What comes to mind when you think of a minister? If you are like most people, you think about church buildings and pulpits, preachers and priests, missionaries and Bible school teachers.
Entries from June 2007 ↓
Who Is a Minister? Are You?
June 11th, 2007 — thehighcalling.org
Is My Family Great?
June 8th, 2007 — blogtipping, responses
I let you decide, Dawud Miracle. At your prompting, here’s my photo album response to David Airey’s face behind the blog series, which I’ve reinterpreted slightly as the family behind the blog.
Is God Great?
June 8th, 2007 — faith, marketing, podcast, responses
Yesterday, Mark D. Robert’s comment section exploded, and he wisely chose to remain above the fray, popping in every so often to remind people to be civil.
Why? Mark D. Roberts—I think I can call him my friend, Mark D. Roberts—has done something wonderfully gutsy. He debated Christopher Hitchens on Hugh Hewitt’s Townhall, and now he’s blogging a more thoughtful, less interrupted response.Â
I finished listening to the debate this morning while I rode my bike to work. (Life is good.) And here is my primary thought.
The Finances of Publishing - Letters to a Young Editor 4
June 7th, 2007 — business, editing, faith and work, publishing
My last post in this series is about a lot more than just editing. You see, publishing is not a business with wide and generous margins. Certainly authors can’t expect to earn a tremendous amount of money directly from publishing. But even the biggest wigs in publishing aren’t running around making the Fortune 400 lists.
Now that so much good content is published online for free, these margins are only going to get narrower.
But those of us called to publish and write and edit still have to put food on the table. How does that work? Here’s the last question:Â
4. Is it, do you suppose, financially feasible for a single person to live in the suburbs of a major city, with only an entry-level publishing job and very part-time work in the food industry?
You Can Do Anything - Letters to a Young Editor 3
June 6th, 2007 — editing, networking, publishing
In some ways, acquisitions is the gateway to publishing. Acquisitions Editors are the gatekeepers. Sorting through slush piles of proposals and sample chapters from new writers. Here’s another question from a young editor.
3. I feel like I would like to do acquisitions. How would I get into it?
How to Sell Yourself - Letters to a Young Editor 2
June 5th, 2007 — editing, inspiring, marketing, publishing
This next one is hard for me. It’s so honest. So raw. And such a completely true feeling for writers and editors everywhere.Â
2. How do I “sell” myself when I feel like a failure—but a failure who could stop being one?
How to Break into Publishing - Letters to a Young Editor 1
June 4th, 2007 — editing, publishing, uncategorized
