How many of you can relate to today’s hilarious comparison of Christmas 2019 with Christmas 2020?
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The Devil Is in the Procrastination
You have heard it said that “the devil is in the details”? But what about the idea that “the devil is in the procrastination”? Alistair Begg said, “The devil’s favorite word is tomorrow. The Bible always says, ‘Today is the day of salvation’” (2 Corinthians 6:2). While he was talking about being prepared, as a Christian, for the return of Christ, I thought about the challenge of …
Fun Fridays – December 4, 2020
Which type of shopper are you? True confessions are not necessary in the comments! From the “It’s a Southern Thing” channel. [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]
Simon & Schuster Bought by Penguin Random House
In case you missed the news last Wednesday, the Big Five will soon become the Big Four. The largest book publisher in the world (Bertlesmann, parent company of Penguin Random House) has successfully bid to buy Simon & Schuster (S&S) publishing house from ViacomCBS. This will make Penguin Random House (PRH) more than twice the size of its nearest competitor, Harper Collins. The price? …
Fun Fridays – November 27, 2020
Hard to believe it’s less than 30 days before Christmas! Enjoy the full version of this year’s Hobby Lobby advert. It should make you smile. As someone wrote, “It’s an entire Hallmark movie in 1:21.” [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]
Fun Fridays – November 20, 2020
Did you notice that today can be rendered as 11202020? Just thought I’d mention it. Has nothing to do with today’s video–unless you want it to! Aaron Yoder has been the world’s fastest backwards runner. He can run the mile in under six minutes, backwards. How many of you can do that running forward? (No, not back when you were a slim athlete, but today.) All sorts of …
Are You High Maintenance?
by Steve Laube
Last week I was asked to define what is meant when an author is deemed "high maintenance" by an agent or a publisher. The more I thought about this the more I realized how difficult it is to quantify. Any attempt to do so is fraught with potential misunderstanding because most people are looking for specific rules to follow.
Normally "high maintenance" is a description of …
Fun Fridays – November 13, 2020
Today’s video is one of those brilliant and clever mashups of video clips matched to a familiar song. According to its creator, not a single clip was sped up or slowed down to match the music. It has the appearance of a master choreographer! Can you name all the movies or dancers in this video? If you get stuck, click the closed-caption feature and all is revealed. I couldn’t help but …
Ten Commandments for Working with Your Agent
By request, here are my ten commandments for working with your agent. Break them at your own peril. Thou shalt vent only to thine agent and never directly to thy publisher or editor. Thou shalt not get whipped into a frenzy by the industry rumor mill fomented by the Internet. Asketh thy agent if what you’ve heard is true. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s success. Be content with …
Fun Fridays – November 6, 2020
We normally hear this song played by strings. But what if this segment of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” was played at hyperspeed by the brass section? Enjoy today’s breathtaking feast! [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.] HT: Chawna Schroeder