Earlier this week I was listening to a conversation between Michael Hyatt (@MichaelHyatt), author of Platform, and Stu McLaren (@StuMcLaren), a startup entrepreneur. At one point in the discussion Stu emphasized the importance of knowing your audience’s pain. What is your audience’s need? What is the problem your audience has that you can solve? And […]
Gary Neal Hansen (@garynealhansen) came up with a great idea the other day. He suggested asking you for questions that you’d like me to ask agents, editors, and authors. This is all part of what I’m calling the Living Legends series, where I interview an agent, editor, or author about anything from self-publishing to building […]
I have mentioned here in the past that I am working on a manifesto. It’s coming together, and I’m having a blast with it. I’d like to share two possible covers with you and hear which one you like better as well as any other comments you might have. Thank you!
In 1960 Alfred Hitchcock was already one of the most celebrated filmmakers in history. With well over forty films to his credit, including The Man Who Knew Too Much, Secret Agent, and North by Northwest, Sir Hitchcock’s place in cinematic history was both deserved and secure. That is precisely when he set the movie world […]
When I heard that readers of this blog wanted me to interview literary agents, one of the first people to come to mind was Christopher Ferebee (@caferebee). Chris is an experienced agent with a strong reputation. I think you’ll enjoy hearing from him. This interview kicks off what I’m calling the Living Legend series because […]
We bloggers often pour a significant amount of time and energy into creating content. So of course we want that content to be presented in a visually appealing way. Any decent chef will tell you, presentation matters. The problem is unless you’re a tech geek or a graphic artist, or have enough money to burn […]
One of the great things about having worked in publishing for fifteen years is that I have a lot of friends in the industry. I’d like to use my access to some of these folks for your benefit by providing some interviews with them. It occurred to me that I could interview successful authors, veteran […]
I’m very pleased to be guest posting at literary agent Chip MacGregor’s blog today. The title of the post is “How to Be a Christian Author without Embarrassing God.” Here’s how it starts: Tony Campolo wrote a book a while back titled Following Jesus without Embarrassing God. In it Campolo challenged Christians to let go of practices […]
I wanted to bring you up to speed on a few things and then just for fun share some videos that have caught my attention lately. Goings-On In terms of goings-on, here and there I’ll be cutting back to one post a week so I have time to work on some ebook projects and guest […]
At writers conferences I often receive questions like these: Will publishers be interested in my book if it’s already been self-published? (Answer: Yes, as long as the self-published version sold well.) I need to be published to get an agent; I need an agent to get published. What gives? (Answer: Do something to get […]
