First I Pray
Before the fix.
Before the scroll.
Before the prompt.
First, I pray.
You are holding an early copy.
This is the full draft of a short book — First I Pray — and you are reading it before almost anyone else. I've handed it to a few people whose eyes I trust, and asked them to tell me the truth about it before it goes out into the world.
It is finished enough to read start to finish, and unfinished enough that your notes can still change it. Read it the way you would read a friend's manuscript: mark what lands, mark what drags, and tell me anywhere it rings false.
A review draft — please keep this copy to yourself for now; it isn't public yet. And when you've read it, even a few lines back to me would be a gift: mark@oceanbags.com.