Walmart created a fun ad about their curbside pickup service. Features some rather memorable vehicles. Enjoy!
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Prayers for the New Year
I was reading an old prayer book when I discovered this: My God, grant that I may love Thee, and let the only reward of my love be to love Thee more and more. I decided to make this one of my primary prayers for 2019. Perhaps you can think about this prayer, too. When your book is rejected: My God, grant that I may love Thee, and let the only reward of my love be to love Thee more and more. When …
One Agent’s Rearview Mirror
Since I was nineteen years old (yes, I was that young once, smart aleck), I’ve set goals every January instead of making resolutions. I set one-year, three-year, five-year, and lifetime goals in six categories: spiritual life, physical/health, intellectual/educational, marriage/family, financial/household, and professional (writing, speaking, agenting). Yes, I am a tad obsessive-compulsive. …
007 – The State of the Christian Fiction Kindle Market with Alex Newton
Today we are going to talk about one of my favorite topics: data! Alex Newton is the CEO and founder of K-Lytics.com, a leading market research resource for authors and publishers. Or, put in terms we care about, his company and expertise helps authors sell more books, face less competition, and get a bigger return on the time and money they put into their careers. He’s based in Germany; and …
A Year in Review – a Look at 2018
It is a good thing to periodically take a look at the past, especially as a way to count our blessings. Here are some thoughts on the last twelve months. The Industry The publishing industry continues to pursue the best content possible. Market forces continue to press for the need to find those titles that will bring a return on their investment. Books continue to sell at an incredible pace. In …
Fun Fridays – December 21, 2018
Enjoy the unique performance of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” by Straight No Chaser. The video is their performance from twenty years ago! May you have a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year! [Our blog will take a two-week break and resume on January 7.]
Merry Christmas!
Tomorrow, December 21, is the feast day of Saint Thomas. Here is a suggested reading from The Book of Common Prayer: But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and …
Do You Plan Your Reading?
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, of course, I mean the annual celebration of our Lord’s nativity, which is rich with meaning and blessing for me and my family. So, Merry Christmas! But there’s something else that makes this time of year wonderful to me: the joyful preparation of a reading plan for the coming year, which I do every year in late December and early January. That plan …
007 – The State of The Christian Fiction Kindle Market with Alex Newton
Today we are going to talk about one of my favorite topics, data! Alex Newton, the CEO and Founder of K-Lytics.com a leading market research resource for authors and publishers or put in terms we care about his company and expertise helps authors sell more books, face less competition, and get a bigger return on the […]
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The Only Answer
Hope you had a blessed Christmas!
The last four weeks I have posted what was, in actuality, an Advent series. Note the key words in each post:
Wait
Prepare
Expect
Give
The Christmas season is one that is full of family, fun, food, and friends. But under it all is the foundation of our joy. The answer to our greatest longing. Of course, saying there is an answer assumes there is a …