News about Dahveed 6 and more!

 Well, 2024 is nearly gone, and while I have made progress on Dahveed 6, it's not the amount of progress I had hoped for!  After what has happened this year, I can only conclude that Dahveed 6 will be released when God wants it to be, and not a moment before.  I am, however, just a few scenes away from the home stretch, which is Absalom's rebellion.  One of the reasons I have not made more progress on Dahveed 6 is because . . .

I have signed a contract with Visual Rhythms Productions to produce a Proof-of-concept film, which will be about 10-20 minutes long, and which will be used to propose making Dahveed 1: Yahweh's Chosen into a TV show, along the same lines as "The Chosen".  Working out the details of the contract along with associated tasks bit into my writing time.  However, we've made good progress.  Fund raising has begun, and we are working on the script for the film.  Of course, producing a show script is quite different from writing a couple of book chapters, so I have much to learn about changing my perspective from book to script!  Telling a story is still the same, however, so I am comfortable with working out a plot, and am learning what to look for regarding other aspects of the scripts sent me to review.  Please pray for this project.   I will do my best to pass on progress updates as they occur.   We'll have to see where God leads.

Update for Dahveed 6 2023

 
The hard part is over!  I'm so happy to report that.  Critique from advance readers has told me that this section of the book needs a lot of editing yet, but the story for it is out of my head!   Writing the rest of the book, will, I hope, go much faster since it is a much smoother "plot journey."  Please continue to keep me in your prayers.  Thanks so much.

Progress on Dahveed 6

Dahveed 6 is progressing much slower than I planned.  As of now, I am about half done with composing the manuscript, and so I am uncertain whether I can meet my hopeful deadline of late fall 2023 for publication.  
 

After research extended beyond what I expected, I had the surprise revelation that dealing with digital note cards is much different than dealing with physical note cards, especially when it comes to sorting them!  I had to program the macros to sort the cards, then actually sort the cards and decide which ones would make it into the book and which ones wouldn't . . .  
 

That being the case, I want to assure everyone waiting for the finished product that I am working on it to the exclusion of nearly everything else.  Please continue your prayers for me.  I want this book to be the best of the series, and am doing all I can to make it so.

Research is Done!

Research for Dahveed 6 is done!  I am sorting note cards, the last step before writing begins.  It took 2 months longer than I anticipated to do the research, but a lot has been published since 2010. 

And -- All My Glory is now available in print!  To order, go to my website:  terrilfivash.com, click on Ordering Information in the menu on the lower right and call the Adventist Book Center number listed under that title.  This book is the author's edition of Joseph: A Story. 

I am hoping to begin writing next week, so this is the last post til fall.  God bless you all, and keep me in your prayers.  Thank you!

Davheed 6 and All My Glory

Here's an update for those of you interested in the process of writing Dahveed 6.  I have completed periodical research, and am slogging through the books published on the subject in the last 10 years.  I am still targeting this fall for completing the manuscript, and next fall for publication.

All My Glory: 

For the first time in many years, the story of Joseph will be available in hard copy!  The print book, like the e-book, is titled All My Glory, and is at the printers right now, so will shortly be available.  Watch the Order Information page on my website for ordering information. 

One last detail.  My e-books will no longer be offered in Barnes & Noble format.  I have had to remove them from the market in that form.  They are still available as Kindle books however.

I will try to post one more time before I dive into writing Dahveed 6.  Thank you so much for your prayers!

Thanks and Apology

 First of all, thank you all for your encouraging comments.  I do eventually read them all, and I am so glad that the books are a blessing to so many.

Secondly, my apologies that the inappropriate comments stayed on the site for so long.  I have removed them, and I will attempt to monitor the site more often to keep these comments from posting.  

Thanks for your patience!

Dahveed 6

 First of all, thank you so much to all of you who have encouraged me and prayed for me and my family these last 8 years.  I have so appreciated it.

Now, with the coming of a new year, I am beginning on the project put on hold for so long.  Dahveed 6.  I have nearly 10 years of research to catch up on, and then comes the "deep dive" when I actually compose the manuscript.  "Good Lord willin' 'nd the creek don't rise," publishing date for Dahveed 6 is in 2023.  Please keep me in your prayers as I finish off the series.