This could be this year’s most popular Christmas story video. Enjoy!
HT: Kim Moore
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The Gift of Christian Fiction
If you’re looking for the most original idea ever expressed on a Christian Publishing blog, this isn’t it. But this thought is worth repeating at this time of year, and that is, consider giving the gift of Christian fiction as you shop for your Christmas gifts. Why? The stories are written and edited well. They are entertaining and uplifting. You can find a book for almost any interest. Romance, …
A Writers’ Advent: Week Two
In this second week of advent, let’s take a look at both the second and third candles: the Angel and the Shepherd candle. As I thought about these two groups, I realized they played two very specific roles in the birth of the Savior: the angels proclaimed God’s glory, and the shepherds bore witness to what God did. All through Scripture, angels bring us messages. They speak God’s truth so that we …
The Year of a Bad Book
As much as freedom-loving people recognize government censorship of media is generally a bad thing, sometimes censorship is a good thing for society. One such extreme case will rear its head next year as a previously-banned book will exit copyright protection. In 2015, we had “new’ books by Harper Lee and Dr. Suess. In 2016, Meine Kampf by Adolf Hitler enters the Public Domain. It has been …
Five Things that Changed the Publishing World
Over the past twenty-five years ago there have been five things that changed the landscape of the publishing industry forever (the first three below happened in 1995). Amazon.com Dan Balow wrote an excellent piece on this earlier this year. It still is quite astounding when you think about it. In 20 years this little online startup (founded 1995) became the most dominant online retailer in the …
Fun Friday – December 4, 2015
A great trio to start the first week of Advent with incredible acapella singing.
A Job I Believe In
Do you believe in your job? I mean, really believe in it? Recently I went to an event where I hadn’t planned to talk at all about being a literary agent. But I found myself talking about books all the same. Granted, I didn’t talk about being a literary agent in the same way I’d talk about it with writers; no one at the event was a writer so they weren’t interested in having a novel published. In …
A Writer’s Advent
Last Sunday, November 29th, was the beginning of one of my favorite seasons of the year: Advent. Some of my earliest memories are of Advent, of doing devotions as a family around an Advent wreath, my two brothers and I eager to be the one to light the candle each week. I don’t know about your traditions, but for us, the four purple candles were the Advent, Angel, Shepherd, and Bethlehem candles. …
Actually, It is Personal
Sometimes when I hear certain statements spoken, what I understand is probably different than what was intended by the other person. I do a quick translation in my head, based on experience. For instance, whenever someone says to me, “It’s just business,” I prepare myself to be cheated, lied-to and taken advantage of. “It’s just business” is a disclaimer intended to make one party feel better …
Fun Fridays – Nov. 27, 2015
Enjoy this Thanksgiving song with a melody that will be implanted in your mind for the rest of the day! You are welcome.