This isn’t something you see every day. A musical combo of Recorder and Beatbox.
Think of the hours of practice that went into his expertise! Do you spend as much time perfecting your writing craft?
This isn’t something you see every day. A musical combo of Recorder and Beatbox.
Think of the hours of practice that went into his expertise! Do you spend as much time perfecting your writing craft?
I have the privilege of reading for a living. Someone once asked “What do you do for a living?” I replied, “I read.” Then they asked what I did for fun. And I replied with a huge smile, “I read.” But not all reading is alike. There is immersive reading of a technical nature. There is escapist reading of a great thriller. And there is cursory reading where you …
Do either of these cartoon elicit a similar feeling from you? from Pearls Before Swine From The Awkward Yeti
According to various sources there are about one million words in the English language. Approximately 750,000 of them are technical or scientific. That leaves us with 250,000 words with which to communicate. But the Oxford English Dictionary Unabridged has only 170,000 words in it. And I doubt any of us know all of them or use them. According to the TestYourVocab.com website the average person …
I knew it had to be true! Pizza does grow on trees…
Recently Brad Martin, the President and CEO of Penguin Random House Canada, was quoted as saying the following: “I’m not interested in a book that is going to generate less than $100,000 in revenue unless the editor or publisher [division] has a compelling vision for the book and/or the author…If the person that’s championing that book in the acquisitions meeting doesn’t have a compelling view of …
A televised talent show in Germany…for contestants ages 8 to 14 years old. The Voice Kids (Germany). It is always inspiring to find amazing talent. (The young girl’s name is Solomia Lukyanets.)
Last week’s news of Abingdon Press deciding to no longer acquire new Christian fiction has created another clamor of claims regarding the demise of Christian fiction. The articles, emails, and comments range from glee (“it needs to die”) to consternation (“woe is me of ever getting a book deal”). Fewer Publishers There is no question that there has been considerable shrinkage in the …
Enjoy this brother and sister piano duet…with some great twists throughout!
Last week the industry gathered in Orlando for the annual booksellers convention (I.C.R.S. – International Christian Retail Show). This was my 34th consecutive event and this year had some new benefits. I’ll run through some of the highlights and then make some observations. 1) Like last year, Tamela Hancock Murray and Dan Balow attended as well. We tried to do our meetings with publishers as a …