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Speak Up! Ask a Question!

By Karen Ballon May 25, 2016
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Every week, we at the agency craft blogs to give you insights, counsel, and even a laugh or two in relation to the mercurial world of publishing. Sometimes, though, I wonder if there are questions you have for which you can’t find answers or guidance. So a couple of times a year I pass the mic, so to speak, to you. As I’m doing now.

Do you have a question to which you can’t find an answer? Is there a topic you and your writer friends would like to see addressed in a blog?

If so, now’s your chance to share! I’ll go through what you all share and do my best to find the answers or best counsel.

So have at it!

 

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Category: Get PublishedTag: Get Published, questions

Writing to Men

By Dan Balowon May 24, 2016
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In Christian publishing, since most readers are women, Christian books for men are treated as a niche market. Women are the primary market worthy of the most focus, and men are an afterthought if they are thought of at all. Publishing is a business and it doesn’t make sense to publish foolishly. Some publishers don’t publish books where the only market is a man. As a result, many authors write for …

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Category: Book Business, Branding, Craft, Creativity, The Publishing Life, Trends, Writing CraftTag: Book Business, Men, The Publishing Life

Why Do You Go to Conferences?

By Steve Laubeon May 23, 2016
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A great question was sent the other day and thought it would help explain the other side of the table, so to speak. Steve? Why do you go to conferences? You have big agency with a lot of clients already. That is an excellent question and one that I get asked rather often, at conferences! (…Why are you here?) 1) Teaching I enjoy teaching and the opportunity to train writers in how this …

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Category: Conferences, Get PublishedTag: writers conferences

Fun Fridays – May 20, 2016

By Steve Laubeon May 20, 2016
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Writing got you down? Time to learn a new skill. Become a classical musician in a few easy steps: Isn’t it easy? Just like becoming a writer in a few easy steps?

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I Hate Rejecting Great Books!

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon May 19, 2016
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If you, as an author, feel beaten down by several rejections, perhaps you have this image of an agent reading your submission: (Agent sits down at computer, armed with a steaming cup of Uber Expensive Coffee.) “It is now time to go through my submissions!” (Agent rolls up sleeves and cracks her knuckles. An evil grin dons her face as she opens the first email.) “Aha! I can write a form letter …

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Category: Get Published, RejectionTag: Agents, Get Published, Rejection

What’s My (Last) Line?

By Karen Ballon May 18, 2016
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Here are the sources of the last lines I shared last week: “Maybe loving dogs… “A Big Little Life, Dean Koontz’s book about his Golden retriever, Trixie. Actually, the ending “The sign now includes…:” comes from the afterword of that same book. Yeah, I cheated. But I thought they both were perfect, in their own ways. “But the good part is …” Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. …

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Category: Craft, Writing CraftTag: Craft, Endings, Writing Craft

Plan Your Social Media Messaging (aka Dog Wags Tail)

By Dan Balowon May 17, 2016
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Blogging and creating material for your social media can either control you or you can control it. There is no deep spiritual application on this issue. It is simply effective time management and discipline. Manage it, or it will manage you. It’s like a student who stays up all night to study before a big test because they were at the beach playing volleyball with friends the previous day. No one …

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Category: Marketing, Social MediaTag: blogging, Social Media

The Odd English Language: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

By Steve Laubeon May 16, 2016
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I came across an odd fact the other day. There is a two-letter word in English that has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is ‘UP.’ It is listed in the dictionary as an adverb, preposition, adjective, noun, or verb! (click here for the Oxford English dictionary link and keep scrolling down the page) There are over 30 definitions of the word! I cannot claim …

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Category: Craft, Editing, Fun Fridays, LanguageTag: Language

Fun Fridays – May 13, 2016

By Steve Laubeon May 13, 2016
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This fifteen year old had a dream as a young boy. To play the piano. One problem though. He was born without hands. The following two videos will show what he overcame:

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Happily Ever After

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon May 12, 2016
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Some people wonder why genre readers want to read the same thing over and over. Well, they don’t read the same thing all the time, and they have expectations. A primary expectation? A Happily Ever After ending. If you enjoy perusing book reviews on Amazon, you’ll find that many readers (primarily outside of genres, though genre fiction can have the first three faults as well), express similar …

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Category: Craft, Creativity, Genre, RomanceTag: Endings, Genre, Romance
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