We had two car batteries die in the same month. This video looks like a lot more fun! (Only 47 seconds long.)
“Can you give me a jump?”
News You Can Use – October 16, 2012
Is Apple Promoting Original Sin? - Orthodox activists in Russia are objecting to Apple's logo depicting a bite taken out of an apple. They say the image glorifies the sins of Adam and Eve. It is important to note that in the Orthodox tradition "a person experiences the faith in the Orthodox Church through its art and symbols."
The E-mail is Legitimate - I've had clients ask if the email they …
Happy Birthday Winnie-the-Pooh!
by Steve Laube
On this day in 1926 the book Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne was published by Methuen in London. Our household has celebrated this day each year with my wife baking Winnie the Pooh shaped cookies. (Yes, it is a scary thing to be a man in a house of Winnie the Pooh celebrations...)
Some say the real birthday is the day Christopher Robin Milne was given his stuffed bear (August …
Fun Fridays – Oct. 12, 2012
Baptist Children’s Books
FakeJDGreear and ChurchCurmudgeon had a good time this Summer with their series, Baptist Children’s Books. Too much fun.
(HT: Trevin Wax)
Charlie Spurgeon and the Chocolate Factory
Green Eggs and NAMB (North American Mission Board)
Danny Akin and the Dinosaur
Goodnight Lottie Moon
Chick-Fil-Little: The Biblical Definition of Marriage is Falling
Harry Potter …
News You Can Use – Oct. 9, 2012
Waterbrook Launches Christian Fiction Reader Hub - Check out Novel Crossing a very exciting and dynamic new site for all readers of Christian fiction. To quote their mission statement, the site "is dedicated to bringing Christian fiction readers the latest news, book releases, author commentary and reviews from a range of writers including authors, professional reviewers, fiction book editors and …
Fun Fridays – Oct. 5, 2012
What would happen if Apple's patent lawsuits continued into the future?
News You Can Use – Oct. 2, 2012
Why is the new J.K.Rowling e-book priced at $17.99? - This brief article presents some succinct economic details to help you further understand how this industry works.
Penguin Sues Authors for Advances Paid - There are at least two sides to every story, but this appears to be a number of cases where a writer signed a contract, accepted a sizeable cash advance, and never delivered the …
Zondervan and Thomas Nelson Fiction Merge
by Steve Laube
You may have read about some of the reorganization that has begun after the sale of Thomas Nelson to Harper Collins, which already owned Zondervan. This past week there was a new development that touches the fiction publishing programs. Instead of two separate entities, there will be one fiction division moving forward. Zondervan’s editorial team of Sue Brower and Becky …
The Word from Texas (Part One)
by Karen Ball
As many of you know, we at the agency were in Dallas, Texas this last week at the American Christian Fiction Writers’ conference. Folks told me it was too bad we had to go this time of year, that it was unbelievably hot and humid.
I wouldn’t know.
From the time I got to the hotel until I checked out, I never stepped a foot outside. Why, you may ask? Well, let’s see…