February 18th, 2008 — blogging, Blogging Resources, blogtour
Who cares what the bloggers say about blogging.
Who cares what Facebook users say about Facebook.
What does NYU say about social media trends? What does the New York Times say? What do investors say?
Sometimes we need to step outside our blog bubbles and take a hard look at the online world we’re living. Don’t be afraid to ask the hard question about all these promises.
What is hype, what is hope, and what is verifiable fact?
February 15th, 2008 — blogging, networking, marketing, blogtour, highcallingblogs.com
Lately, L. L. Barkat and I have been pretty busy trying organize everything we know about social media for a presentation at Mt. Hermon. Yesterday, I presented some of what I’ve learned about social media to the San Antonio Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
I promised the AFP people to share the slideshow online. Here it is…
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January 28th, 2008 — faith and work, christianity, networking, marketing, blogtour, highcallingblogs.com
At FastCompany this month, Clive Thompson asks, “Is the Tipping Point Toast?” He makes a good point that “your average slob is just as likely as a well-connected person to start a huge new trend.”
Why should any readers of GoodWordEditing.com care?
January 21st, 2008 — fantasy, CSFF, blogtour, page one review
Several months ago, I began book critiques that I call Page One Reviews.
Here’s the premise: I look at a book as if I’m an acquisitions editor and ask, “What if I got this first page as an unsolicited manuscript? What works? What questions does it raise?”
Today, as part of the CSFF blog tour, I’ll be looking at Jeffrey Overstreet’s fantasy Auralia’s Colors. You may already know Jeffrey from his nonfiction work, Through a Screen Darkly. He also blogs at The Looking Closer Journal, which has the wonderful tagline “the truth must dazzle gradually” from one of my favorite Emily Dickinson poems: Tell All the Truth but Tell It Slant.
November 6th, 2007 — blogging, CSFF, blogtour
I’ve been emailing Austin Boyd back and forth a bit this week about his blog tour, trying to get his impression of its value. He gave me permission to post his comments here on my blog.
To set the context, Austin Boyd’s book The Return was featured on the Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy Blog Tour two months ago. (Go here to read my blog’s Page One review of the book from the tour.) Austin has a little bit of perspective on the event, and I asked him the hard question:
Now that the dust has settled on the CSFF blog tour, I’d be curious to hear how you felt about it.
October 8th, 2007 — blogging, networking, marketing, blogtour
Who knows where blog tours came from? They seem to be especially prevalent in the CBA, and I’ve been trying to figure out ways to make them work. It tain’t easy, folks.
If you are a writer looking to help the publisher sell your book, you need to read this post. If you are a blogger looking to see what social media can do, you need to read this post. If you are a publisher, looking to see how social media can help you sell books, you need to read this post.
THEN after you read the post, take the amazing TRUE FALSE TEST ABOUT BLOG TOURS!
September 17th, 2007 — speculative fiction, CSFF, blogtour
To be fair, I should judge The Return by a little more than its cover, right? But we do need to start at the beginning with…
1) The cover
As a science fiction fan, this cover gets my attention. I recognize that photo from NASA’s archives. Looks like a genuine Rover shot, but I’m not really sure.
My feeling that The Return could actually be good, sound, technical science fiction is reinforced by the blurb on …
August 9th, 2007 — writing, blogtour
A few weeks ago, I joined Mary DeMuth’s Authentic Parenting blog tour. I’ve posted about the book’s powerful stories and its practical tips. I even posted a quick “hard sell” post just to see what would happen. (You can read more about Mary’s book on her site RelevantBlog.)
Today I want to think about what the book does theologically. Continue reading →
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