Send me your good vibes!
 

Hey everyone!

Several of you know that I fancy myself a writer and have been actively pursuing a real career as a novelist over the past two years.

Just wanted to ask the praying people to pray for me HARD over the next couple weeks as I move forward in my career, website, and the completion of the first draft of my second novel. This is a really exciting time for me, and I am hoping that everything comes together in a positive way!

:D

And if you're not a praying person, wishes of "no specific harm" will also be appreciated. ;)

Wishes of no specific harm. LOL. Good luck and keep us posted. :D

Sounds like things are really coming together for you! Best of luck in your endeavors! :)

Rock 'em homie!

-Rudey

best of luck to you!

and when you're novel is published, will you send me an autographed copy? ;) :D

Good luck - that's really impressive that you're on your second novel.

Best of luck to you! My best friend is about in the same stage as you are in her writing career (only she isn't on her second novel yet) I wanna read it!!;)

Good vibes to you Brother! Kick some butt!

and I want an autographed copy of your novel too! :D

Best of luck to you.

Most impressive. Best of luck -- and keep us up to date!!

Sending you good luck brother! :cool:

Consider the prayers from me a done deal. :D

Let me know when you come to Chicago for your booksigning tour. Will I need to camp out? ;)

It's awesome that you're completing novel number two. I still keep joking about writing novel number one.

Good Luck, Buena Suerte, and all that jazz! :)

Do we all get signed copies when it goes to press??

Good luck. I am sending happy and non-stressful thoughts your way;)

Thank you!!!!!!! @ winneythepooh, KillarneyRose, Rudey, mu_agd, KSigKid, tinydancer, SisterHavana, tnxbutterfly, DeltAlum, Dionysus, wrigley, ISUKappa, tippiechick, and CatStarESP4!!!!!

mu_agd and SisterHavana and ISUkappa: So basically my autograph looks horrible and nobody would believe that a famous author has crappy penmanship.....so the book might be worth more without it, :p :p :p But seriously, if this takes off like I want it to, GreekChat will not be forgotten. :)

KSigKid: Thanks! I've always enjoyed writing, and although the first novel hasn't even been published yet, it just makes more sense to keep writing as the ideas come to me.

tinydancer: I'd definitely like to hear all about your friend's efforts to become published! Every little thing is helpful.

For those of you who were wondering, www.oldgoldsoul.com is my website.....we hoped to have it up by now, but would you believe my webmaster had an emergency appendectomy last week? So things are a little slow...however, we are still well within our goal of having the whole thing launched by the end of September, just in time for Homecoming season. Even though nothing is there yet officially, the majority of my hits come from GreekChat, so thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Thanks for the well-wishes.....I am in the home stretch of a lot of little elements of my projects, so keep me in your thoughts!

We'll look forward to your stop at Denver's "Tattered Cover" book store (a truely amazing place) on your first book signing tour.

senusretI

hope it all goes big time and Hits The Ney York Times Best Seller List and lasts a long time!:)

Please keep us updated for sure!:cool:

Homie keep me updated.

-Rudey

No doubt! :cool:

add me to your posse.
all the best luck for tremendous success.

Good luck!

Well, here is round one of some good news.....

I just finished the first draft of my second novel! I couldn't be more elated. It's a very emotional thing, wrapping up a novel. You are finally letting our characters take a break for a while. But since this novel is a sequel, and I do plan on moving these characters on to new adventures, they won't be resting for long. :D

Some of you are probably wondering what's going on with my FIRST novel. Well.....i STILL can't tell you, lol. BUT...I do want to say that I am still being prayerful regarding all of the issues surrounding this project. Don't worry, I don't mean negative issues. It's just a sensitive time right now and I still need everyone's continued prayers and good vibrations.

But, back to novel #2. In the next two weeks, I will be personally editing the work for grammar and continuity. When you are working on something with length, like a novel, it becomes easy to forget certain things. For example, you might want to mention that your protagonist loves chocolate milk....well, you better have him drinking chocolate milk more than once in that novel! I think my attention to detail and continuity is part of my hallmark as a writer.

When these next few weeks are up, I will be submitting copies of the manuscript to my trusted readers, most of whom really helped out when it came to editing my first novel. One of those people is my own mentor, who is a published novelist himself. (Check out Dennis Williams, author of Somebody's Child on amazon.com if you can.) The rest are all friends, but not the type of friends who will just tell you "Oh your work is soooo great!" These are friends that will hurt your feelings if your work sucks.

My friends are basically Rudey, but black.

During that reading period, I will be refocuing my attention on the business aspects of my first novel and ensuring that my website is up and operational. I am getting a little concerned with that, but not yet "worried."

Thanks for the interest in my career! I am honored to be able to share whatever aspects of it you find interesting or helpful!

My blog is here: http://rashid.oldgoldsoul.com ....sometimes I will also put updates there!

Your friends must be good peoples.

-Rudey

consider the good vibes sent. Let me know when your book comes out.

Congrats to you, Brother! :D

Sending happy thoughts!

I've been getting into online "novels" (well not really novels but...) so if you have things posted to your site, I'd love to read them. I'll have to check out your site later.

How exciting!

Gettin rowdy for Jesus and in the process praying for Senusret! :D

sending Good Vibes. Congrats.

The good news is:

MY SITE IS FINALLY UP!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOO HOOOOO, just click on the link in my siggy!

:) :) :) :) So much is happening! Congratulations!

Woohoo! Worth the wait. Congrats Brother!

Outstanding Webpage! Keep us informed on the books...Please.

PRAYER CHANGES THINGS!!!!
 

What's up!

It's Rashid Darden here, your friend and author of the soon-to-be
published novel LAZARUS!

I want to say a sincere THANK YOU to everyone who made the launch of
http://www.oldgoldsoul.com a success! Can you believe we got over a
thousand hits in just three days? The diary, which I enjoy updating
every day, is still very popular, but so is the photo gallery.

I am sending you this note to let you know that the novel is coming
along nicely! Check out my latest news about offers from small
publishers in my diary at www.oldgoldsoul.com. LAZARUS will become a
reality and I appreciate all of the moral support all of you have been
sending me, both personally and through the site.

To that end, I am pleased to announce the launch of a yahoogroup for
all of you who are supporting the novel. Please go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RashidDarden/ and sign up for the latest
news about the novel and the website. Don't get left out of the loop!

So come on back to www.oldgoldsoul.com and see what's new. You won't
be disappointed at what you find!

Much love,

Rashid Darden

Great job on the web site!