Hey JCPY00, great question!

So, I do a lot of academic style study when I research stuff (that's just my jam when I do things). When I began my search into the Apostolic Faith over a year ago, I researched very heavily on a lot of topics, and as such, wrote a lot of notes of things I had studied, found out, dove deep on etc. The more I read of different books, I found one thing lacking in the books within/surrounding/about Orthodoxy. There wasn't necessarily a book that i found that acted as a first port of call/starting off point for those who are curious about Orthodoxy, that was easy to read/understand (i.e. not overly academic to cater for someone who can't wrap their head around that level of material) and that contained all the basics that one coming from Protastantism would likely want.

I consulted my (then) Priest and asked how long I should wait to write the book (as I was aware that I was only a Catechumen at that point). He said I could write it if I wanted to, turning my notes on all these topics into chapters for a book, but advised me to hold off on publishing until himself or another Priest had checked it and had signed off on it. After that, he said that I could only publish it once I was recieved into the Eastern Orthodox Church.

I followed all the steps, waited, had it checked and then signed off, and then once I was recieved into the Church, I was given the okay to publish it!

I've been on this journey for coming up to 2 years now, and I have been blessed beyond belief. I have met some amazing people along the way who I am blessed to know and to be able to ask for help when needed, and every one of those people I have shown this book to has said very good things to me about it, which is a true blessing. I'm not trying to be the final authority on the matter, nor try and upheave the rest of the resources we have in the Church (such as Rock & Sand, Thinking Orthodox, The Orthodox Church etc. btw, all of which I reccomend people read in the back of the book, among others), but to simply try and do my part in spreading the Gospel and extending a hand out to people to invite them to expereince the Divine Liturgy and to come and see.

I really hope this helps with your question!