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Fun Fridays – January 16, 2026
Does today’s video reflect the saying “You must sing for your supper”?
What does that mean anyway? Does it suggest that only vocalists will be fed and writers will starve?
Enjoy!
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Leave a CommentWhat I Am Looking For (Dan Balow)
(Updated 1/15/2026) Whenever I speak at a writers conference or directly with an author, I’ll touch on the fact that what publishers want for new books is not any one thing, but the sum of what each acquiring editor is looking for. While publishing companies might contract for books, it’s their acquisitions editors who advocate for them. Each acquisitions editor has likes, dislikes, and a theological perspective, and is tasked with acquiring a certain number of books. A particular author’s work might match what they are looking for, or not. There’s a heavy dose of “I’ll know it when I …
Book Proposals I’d Love to See (What Tamela Hancock Murray Is Looking For)
(Updated 1/14/2026) I’m thankful to the Lord that I’m a literary agent working for Him in Christian publishing. I’m grateful to the readers of this blog for being part of our writing community. As for approaching me with your work, let’s see if our passions match: Christian Romantic Suspense and Suspense Readers of Christian romantic suspense and suspense are a large and devoted fan base. I’m privileged to represent many significant authors in this space. I would like to see category novels and longer stories. The suspense author creates a realistic situation involving immediate, life-threatening danger that doesn’t diminish until …
A Writer’s Prayer for This New Year
Every year. Every single year. Christmas comes and goes, December ends, New Year’s Day arrives, and I think to myself: How can it be [fill in the year] already? Maybe it’s just me. But, seriously: 2026? How is that possible? Oh, well, as happens every year, the Charles Wesley lines come to mind: And are we yet alive, And see each other’s face? Glory and praise to Jesus give For His redeeming grace! So, as I greet this new year, I do so in wonder, gratitude, and prayer—with a prayer, in fact, that opens my recently published book, 100 Prayers …
A Year in Review: A Look Back at 2025
I always find it instructive to look back at the prior year. So many things are the same in the industry, and yet changes are still constant. The world, reveling in darkness and debauchery, continues to try to throw its shade over the glory of God, thinking they can somehow smother, suppress, or smash it into oblivion. We know different. The following is my annual attempt to review some things in the industry, our agency, and a few other areas. The Industry Just when you think things are settled, the sands shift. The growing presence of A.I. is here, like …