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Fun Fridays – November 21, 2025
Until today’s video, I never even thought about how rubber bands are made. Now we all know.
AND we must sing along with the 1976 song posted below this one —it is required. You owe it to yourself, since it might make you smile.
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The Section Most Often Omitted in a Book Proposal
When I receive proposals from authors new to me, they often omit the “Comparables” segment. I understand that authors may not be aware this section is needed, or that including it may seem like fluff. However, this portion is an essential piece of the proposal puzzle for editors and agents as we consider an author’s work. What do I need to include in my overall proposal? First, to be sure your proposal is complete, see our free guidelines on our website for both fiction and nonfiction book proposals. Please do not ignore this step of discovering what elements constitute a …
There Is Power in Possibility
The publishing industry can be a challenge for someone with artistic sensibilities. The psyche can be worn down by disappointment, bad reviews, poor sales, and rejection by agents and editors. To be resilient in the face of such disillusion is a quality to be desired. Contemplate this quote from Søren Kierkegaard (Danish philosopher and theologian, 1813-1855) in his book Either/Or: “If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never.” What Kierkegaard …
Fun Fridays – November 14, 2025
Today’s video is an oldie, but a goodie. Is it a metaphor for the writing life? If so, explain in the comments below. Who is whom or what according to your allegory? [Can’t see the video in your newsletter? Please click through to the site to watch.] ShareTweet
Writing in the End-Times
Biblically speaking, we are living in the last days, and have been for almost two thousand years. But we are closer than ever to the return of Christ, and it seems to me the music is growing louder. Since only God the Father knows the day and time of Christ’s return, we have no idea when; however, we may see signs. In Luke’s Gospel, we read what Jesus said about knowing what is to come: He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does. And when the …