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How to Navigate the Fragmenting of Social Media As a Christian Author with Scott Minor

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on April 27, 2021
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This episode comes with a trigger warning. We are going to talk about social media, politics, culture, and what to do as a Christian author in a world that is growing more hostile to Christian authors.

If you don’t want to hear about that today, I can recommend a great podcast called Compelled, hosted by my friend Paul Hastings. Compelled takes incredible stories of what God is doing in people’s lives, combines them with professional sound effects and music, and turns them into an encouraging and faith-building audio experience.

Travel deep into the jungles of the Philippines with a Christian missionary who was kidnapped by terrorists and held hostage for a year. Hear the testimony of a mother who was falsely accused of murder and sentenced to life in prison but still clung to her faith. And more. 

Every story is true, vivid, and told by the person who lived it and saw God work through it.

Listen now to Compelled wherever you find podcasts or by visiting CompelledPodcast.com. Who knows? You might just find the inspiration for your next book from one of these compelling stories.


And now back to today’s podcast …

In a Christian Publishing Show episode in 2019 about how How to Protect Your Author Platform from Big Tech Censorship, one listener reached out to me. She told me she rolled her eyes while listening to me talk in that episode about how Pinterest is targeting Christians–only to have her Pinterest account deleted the next week. 

In 2020 I did a crossover episode called How to Survive Cancel Culture As a Writer before the big purge and flight from social media in December 2020 and January 2021. While some evangelicals are getting kicked off of Twitter and Facebook, many more are leaving these social-media accounts in protest.

I started a MeWe group for my other podcast, Novel Marketing; and I have seen growth in that group unlike anything I ever experienced on Facebook. If you don’t know, MeWe is a social-media site much like Facebook that people are joining. It doesn’t sell advertising, doesn’t filter what you see and don’t see, and doesn’t share your data with shady data brokers. All of which Facebook and Twitter do, by the way.  

So how should we respond to this quickly changing world? As Christians, what should our relationship be to social media and the culture in general?

To help us answer this question, I will be talking with Scott Minor, co-owner and executive director of Realm Makers Media, a company devoted to supporting Christian creativity in the genres of fantasy and science fiction.

Scott, welcome to the Christian Publishing Show!

Realm Makers

Sponsor: Christian Writers Market Guide

The Christian Writers Market Guide 2021 is the most comprehensive and highly recommended resource on the market for finding an agent, an editor, a publisher, a publicist, a writing coach, or a place to sell whatever you are writing. Wherever you are on the writing spectrum–from beginner to seasoned professional–the Guide will help you find what you are looking for. Over 1,000 curated listings, including more than 200 book publishers, 150 periodical publishers, 40 agents, 200 freelance editors and designers, podcasts, and much more. Includes a denominational index.

You can get it in print or online. 

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How to Navigate the Fragmenting of Social Media As a Christian Author with Scott Minor

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on April 27, 2021
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This episode comes with a trigger warning. We are going to talk about social media, politics, culture, and what to do as a Christian author in a world that is growing more hostile to Christian authors. If you don’t want to hear about that today, I can recommend a great podcast called Compelled, hosted by […]
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How to Find a Good Critique Group with Eva Marie Everson

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on April 13, 2021
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It is hard to read the label when you are standing inside the bottle. This is why almost all successful authors are in a writers group. Whether it was J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis sitting in an English pub talking about fantasy stories or a socially distant mastermind group meeting on Zoom, writers write better when they are in community with other writers.  Now, many beginning writers are not in …

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How to Find a Good Critique Group with Eva Marie Everson

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on April 13, 2021
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It is hard to read the label when you are standing inside the bottle. This is why almost all successful authors are in a writers group. Whether it was J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis sitting in an English pub talking about fantasy stories or a socially distant mastermind group meeting on Zoom, writers write better […]
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Book Launch Secrets Webinar Replay

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on April 6, 2021
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A couple of weeks ago, Thomas Umstattd Jr. and Steve Laube hosted a Book Launch Secrets webinar. More than 500 authors registered for the webinar from five different continents. This episode of the Christian Publishing Show is the audio of that webinar. If you prefer to watch the webinar with slides, you can watch the replay here. The replay is free to watch (or to listen to). 2021 Book …

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Book Launch Secrets Webinar Replay

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on April 6, 2021
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A couple of weeks ago, Thomas Umstattd Jr. and Steve Laube hosted a Book Launch Secrets webinar. More than 500 authors registered for the webinar from five different continents. This episode of the Christian Publishing Show is the audio of that webinar. If you prefer to watch the webinar with slides, you can watch the replay […]
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100th Episode Celebration with Jerry B. Jenkins

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on March 30, 2021
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This is the 100th episode of the Christian Publishing Show. Over the last two years, we have had downloads from 92 different countries. I want to thank all of you who have shared the show with a friend or left us a review at Apple Podcasts.  To celebrate 100 episodes, we have a very special guest.  Our guest today is a #1 New York Times bestselling author who has written 197 books, in …

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How Jerry B. Jenkins Got His Start as a Writer

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on March 30, 2021
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In this interview, Jerry Jenkins tells authors how he got his start as a writer and how he's maintained his career for decades.
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Writing App Roundup with Dave Chesson, Kindlepreneur

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on March 16, 2021
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Sometimes using the right tool for the job makes all the difference. If you are still using Microsoft Word to write your book, I have some good news: Much better tools exist. The challenge with writing is that each writer is different. This means different writers will do better with different tools.  To help us navigate the world of writing tools, we have a special guest.  He is the creator …

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Writing App Roundup with Dave Chesson, Kindlepreneur

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on March 16, 2021
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Sometimes using the right tool for the job makes all the difference. If you are still using Microsoft Word to write your book, I have some good news: Much better tools exist. The challenge with writing is that each writer is different. This means different writers will do better with different tools.  To help us […]
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