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Dear World, We Have What You Want

By Dan Balowon June 14, 2016
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Dear World,

Those of us involved in Christian publishing can’t help but notice you are hurting.

While our work is to write and publish books, one or more times each week we gather to worship and pray to the Creator God, considering ways we can ease your pain. I hope you know we care.

There are dozens of new books with Christian themes coming out every week. They contain information and inspiration you might find helpful. There are thousands of great books already available. We can recommend a few sometime if you like. Just ask.

But today we thought we would write a letter from our group to yours and tell you what is on our mind and heart.

You are hurting physically, emotionally and spiritually. Those who write and publish Christian books have personally been there and to a varying degree still are. We aren’t unaware of how deeply you hurt and how difficult life can be. We’ve all been there.

The difference now is we have given up trying to solve all our problems ourselves and instead placed our lives in the hands of the God who created us. It’s where we all started and it’s the way we were meant to live.

Would you like to live the way you were intended to live?  We have what you want.

We have books that introduce a man named Jesus, born in a barn to an unmarried teenage girl named Mary and who spent his first night in a feeding trough. He grew up the child of a humble carpenter and one day when he was about 30 years old he walked to a river in Israel for a brief ceremony with a man named John and the world was never the same.

Jesus showed everyone how to live a life that is for the most part opposite how people live their lives today.

At the end of his life, just three years later, he was betrayed by a friend, arrested, tortured and killed in the most awful way possible. But it wasn’t the end of the story. Three days later on Easter morning he came back alive, proving he defeated death and made it possible for people to be forgiven and live a much more satisfying life on this earth and then be prepared for a forever-life after you die on a new earth where everything is perfect.

Would you like to live in a world where there are no more tears, illness or pain?

A place where no child ever dies from cancer because there is no cancer?

Would you like to live in a world where relationships between people are always perfect?

Would you like to live in a world where no records are kept you ever did anything wrong or bad?

It’s the ultimate “do over.”

If you want that kind of future, Christian authors write and publishers publish what you want.

One final word before we close.

We admit it, we talk a lot about Jesus. He’s the reason we do everything, so you will need to understand our perspective and passion for what we do. The Bible says Jesus existed before time itself and actually created everything. It’s complicated, and we don’t have all the answers, but we do know that our lives are in the hands of a Creator who made us, saved us and walks with us every day. It’s a great life. You’ll never want to go back to the old ways.

If you want to start over with a clean slate and live a life destined for a wonderful perfect place where worry, pain and tears are no more, we have what you want.

With Kind Regards,

Authors and Publishers of Christian Books

 

P.S.  We are sorry for the less-than-good things we might do or say once in a while. Don’t be discouraged. We are all still a work in process. But we are all hopeful.

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Category: Art, Book Business, Career, Christian, Theology, TrendsTag: Christian, readers, Theology

“Dear Author,”

By Dan Balowon June 7, 2016
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Authors write books to readers and once in a while a reader will write to an author. Here’s an imagined letter from a reader. As you consider viewing your work through their eyes, maybe taking a moment to actually see inside their world would change the way you approach your work. Dear author, I am no one special, I just like to read. The first books in my life were read to me, and it got me …

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Category: CareerTag: Career, readers

Limitations Inherent to Non-Fiction Publishing

By Dan Balowon May 31, 2016
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Some categories of books in the Christian market have very limited potential for publication. A publisher may do just one every year or every ten years on a particular topic or category. When you send your proposal to an agent or ask your agent to pitch a title in one of these categories, our first reaction would be how limited the potential is to sell. I am not writing about the potential for …

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Category: Book Proposals, Branding, Career, Economics, Get Published, PlatformTag: Bet Published, book proposals

Writing to Men

By Dan Balowon May 24, 2016
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In Christian publishing, since most readers are women, Christian books for men are treated as a niche market. Women are the primary market worthy of the most focus, and men are an afterthought if they are thought of at all. Publishing is a business and it doesn’t make sense to publish foolishly. Some publishers don’t publish books where the only market is a man. As a result, many authors write for …

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Category: Book Business, Branding, Craft, Creativity, The Publishing Life, Trends, Writing CraftTag: Book Business, Men, The Publishing Life

Plan Your Social Media Messaging (aka Dog Wags Tail)

By Dan Balowon May 17, 2016
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Blogging and creating material for your social media can either control you or you can control it. There is no deep spiritual application on this issue. It is simply effective time management and discipline. Manage it, or it will manage you. It’s like a student who stays up all night to study before a big test because they were at the beach playing volleyball with friends the previous day. No one …

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Category: Marketing, Social MediaTag: blogging, Social Media

Should I Still Have a Website?

By Dan Balowon May 10, 2016
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Lately, I have read a number of articles and had a number of conversations addressing the importance or unimportance of author websites. Since social media sites are supposed to be the magic marketing-potion for every author, stodgy old websites seem to be the domain only of out-of-touch sluggards. You probably have an inkling where I stand on the issue. Should an author have a website?  Yes. If …

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Category: Branding, Career, Marketing, PlatformTag: Marketing, Websites

It’s Never One Thing

By Dan Balowon May 3, 2016
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Somewhat of a follow-up to last week’s post on the future being a complex mix of everything rather than one magic solution, today we will focus on authors and what it takes to make a successful writing career. Like everything else in life, it is never one thing. Success is always a result of a variety of things that came together to make it work. The same is true for something considered …

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Category: Book Business, CareerTag: Career, Success

It’s All About The Reader

By Dan Balowon April 26, 2016
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No matter the issue, everyone is on the lookout for the one new thing that will make everything that preceded it obsolete and make their lives simpler and better. The miracle pill, the new technique, the new technology, the killer-app, the new diet, plug in whatever new, shiny thing you like and life will be better because of it. The reason we look for the one thing is the feeling that if only all …

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Category: Book Business, The Publishing LifeTag: readers, The Publishing Life

Days The Writing Stopped

By Dan Balowon April 19, 2016
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Four hundred years ago this week, it was a sad time in the history of literature. April 22-23, 1616 the two most important writers in Spanish and English history died. First, Miguel de Cervantes, best known for Don Quixote passed away. He had a substantial and lasting imprint on the Spanish language. He wrote novels, plays and poetry, making Spanish one of the “romance” languages of the world. The …

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Category: Book Business, Publishing HistoryTag: Publishing History

Enjoying the Journey of Publishing

By Dan Balowon April 12, 2016
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The issue of competition requires regular reminders to everyone who is currently working or desires to be part of the book industry, so I am walking in the same footsteps of previous posts. An element of competition is involved in every aspect of publishing, down to the smallest detail. One need not be obsessed or discouraged by the competitive environment, rather the opposite, with eyes wide …

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Category: Book Business, Career, Platform, The Writing LifeTag: competition, The Writing Life
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