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006 – Why Facebook is Overrated for Book Promotion

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on December 10, 2018
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Facebook is overrated for building an author platform the following 8 reasons.

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005 – How James L. Rubart Went From Rejected and Unpublished to Bestselling Author

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on December 3, 2018
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In this episode we talk with James L. Rubart about his story of overcoming rejection and self doubt. James L. Rubart is 28 years old, but lives trapped inside an older man’s body. He thinks he’s still young enough to water ski like a madman and dirt bike with his two grown sons. He’s the best-selling, Christy BOOK of the YEAR, CAROL, INSPY and RT Book Reviews award winning author of ten novels and …

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005 How James L. Rubart Went From Rejected and Unpublished to Bestselling Author

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on December 3, 2018
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How James L. Rubart Went From Rejected and Unpublished to Bestselling Author
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004 – The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association and Publishing Trends with Stan Jantz

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on November 27, 2018
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One of the goals of the Christian Publishing Show is to help writers understand the publishing industry. This is why I am so excited about our next guest. Stan Jantz is the president of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. He is also an author who has co-authored 75 books with Bruce Bickel. Stan welcome to the Christian Publishing Show! Questions: What is the ECPA? What does it mean …

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004 – The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association and Publishing Trends with Stan Jantz

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on November 27, 2018
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The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association and Publishing Trends with Stan Jantz
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003 – How to Find Your Hustle

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on November 19, 2018
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We live in a world cursed. Because of our sin, God cursed the soil to have thorns and weeds. That curse is pervasive and continues to this day. If you want to have success in farming, you have to put in the work to remove the weeds. If you want to see success in publishing you must be willing to put in the work too. Our enemy to success is entitlement. Entitlement is expecting crops to grow …

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003 – How to Find Your Hustle

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on November 19, 2018
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We live in a world cursed. Because of our sin, God cursed the soil to have thorns and weeds. That curse is pervasive and continues to this day. If you want to have success in farming, you have to put in the work to remove the weeds. If you want to see success in publishing […]
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How to Sound Great As a Podcast Guest

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on November 17, 2018
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Are you scheduled to come on a podcast as a guest? If you want to be invited back, or appear on any other podcast interviews for that matter, you need to have good audio. Many authors make the mistake of using their laptop’s microphone and speakers. This will undermine your quality and scare away popular podcasts that expect good audio. The key to sounding great on a podcast is to have some …

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002 – How to Find Your Courage as an Author

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on November 13, 2018
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A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post about what I am looking for in authors I want to represent as an agent. Today I would like to talk about one of the things I am looking for: courage. Fear is the biggest enemy of authors. It can ruin their writing. It can ruin their marketing. In this episode, we are going to talk about how to overcome fear and change the world. How Fear Ruins Writing Fear Ruins …

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002 – How to Find Your Courage as an Author

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on November 13, 2018
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A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post about what I am looking for in authors I want to represent as an agent. Today I would like to talk about one of the things I am looking for: courage. Fear is the biggest enemy of authors. It can ruin their writing. It can ruin […]
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