Lucid Interface Publishing

Publishing Nonfiction

Today you can have the right credentials, the right set of experiences, be a truly gifted writer, work hard - and come up empty. Without a marketing platform, meaning some form of preexisting public visibility, it is no longer possible for an author to submit his or her proposal for a work of general interest nonfiction with a realistic expectation that it will be read.

Publishing houses that began as family businesses interested in books as well as profit have undergone growth and merger, coming out the other side with eyes only on the bottom line. There is industry-wide unwillingness to take the occasional chance on a book by an unknown author. One of the most respected reference guides for writers today bluntly states that nonfiction authors who submit book proposals without a marketing platform are wasting their time.

Our Hope and Goal

Paul Maurice Martin is the real thing. Fourteen years of experience, reflection, and work had already gone into the manuscript for Original Faith: Finding the Interfaith Soul of Progressive Religion and Spirituality, when Paul was hit in the prime of life by a devastating progressive illness. For most of the next decade he was forced to set the manuscript aside through years of medical travel, HMO struggles, misdiagnosis, and continued full-time employment as an elementary school counselor.

After becoming too disabled for work outside the home, Paul returned to his manuscript and completed it. During this time, he became too fragile for safe transport outside his home. This makes it impossible for him to seek the kind of public visibility that might create a marketing platform.

Paul has two Masters degrees in fields directly related to his writing: one in religious studies from the University of Chicago and another in counseling from the University of New Hampshire. He has completed two additional book manuscripts and is half way through a third. Original Faith has received solid endorsements, including those from Professor Emerita Anne Carr of the University of Chicago Divinity School and Melanie Rigney, former Editor of Writer's Digest.

Paul has severe physical limitations. Our hope, goal, and challenge is to sell several thousand copies of the book in its first year of publication under the Lucid Interface logo. This could be enough to convince a trade publisher of profitability and give the book a chance to find the larger readership it deserves.

For More Information

Visit www.originalfaith.com or write to:

Lucid Interface LLC
Box 5401
Springfield, PA 19064-5401
www.publishing.lucidinterface.com