For over a year now, people have been asking me what I think of The Shack. Mostly, I'm fascinated by how it's gotten people talking—believers and regular folks, liberals and conservatives, long-time Christians and the disenfranchised. And it hasn't even gone to mass market paperback yet. As a result of it all, The Shack is the little, unassuming book that
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There’s so much to discuss in this book. I’m not sure I realized when I started, just how many different discussions we could open up about it, all meaningful and worthwhile probably, but not all equally helpful to the stated goals of this group. And I think Susan Meissner’s comment from last time is the question I want to focus
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Long have I bemoaned (in an apparent vaccuum) the sad state of Christian publishing. As an editor at one of the larger Christian publishing houses makes me something like a pastor complaining about the state of the church. But I've slowed down on the frequency of my whining for several reasons, primarily because I started to see it as futile. Those who want
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When you tell someone you're a writer, what do they say? "Oh. What do you write?" Regardless of your answer, you know what they really want: What do you write about? Who are you? What floats your boat? Driving to the watering hole yesterday to celebrate my fellow editors' bestsellers, I had an inspiration. It was the first time we'd
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Here's a great letter for any of you who would like to set the record straight about who's rejecting who…. ————————————————————————— Dear Esteemed Editor, Thank you for your letter rejecting my book proposal for publishing consideration with your company. Unfortunately, I have received an unusually large number of rejections from many well qualified publishers and I’m afraid that with such
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