Michael Cader of Publisher’s Marketplace reports in the Publishers’ Lunch daily newsletter (he has a great little “free advice” page on getting published, applicable to larger Christian houses as well), "On Blogging Policies and Blogging Casualties"– Editor Jason Pinter’s recent abrupt dismissal from Crown (imprint of Random) was attributed to a post on his blog (now removed) comparing opening week
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“Most Christian books are about two things: helping the readers succeed and making them feel good. They’re both great, and I’m not putting that down, but somehow it’s become all about us and never about what God wants to do in the world.” –Dave Ping, coauthor (w. Steve Sjogren) in Outflow. “Our postmodern world is pulling each individual into a
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Another cliché. Christian writers always say they hope to praise God with their art. But some art made by Christians, frankly, doesn’t. We don’t agree on which is which. It’s such a difficult thing to tell what God is pleased by, isn’t it? Actually, it’s not really. Does the question come down to who knows God better? Or is it
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“Daddy? It’s snowing!” “It is? Cool!” Is the subtle lilt in my voice too subtle–or have I fooled her? I’m sick of this winter. Enough already. “And we can go play in it!” This isn’t really a statement. It’s a question, a test of my true commitment to the coolness happening outside. “Maybe later. Right now we need to clean
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So all of you who emailed me after that last post with your “Thanks for the laughs,” and “Nice knowing you”? You can forget getting another company Christmas card from me, you cutesy ingrates! The rest of you can all breathe easy. I’m not going anywhere. I’ve just been getting a needed dose of reality. Undergoing some realignment of my
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