This is the official announcement that I have started my new book, "Seventy Times Seven". You should by now have some idea about what one of the major themes will be.

The decision to write this book is not one I made lightly. It is ultimately the result of considerable prayer. There are several reasons for this. First and foremost, as I said in one of my earliest posts, I write because I feel called to do so by the Holy Spirit. I absolutely do believe this. I also absolutely believe that if I ever write for my own reasons, I will fail. Thus, I wanted to be sure it was a true calling of the Holy Spirit. I might add that the Holy Spirit not only leads me to write, it inspires a lot of the content. Another reason I waited a while to start writing "Seventy Times Seven", is that I had a major hole in the plot that I was unable to fill in. I believe that it was no accident that the idea I needed to fill this hole in came to me during Adoration.

Another reason I was a little hesitant, is that this book will suggest that you do something that I myself would have a hard time doing. Yes I know we are called to forgive, and I do. But like many, there are limits to what I would easily be able to forgive. So it's my sincere hope that I am never called to forgive to the degree that the main character in Seventy Times Seven is called upon to.

And, as I discovered with "Return To Paradise", writing a book is no small commitment. And, as I have also discovered, it doesn't end when finish writing the book.

So the good news is that I have not only decided to start writing "Seventy Times Seven", I have actually started writing. Timing wise, I hope to have it published by mid-2016, which means you will still have to wait a while for it.

Now, at least for some of you, the bad news. It is not a sequel to "Return To Paradise". I say this because a number of the people who have read "Return To Paradise", have expressed their desire for me to write a sequel to it. This does not mean that I will never write a sequel to it. We'll just have to wait until after I finish "Seventy Times Seven" and see what the boss says.

For those of you who "gots to know", I have written a short epilogue to "Return To Paradise". Since it is an obvious spoiler, I will not post it here. It is available for download on my website: http://timspeer.net

For those of you who would like to know a little more about "Seventy Times Seven", I have posted a synopsis of it on my website.