April 16th, 2008 — CBA, publishing, writing
Just saw this on Publisher’s Weekly. It was announced yesterday. That’s right. Thomas Nelson will no longer attend the primary CBA tradeshow, ICRS. I’m not sure whether this means they are leaving the Christian Booksellers Association, or just no longer attending the tradeshow.
Update: Michael Hyatt weighed in on this in the comments. They aren’t leaving the CBA, just no longer attending ICRS. He pointed people to a Q&A about this specific issue on his blog.
At any rate, you need to know this stuff. So keep reading and be sure to click through to the articles as well.
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October 3rd, 2007 — writing
I got tired of the never ending blogroll that grew in my sidebar. I’ve now switched to a google reader widget that will share my favorite posts as I read them. For those who prefer the traditional static list, though, here it is:
Friends
High Calling Writers
Writers
Editors
Agents
Blogging Resources
High Calling Blogs
August 22nd, 2007 — CSFF, blogging, editing, fantasy
Here it is Wednesday, and I’m just now getting to the Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy blog tour! My apologies to everyone for the weak showing this round. All that to say George Bryan Polivka’s The Legend of the Firefish looks awesome. He’s got a new blog, too.
I thought it would be fun to play acquisitions editor based on the first page. What if I got this first page as an unsolicited manuscript? What works? What questions does it raise?
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August 15th, 2007 — print on demand, publishing, writing
Michael Hyatt posted some interesting ideas about print on demand. It could be arriving at a book store near you, though I’m not sure what that will mean for readers, consumers, writers, publishers, agents.
I can tell you who won’t be effected by such machines: editors.
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August 6th, 2007 — networking, publishing
This weekend while I was mowing my jungle lawn between the final performances of Midsummer Night’s Dream, I listened to a MarketingExperiements podcast called “Harnessing Social Media - Web 2.0 Grows Up - Free Internet Traffic.”
Yes, I am a supergeek. And I thought I should share some things I learned.
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August 2nd, 2007 — faith and work
I’m regretting what I posted this morning. Too whiny. This is not the person I want to be, you know?
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August 2nd, 2007 — editing, faith and work
It’s embarrassing. It shouldn’t matter to me, but sometimes it gets under my skin.
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July 26th, 2007 — publishing
Not very to this little publicity stunt. Apparently, the Jane Austen Festival submitted three book proposals based on Jane Austen’s books, including sample chapters that were remarkably similar to the original manuscripts–even going so far as to state verbatim the first sentence of Pride and Prejudice:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
You can read the entire story Austin scam exposes publisher’s pride and prejudice.
Tip of the hat to David Zimmerman at IVP’s Behind the Books for posting on this. (But it breaks my heart to see Dave’s completely reasonable explanation for why Jane Austen would never be successful today. Sigh.)
