Summary of Cleansed by Fire
Churches are burning and a man is
murdered. Father Frank DeLuca is thrust into an impossible dilemma when he learns
another church will be burned. But the information comes to him via the
confessional, and church law forbids him telling anyone—even the police.
Countering this are a young widow whose mission is to make others shine,
and a youth choir determined to help those whose churches have been destroyed
by the arsonist.
His investigation leads him
dangerously close to the local drug scene and he soon discovers the danger has
come to him. Can he save his own church? Can he save his own life?
BOOKS BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH AUDIO
BY JAMES CALLAN
Last month, one of my mysteries, Cleansed by Fire, was
released as an audio book. Oh, it had
been released as a paperback book and then later as an e-pub. But there was still a bit of excitement when
it came out in audio. Maybe it was
because the narrator (Jonathan Mumm, an Emmy Award Winning TV journalist)
seemed to capture the characters as I had heard them as I was writing the
book. Maybe it was a hope to make some
more money from the same book.
That has changed, at least at Audiobook Creation Exchange,
or ACX. As the name implies, it is an
exchange that brings the rights holders of books and producers/narrators
together. If you own the rights to a
book, ACX will post information about the book and a short selection from the
book (something that can be read in less than five minutes). Prospective
narrators can then submit their rendition of that short piece, giving you, the
rights holder, a chance to hear how they sound on your work.
ACX offers another path. You can offer to split the
royalties with the narrator, 50-50. If ACX pays 40% royalty, then you would get
20% and the narrator would get 20%. It’s
a gamble for you and for the narrator.
Still, it offers the writer (rights holder) an opportunity to broaden
her reach with no outlay of money.
Brief Bio of James R. Callan
After a successful career in mathematics and computer
science, receiving grants from the National Science Foundation and NASA, and
being listed in Who’s Who in Computer
Science and Two Thousand Notable
Americans, James R. Callan turned to his first love—writing. He wrote a monthly column for a national
magazine for two years, and published several non-fiction books. He now concentrates on his favorite genre,
mystery/suspense, with his sixth book releasing in 2014.
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