I’ve been tagged by Cindy Woodsmall, who probably thinks herself pretty clever to weasel me into this silly game of posting 8 random things about myself. Oh well. What do I have to lose? Here goes… 1. I exhibited obsessive compulsive tendencies for about a year as an 8-year-old, needing to touch each of my fingers together equally if any
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PW says Christian mystery–in the classic sense–is a tough sell. Can "Whodunits" Still Do It? Part 1 Maybe I’m missing the point, but there’s a lot of "modern" Christian mystery/suspense on the shelves. Pretty much every publisher who does fiction has some or has made a concerted go of it. Maybe there isn’t a lot of classic mystery, but is
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In our profession, Coffee—note the capital C—is lifeblood. There’s a reason for that. And it isn’t just flavor. So this morning, my wife came up while I was getting ready. “Deep thought,” she said as she sipped. “If you don’t use enough beans, you’re just wasting it.” Deep thought, indeed. Why go to the effort of making it if you
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"’It’s the way this business has run since 1640,’ he says. That is when 1,700 copies of the Bay Psalm Book were published in the colonies. ‘It was a gamble, and they guessed right because it sold out of the print run. And ever since then, it has been a crap shoot.’" “People think publishing is a business, but it’s
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Interesting development in the Christian Music world this month. CCM Magazine is changing it’s name from Contemporary Christian Music Mag, to "Christ. Community. Music." In an effort to include artists who deny the term "Christian musician" in the mainstream and independent music industries, CCM is changing its focus, broadening its definition of artists of faith. From the May 1st press
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