Ten tips for authors who want to sell books to the homeschool market.
You can listen to this episode What Authors Must Know About Homeschoolers Before Trying to Sell Them Books on Christian Publishing Show.
Ten tips for authors who want to sell books to the homeschool market.
You can listen to this episode What Authors Must Know About Homeschoolers Before Trying to Sell Them Books on Christian Publishing Show.
The title question, “Is yours a book or an article?” comes up on a regular basis with nonfiction authors. Someone has lived an interesting life, survived a horrible disease, lost a precious loved one, suffered terribly (emotionally or physically) and feels led to write their story. But is it a story that can be sustained for an entire book? Or is it one that can be told in a shorter form? Or is it …
I thought this video was perfect for Valentine’s Day. The love these men exhibit by accompanying their wives to their local Target is inspiring. (LOL!!!) Enjoy the satire and hilarity. And happy Valentine’s Day.
One of the worst mistakes writers can make is being too possessive of their words. They fight for each adjective, adverb, and conversation tag.
My early writing suffered from too many words. I once wrote an artist didn’t “really” understand the difficulties of making a living in his profession. The editor kindly cut all instances of “really,” “just,” “so,” “very,” and other weak words …
Nobody likes to be rejected. Not middle-school dance attenders. Not job applicants. And definitely not writers. Unfortunately, however, rejection pretty much comes with the territory for writers—at least for writers who are brave enough to submit their work to agents or editors for publication. And it hurts. Every. Single. Time. Take it from me, I know. I’ve been rejected hundreds of times, and …
As authors, it is easy to get destination fever, where we are so focused on the destination that we fail to enjoy the journey. What does it mean to be a success as a Christian author? Should we measure ourselves the same way secular authors measure themselves? To help us answer this question, we will be talking with the bestselling and Christy hall-of-fame author James L. Rubart. Links: 7 …
As authors, it is easy to get destination fever, where we are so focused on the destination that we fail to enjoy the journey. What does it mean to be a success as a Christian author? Should we measure ourselves the same way secular authors measure themselves? To help us answer this question, we will be talking with the bestselling and Christy hall-of-fame author James L. Rubart. Links: 7 …
Before I became a literary agent I had no idea how much energy this profession spent being a “collections agent.” Recently someone asked us the following questions (use the green button to the right to ask your question!):
What do you do, as an agent, when a publisher does not pay advances on royalties on time as per their legal contract?
What if a publisher is consistently late (months) saying …
Be prepared for a jaw-dropping video. This is someone who follows their passion. I did think of a comparison to all writers. If each matchstick were a word, then 7.5 million words in 40 years is quite a few books. I suspect some of you have written that many. But are they masterpieces like in this video? Enjoy.
A senior in college wrote to me asking for career advice in publishing. Perhaps a few thoughts I shared then might be of help to you. __________ As your letter indicates, publishing offers many options. The ones you are focused on, rightly, are finding employment with a traditional publishing house, preferably one of the Big Five, and writing books. Many publishing professionals pursue this path …