Michael Hyatt Explains How Thomas Nelson Chooses Which Books to Publish
In continuing the discussion about the major changes going on over at Thomas Nelson Publishers, Michael Hyatt explains in his…
Category: On Writing Fiction (page 9)
Michael Hyatt Throws Down The Gauntlet
Michael Hyatt, President and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, has thrown down the gauntlet. How? He has announced that as…
Telling Terrifying Fairy Tales Is Good?
That terrifying fairy tales are good is one of the conclusions of an article in the April edition of Touchstone—A…
Amazon Cutting Off All Non-BookSurge POD Books
BREAKING NEWS: Sally Stuart’s website just broke the news that Amazon is in the process of shutting down the “Buy”…
Advice For Aspiring Novelists
Wayne Thomas Batson’s blog gave a link to some advice for aspiring novelists, and it was just such an excellent…
J.S. Bach Teaches Ficton Writing
I just finished reading some World History to my kids, and as part of that, we covered the Baroque period…
Read a sample Of MERLIN’S BLADE
This is the first few chapters from the published version of MERLIN’S BLADE: >>> Merlin’s Blade <<< And remember to…
Ted Dekker: Screaming Truth In Storytelling
I found this great interview of Ted Dekker by C.J. Darlington. If you take the time to read it, you…
Publicize Your Book — Review #2
Well, I finally finished reading “Publicize Your Book: An insiders Guide To Getting Your Book The Attention It Deserves” by Jacqueline Deval.
If you happened to have missed my previous review of chapters 1-8, you can read it here.
Here is my review of chapters 9 through 13.
Giving Books Away Online Increases Sales?
Can giving away a book online increase the sales of the printed version of the same book? I know that…
A Milestone In My Writing!
When I first became inspired to write a book series about King Arthur, I started out by brainstorming and writing…
Simpleology Blogging Course – Quick Review
I took the free course from Simpleology on blogging, and it was pretty good. I would especially recommend it to…
We’re Going To Our First Writing Conference!
No, we’re not going to the writing conference at Mt. Hermon, as much as I tried to figure out how…
Simpleology Course On Blogging
I’m evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they’re letting you snag it…
Using A Writing Log To Motivate
Randy Ingermanson asked his blog readers, “What Action Will You Take Today?” In asking this he is trying to spur…
How To Design A Book Series
After reading about the theory that Michael Ward has carefully put together (regarding how C.S. Lewis planned out his Chronicles…
C.S. Lewis’ Secret Plan For Narnia
I ran across a fantastic article about the secret & cryptic planning that C.S. Lewis did that undergirds the entire…
Publicize Your Book — Review #1
Lately I have been reading the book “Publicize Your Book: An insiders Guide To Getting Your Book The Attention It Deserves” by Jacqueline Deval.
This book would appeal to anyone who is either submitting manuscripts to publishers or else planning on doing so. The time to think about marketing is very early on in the process, and this books makes that more than clear with its numerous examples. It applies somewhat more to non-fiction authors, but it has numerous examples related to fiction, so don’t let that prevent you from reading it.
Right now I am about half-way through it, and so this review #1 only includes chapters 1 through 8.
Thirsting For The Water Of Life — Part 2
The “overnight” parts for our new well drop pipe didn’t ship until Wednesday, so they finally arrived last night immediately before we left for a Christmas concert (I’ll put another post up about the concert—incredible!). Not only did they arrive, but they fit perfectly.
So today is the day. Everything is ready for the well install, and this means we might all get hot showers without having to borrow them! However, I didn’t just jump out there first thing this morning because it was 23 degrees and the ground was covered in frost. It’s supposed to warm up to around 39 by noon, and that sounds better.
I have pondered more deeply the words of Isaiah 55 over the last few days of this final waiting. Not only the verses I quoted earlier, but the ones that follow, verses 4 through the end.
Optimistic Plotting – New Book Graphing Idea
Timothy Fish on his blog has an interesting article that talks about Optimistic Plots vs. Pessimistic Plots. As part of…