Enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend!
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I’m Thankful for…
Happy Thanksgiving!
A tradition my (Steve) family has had during Thanksgiving is to play "The Thankful Game." Since we spend our day with extended family we have a bit of driving to do to get there. So during the trip we would rotate around the car with each member of the family having to to finish the sentence "I'm thank for..." The answers could be serious or silly. Everything from …
Why Don’t Agents/Editors Give You More Guidance?
Proposals are hard work. C’mon, be honest. All the research and writing and preparation that goes into them? Admit it, that sometimes feels like you’re being punished for wanting to write a book. And then, when you’ve poured your heart and time and effort into making that dreaded proposal as perfect as you can, what happens? You send it to the agent or editor, and wait.
And wait. And wait. And …
News You Can Use – Nov. 20, 2012
Family Christian Stores in a Buyout - The largest Christian bookstore chain in the country will have new owners. They have 280 stores in 36 states. The chain's management in partnership with some investors has acquired the chain from its previous private equity owners.
Tyndale House Publishers Wins Their Courthouse Battle - Great news! I previously posted regarding the potential that an …
Fun Fridays – Nov. 16, 2012
It is likely you have seen the various parodies of the infamous scene of Hitler in a bunker in a rage. Because the clip is in German many people have had fun putting in their own English subtitles.
Today's Fun Friday is the same scene, but this time Hitler is a frustrated author in a rage over the pending merger of Random House and Penguin.
The last subtitle is perfect.
I Thought I Was Rich!
Recently I received a check in the mail. I opened the envelope, and discovered the amount that was larger than I anticipated. "This is great!" I thought. "Now I have a little extra to shore up my savings."
I reached for another envelope in the stack of mail. It was from the insurance company. Upon opening, I discovered that, after I deducted income taxes, the premium consumed the entire amount …
News You Can Use – Nov. 13, 2012
HarperCollins Closes Two Warehouses - in Scranton, PA and Nashville, TN. In case you are wondering this includes the Thomas Nelson Publishers warehouse, which if you ever visited, is a massive facility. HarperCollins already has closed the Zondervan warehouse in Grand Rapids. This is one of the consolidation moves where the parent company makes money by reducing duplicate efforts. It does not mean …
The C.S. Lewis Retreat 2012
by Steve Laube
C.S. Lewis wrote "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” And later he wrote "Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” (from The World's Last Night: And Other Essays).
I just returned from a weekend teaching at the C.S. Lewis Foundation Retreat near Houston. It is a marvelous time of spiritual and intellectual …
Juggling Agent Interest
Whether you have been sending queries simultaneously through email, the Post Office, or by pitching at conferences, you may be among the select few authors who garners interest from more than one agent. Congratulations! While interest from more than one publishing professional doesn't guarantee a contract, the consensus is that you have a strong proposal and a good shot at success. For the sake of …