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Thank You, Writers!

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon September 28, 2017

In light of meeting with so many fabulous writers at the recent ACFW conference, I feel led to give special thanks not only to my clients but to every writer endeavoring to make a difference in Christian publishing.

Thank you for:

giving agents, editors, and publishers, books that allow us to have the best jobs in the world.
writing complete novels on spec.
creating your best proposals.
listening to counsel and working with us whether or not you agree with our advice.
trusting us with your words.
wanting to further God’s kingdom.
sacrificing family time.
loving readers.
walking with the Lord.

And so much more! Christian publishing would not exist with you! Thank you.

Your turn:

What would you like to say to your fellow writers?

You Gotta Know the Territory

By Bob Hostetleron September 27, 2017

So you’re writing a book. In what genre? Don’t know? You must. My colleague, Dan Balow, recently wrote a valuable blog post (here) that touched on the many genre categories and sub-categories in today’s publishing world. You should read it—when you finish reading this, of course. “I don’t care about genre,” you may say. “I’m a writer, not an editor or publisher.” To which I say, “Tough.” If you’re …

Category: Book Business, Book Proposals, Career, Genre

The Challenge for American Christian Authors

By Dan Balowon September 26, 2017

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The majority of Christian books published every year are written in English by authors in the United States. U.S. Christian publishers in a billion dollar industry publish many thousands of new titles every year. Still, I am not sure all American authors who desire to have their books spread across the globe and translated into various languages have the credentials nor the global insight to be …

Category: Communication, Publishing History, The Publishing Life, The Writing LifeTag: Christian, Communication, Culture, Faith, The Writing Life

Tamela Hancock Murray Named Agent-of-the-Year

By Steve Laubeon September 25, 2017

We are very excited to announce that during the recent ACFW (American Christan Fiction Writers) annual event, Tamela was named Agent-of-the-Year! ACFW has the largest gathering of Christan fiction authors in the country. I can personally attest to Tamela’s abilities and her success. She is an extremely hard worker who loves her clients and her job. There are few in this industry who can match her …

Category: Agency, AwardsTag: Agency, Awards, Tamela Hancock Murray

Fun Fridays – September 22, 2017

By Steve Laubeon September 22, 2017

Wish your publisher thought this way about you?

Category: Fun Fridays

Researching Your Historical Novel

By Guest Bloggeron September 21, 2017

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Angela Breidenbach is a bestselling author of fiction through the ages with most of her books set in Montana. She’s the host of Lit Up! on TogiNet.com and iTunes about great entertainment from books to movies. Visit Angela and her fe-lion personal assistant, Muse, posting comedic conversations with his Writer on social media, entertaining fans just for fun. Please find her web site …

Category: Get Published, Historical, RomanceTag: Historical, Research

Fail Better

By Bob Hostetleron September 20, 2017

Writing is hard. Writing for publication is even harder. And writing to be read and re-read is a Sisyphean task (go ahead, look it up; I’ll wait). So it is no wonder that Samuel Beckett’s line from his novel, Worstward Ho, has been adopted not only by athletes (they are tattooed on Stanislas Wawrinka’s arm) and billionaires (Richard Branson cited the quote in an article about his airline’s future) …

Category: Inspiration, The Writing LifeTag: Failure, Inspiration, The Writing Life

Vocabulary Word of the Day: Bifurcation

By Dan Balowon September 19, 2017

Some words are specific to a certain field of endeavor and some are flexible, used to describe something in a variety of arenas. One such word is our vocabulary word of the day: bifurcation. Simply, it involves splitting something into two distinct parts. The prefix “bi” indicates two, so it is simple to remember the number of parts involved. It is used in general science, medicine, law, …

Category: Book Business, Conferences, The Writing LifeTag: Book Business, The Writing Life, Writers Conference

Marketing vs. Publicity

By Steve Laubeon September 18, 2017

by Steve Laube

Recent I have run into a common misunderstanding. Some writers use the words "marketing" and "publicity" (or P.R. "public relations") as synonyms when actually one is a subset of the other.

There are marketing departments that have a publicity division or a marketing department that outsources their publicity. The two go hand in hand and should compliment each other.

The …

Category: Book Business, Marketing, SteveTag: Book Business, Marketing, Publicity

Fun Fridays – September 15, 2017

By Steve Laubeon September 15, 2017

With all the chaos in our world we sometimes just have to laugh. Hope today’s video makes you smile!

Category: Fun Fridays