Kids can say the darndest things about the Bible!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofbe158uk7k?t=2m48s
Are We Speaking the Same Language?
by Karen Ball
I love languages. I started studying French in the 7th grade (“Bonjour, Monsieur DuPree. Comment-allez vous?), and by the time I had my double college degree in multiple-languages and journalism, I’d studied French (12 years), Spanish (5 years), and Russian (1 year). But I confess, I never expected to have to learn a new language when I entered the publishing …
News You Can Use – Mar. 20, 2012
Why Finish Books - I loved this essay! He had me at the picture of C.S. Lewis...
Why Your Book Isn't Selling - Suggestions from a book marketing expert.
The Publishing Industry May Not be Falling Apart After All - One author suggests that today's crisis sound awfully familiar. And underneath all the talk of seismic changes and Amazon, she has a valid point. If you click all the way through …
The Perfect Christian Woman … According to Christian Publishing
This lady...
Lives a Purpose Driven Life and
Knows the Power of a Praying Wife.
She practices Five Love Languages and
Will not be Left Behind.
She spent 90 Minutes in Heaven
And is convinced that Heaven is for Real.
She is both Captivating and Radical
Because she Kissed Dating Goodbye and
Has developed a Mary Heart in a Martha World.
She wears Blue Like Jazz and keeps The …
News You Can Use – Mar. 6, 2012
Your Average Facebook Post Only Reaches 12% of Your Friends - Exposing yet another challenge to the world of marketing, either through traditional means or through social media.
New French Law Seizes Digital Rights - "Any book published in France--which would include translated foreign-language books--that went out of print in France--not necessarily elsewhere--before 2001, can be scanned into …
Fun Fridays – March 3, 2012
A cute remake of a famous commercial:
The original commercial in case you haven't seen it for a while:
News You Can Use – Feb. 28, 2012
Why Authors Need Agents - Four professionals weigh in on the discussion.
How to Stop Procrastinating and Start Writing - Read this when you have the time.
Questions an Agent Might Ask You - Be prepared if an agent calls you with these questions. It might happen today.
E-b00ks: The Giant Disruption - another breathless evaluation and ominous prediction about publishers. From the UK.
Why …
Fun Fridays – Feb. 24, 2012
The Joke of the Year Award goes to Tim Vine in London at the Lafta Awards banquet. Award is given to the year's best one-liner jokes or puns. Below is the winner and then five more from Tim Vine. Can you top these?
Conjunctivitis.com – that’s a site for sore eyes
Crime in multi-storey car parks. That is wrong on so many different levels.
Eric Bristow asked me why I put superglue on one of …