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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Welcome back to the discussion. We’ve been dissecting this idea of “books for God.” As publishing professionals and hopefuls, we need to know what makes our books Christian. What makes them “godly?” Is it worth discussing how “books for God” might be different from “Christian books” or books for Christians? Your Writers Group has an intentionally broad focus to encourage
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"Christian artist"? "Artist Christian"? It’s become a pretty crowded bandwagon with lots of dueling banjos, but there are still a few slapping away at the old twangy topic. What are we: artists or Christians? Today, I invite you to go check out a post about the controversial new Christian movie "Facing the Giants" (not yet released) by Dick Staub who’s
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Seth Godin’s got some marketing skills that demand your attention if you blog at all. His post on how to get traffic to your blog is off-the-hook, mad, sick, sweet, shizzle, and other trendy, street-lingo euphemisms that don’t deserve utterance. Stop by if you can stand the aroma of desperate groupies.
The good people of the Christian Fiction Blog (Dee and Marina) were kind enough to bestow an award on Your Writers Group (read about it here) SO…some thanks of my own. God, my pastor, my family, mom and dad, my good friend and ski buddy, the blog-savviest dude I know, Phil “Donahue” Ripperger, my tireless, underappreciated knockout wife, Sheri who
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