A beautiful song. Perfect for the season. Turn up your volume, close your eyes, and be transported.
HT: Kim Moore
Joy to the World?
The angel said, “I bring you good tidings of great joy!” We really need some of that these days. With Paris and San Bernardino still in the news cycle we are reminded of the evil among us. And then this past week I received a series of bad news from industry friends. A publishing friend lost his home to a fire. A client called to say they’ve been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma which is a cancer …
Fun Fridays – Dec. 11, 2015
This could be this year’s most popular Christmas story video. Enjoy! HT: Kim Moore
Five Things that Changed the Publishing World
Over the past twenty-five years ago there have been five things that changed the landscape of the publishing industry forever (the first three below happened in 1995). Amazon.com Dan Balow wrote an excellent piece on this earlier this year. It still is quite astounding when you think about it. In 20 years this little online startup (founded 1995) became the most dominant online retailer in the …
Fun Friday – December 4, 2015
A great trio to start the first week of Advent with incredible acapella singing.
Avoid Weak Words
Below is a great infographic detailing some weak words and how to fix them. Do you agree with this exercise or not? Do you have anything you can add to it? Years ago I had to strike the word “very” from an author’s manuscript because it had been used far too many times. In a very funny email the author replied with the word “very” typed over 500 times. The author said …
Fun Fridays – Nov. 27, 2015
Enjoy this Thanksgiving song with a melody that will be implanted in your mind for the rest of the day! You are welcome.
Fun Fridays – Nov. 20, 2015
I love the game of basketball. The Harlem Globetrotters have been entertaining audiences for the last 89 years with their incredible skills. This five minute video shows individual team members setting seven new Guinness World Records last week in one afternoon on November 12th in Phoenix. Go ahead…try any one of these at home and see how hard it is. (By the way, the second record in the …
Fun Friday – Nov. 13, 2015
There seems to be something in my eye. Maybe watching this story will explain:
Ten Most Popular Works of Christian Fiction
I like reading lists of great books in hopes of discovering one I had missed or had not considered reading before. About ten days ago Josh Katzowitz had an article on Newmax listing the top ten most popular Christian novels of all time. Click through to see his comments on each title. Below are his top ten: A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle Christy – Catherine Marshall The End of the Affair – …