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A Call for Entries in the 2017 Edition of The Christian Writers Market Guide

By Steve Laubeon September 19, 2016
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As announced earlier this year, I have taken over the responsibility of publishing The Christian Writers Market Guide. This is a huge undertaking, and I have secured the expertise of Lin Johnson to help compile the information in the next edition.

Since it has been almost two years since the last edition, many things have changed. We are reaching out to those who were listed in the last edition to ask for updated information, and that process is going well.

What we ask you to do is help us make the Guide better than before. We are adding information helpful to indie book authors. Part of this goal is expanding the information about publicity firms and freelance editors and including information about design and production.

Below are links to forms for some of the categories in the Guide. If you have used a designer for your book cover, a typesetter for your print book, a freelance editor, or a publicist who was not in the last edition of the Guide, please send that person a link to this page. We are focusing only on Christian companies and professionals, however.

If you are in a writers group or direct a writers conference/seminar that you want to list in the 2017 edition, here is your chance!

These sign-up pages will remain live for the next ten days; then we will have to cut off last-minute entries for the print edition. We will be offering the Guide online for the first time, which will allow for new entries and updated information throughout the year. But for the print edition, we have to have a cutoff date.

[If the form will not work on your computer or if you have a question, send an e-mail to admin@christianwritersmarketguide.com and we will take care of your situation.]

Editorial services: https://goo.gl/forms/lJGNwOqoLqcn96Kd2
[This includes freelance editors and book coaches and marketing services.]

Publicity services: https://goo.gl/forms/Cdo89V9zBEawAzc32

Design services: https://goo.gl/forms/ltZAEe3sVCBERuMu1

Writers groups: https://goo.gl/forms/RVNcXdRm0J8guoZ12

Conferences & seminars: https://goo.gl/forms/NnBu1S8jEK2q4SPB3

Independent book publishers: https://goo.gl/forms/oAYg1IdYBeUBLjtn2

Traditional book publishers: https://goo.gl/forms/Wog9vGYjrb4wXF5d2

 

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Category: Book Business, MarketingTag: Christian Writers Market Guide

Fun Fridays – September 16, 2016

By Steve Laubeon September 16, 2016
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English is so strange…

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What Do You Think of Used Books?

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon September 15, 2016
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Some authors might complain that books shouldn’t be sold on the secondary market since authors don’t earn royalties on used books. I understand that sense of loss, but as is the case with libraries, used book stores are a great place to discover authors and their work. Our town has two used book stores, though I tend to favor one with convenient parking. Here, a customer can’t go in and say, “Do …

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Category: Personal, ReadingTag: Book Sales, Reading, Used Books

“Do You Love Me?”

By Karen Ballon September 14, 2016
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Have you heard the one about the elderly woman who heard her friends’ husbands over the years tell them how much they loved them? Oh! How she longed for her husband to do the same. To regale her with the depth and breadth of his enduring love. But…nothing. Finally, as they were sitting out on the porch one morning, she turned to him and said as sweetly as she could, “WHY don’t you ever say you …

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Category: Personal, TheologyTag: God's love, Theology

Not All Opinions Are Valid

By Dan Balowon September 13, 2016
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Today I am opening myself up for criticism from anyone who knows me well and could identify the times I spoke or wrote about something when I had no idea about what I was communicating. The blogger’s curse…to fill space, we venture into uncharted territory. I confess starting to write a post for this agency’s blog and getting halfway through before realizing I had no idea what I was talking about. …

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Category: The Writing Life, Writing CraftTag: Craft, Qualifications

The Work of a Cover Designer

By Steve Laubeon September 12, 2016
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We have all heard the phrase “a book is judged by its cover.” And it is true. We all do it. Even when the cover is as small as a postage stamp in an online bookstore. It is the first impression of what’s inside. Rarely will you buy the book after you’ve read it. Instead you make the purchase before reading. What you are buying is the promise of the cover, and the title, and …

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Category: Art, Branding, MarketingTag: Book Covers, Branding, Marketing

Fun Fridays – September 9, 2016

By Steve Laubeon September 9, 2016
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Truly a universal language!

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Why Isn’t My Agent Working for Me at Conferences?

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon September 8, 2016
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Often I’m asked by writers to pitch a book at a conference I’m attending. Sometimes I’m asked to find out the status of a submission. Because of my writing background, I totally understand these impulses. When I was writing novels, I asked these questions of my agent. So believe me, I’ve experienced the frustration of being at home, wondering why my agent isn’t asking about and pitching my work at …

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Category: Agents, ConferencesTag: Agents, writers conferences

Why I Wouldn’t Represent Bible People

By Dan Balowon September 6, 2016
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Taking a cue from the media ads for various prescription drugs, including a legal disclaimer in any communication protects everyone from legal jeopardy or in this case, condemnation. God inspired the Bible and the thoughts expressed in it are exactly as God intended. No one shall add or take away anything. The following satire is intended for entertainment value only. The opinions expressed are …

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Category: Agents, Humor, PlatformTag: Humor, Platform

Happy 50th Birthday, Star Trek

By Steve Laubeon September 5, 2016
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It was 50 years ago this week that the TV show “Star Trek” made its debut on NBC (September 8, 1966). It lasted for only three years and 79 episodes, but continues to influence our entertainment culture to this day. Did you know who the original producers were? If you guessed Gene Roddenberry you would be half right. The other half of the funding for the show came from Desilu …

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Category: Craft, Creativity, Inspiration, Writing CraftTag: Craft, Creativity, science fiction
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