friends and acquaintances to Heavenletters. What works and what doesn’t work? Another question is whether I should start a forum topic now to periodically update those interested in the progress of this project or just wait until I have a sample chapter for those who want to help review it.

Any thoughts? Thanks……Chuck