This document provides information about Christian fiction publishing. It discusses what defines Christian fiction, different types of Christian fiction, and prominent Christian publishers. It also covers topics like traditional publishing vs self-publishing and warns about abusive practices of some vanity publishers. The document concludes by providing contact information for Christian editing services.
Writers attempting to break into Christian Publishing may find themselves at odds with the market if they write "graphic truth." On the other hand, if they mention their faith, they may be ostracized from secular publishing. So what does a writer do? Learn from the experience of one author and speaker, who not only found an avenue to publication, but garnished kudos from both the secular and Christian worlds.
The document discusses young adult (YA) literature and why it appeals to adult readers, highlighting several popular YA book series and genres. It also provides recommendations for book clubs focused on YA literature and lists resources for finding highly rated YA books, noting many adults enjoy reading about first experiences and personal growth typically found in YA novels. The document aims to promote YA books to adult readers and provide librarians with ideas for related programming.
The document provides an overview of a lecture titled "A Thrill a Minute: Crafting, Pitching, Writing, Selling and Promoting Thrillers" given by George Galdorisi at the La Jolla Writer's Conference. The lecture focuses on how to write a thriller novel, pitch it to agents and publishers, and work with a publisher to promote the book. It discusses developing a high concept and effective pitch, writing techniques like characterization, plotting and action, the publishing process, and book promotion strategies. The goal is to help attendees understand how to successfully publish a thriller with a mainstream publisher.
Are you ready to celebrate...with charts? We are! Loan Stars in turning two and we're bursting with pride — and by pride, we mean "data." Join us for a Loan Stars update where we'll discuss its impact over the past year, trends we're noticing, and how you can get involved.
This document provides advice on creating a diverse cast of characters to avoid having only white characters. It recommends that creators consider their target audience and medium, research other cultures thoroughly if writing about them, and make an effort to include non-white characters even if initially conceived as white. The document warns against tokenism and stereotypes, and advises to expect complaints from those accustomed to only white protagonists, but to not let those complaints discourage inclusive character creation.
This document provides an overview of a class on writing fiction novels. It discusses various topics related to writing novels including choosing between mainstream and genre fiction, developing plots, characters, and action scenes. It also covers pitching ideas to agents and publishers, writing the full manuscript, and promoting the published work. Key points include outlining the classic plot structure, using the Freytag pyramid to design plots, developing compelling characters through backstories and motivations, and balancing plot, characters, and action throughout the story.
Writers attempting to break into Christian Publishing may find themselves at odds with the market if they write "graphic truth." On the other hand, if they mention their faith, they may be ostracized from secular publishing. So what does a writer do? Learn from the experience of one author and speaker, who not only found an avenue to publication, but garnished kudos from both the secular and Christian worlds.
The document discusses young adult (YA) literature and why it appeals to adult readers, highlighting several popular YA book series and genres. It also provides recommendations for book clubs focused on YA literature and lists resources for finding highly rated YA books, noting many adults enjoy reading about first experiences and personal growth typically found in YA novels. The document aims to promote YA books to adult readers and provide librarians with ideas for related programming.
The document provides an overview of a lecture titled "A Thrill a Minute: Crafting, Pitching, Writing, Selling and Promoting Thrillers" given by George Galdorisi at the La Jolla Writer's Conference. The lecture focuses on how to write a thriller novel, pitch it to agents and publishers, and work with a publisher to promote the book. It discusses developing a high concept and effective pitch, writing techniques like characterization, plotting and action, the publishing process, and book promotion strategies. The goal is to help attendees understand how to successfully publish a thriller with a mainstream publisher.
Are you ready to celebrate...with charts? We are! Loan Stars in turning two and we're bursting with pride — and by pride, we mean "data." Join us for a Loan Stars update where we'll discuss its impact over the past year, trends we're noticing, and how you can get involved.
This document provides advice on creating a diverse cast of characters to avoid having only white characters. It recommends that creators consider their target audience and medium, research other cultures thoroughly if writing about them, and make an effort to include non-white characters even if initially conceived as white. The document warns against tokenism and stereotypes, and advises to expect complaints from those accustomed to only white protagonists, but to not let those complaints discourage inclusive character creation.
This document provides an overview of a class on writing fiction novels. It discusses various topics related to writing novels including choosing between mainstream and genre fiction, developing plots, characters, and action scenes. It also covers pitching ideas to agents and publishers, writing the full manuscript, and promoting the published work. Key points include outlining the classic plot structure, using the Freytag pyramid to design plots, developing compelling characters through backstories and motivations, and balancing plot, characters, and action throughout the story.
This document provides summaries and recommendations for 100 books for fall 2013. It includes brief summaries organized by genre, including mysteries, historical fiction, sports, speculative fiction, action/adventure, books for boys and girls, multicultural books, notebook novels, and nonfiction. Each summary is 1-2 sentences and provides the title, target readers, and brief description. It also includes links to blogs about children's and young adult literature.
This document provides an overview of strategies for engaging readers presented by Teri Lesesne. It discusses creating reading autobiographies to understand readers' experiences. Important aspects of reading engagement include finding time through "edge time" and priority periods, building reading communities on social media and through book clubs, ensuring access through physical books and varying complexity levels, eliciting different types of responses, and fully immersing readers in literature through various genres and formats. Recommended books and resources are also presented.
An internal presentation (orientation to new students) giving a very brief overview of Jakobstad/Pietarsaari and Finland. Presented in September 2016. Video elements may not function.
The study examined how sex ratios impact relationship behaviors in men and women. In Study 1, participants were primed with stories about many or few potential partners of the opposite sex and then completed measures of relationship satisfaction and closeness. Study 2 used pictorial tasks to prime sex ratios and measured relationship protective behaviors. Study 3 combined the primes from Study 1 with measures of vigilance, perceptions of partner fidelity, accommodation behaviors, and partner mate value. The results found some evidence that men become more intrusive and perceive greater potential infidelity when primed with few women, while women become more permissive and accommodating. However, the effects were not consistently significant across measures.
WCC COMM 119 Spring '19 Week#3 check in LUTHERprofluther
This document provides an overview and discussion points for staffing and casting a fictional television show about restaurant employees. It discusses five threads that have been submitted with casting ideas. It encourages considering diversity and pitching alternative character descriptions. It lists the six main character descriptions and emphasizes the importance of actors having good chemistry together and reading all discussion threads to fully participate. A reminder is given that Week 3 work is due by February 11th at 11:55pm.
This document contains three unrelated summaries:
1) It introduces a new adoptable dog named Leah, a shy 16-month-old husky mix available from PAWS of GH.
2) It summarizes author Garth Stein's third visit to Stafford Creek Corrections Center, where he discussed his books and writing process with inmates.
3) It announces that the city of Westport, WA has designated itself the "dog friendliest beach" and lists upcoming events to celebrate dogs, including a "Best Friends Day" and weekly themes highlighting different dog groups.
Try a book-club was a programme ran to give children the opportunity to take part in a book-club and determine whether it was something they would enjoy. Our monthly junior book-club is well subscribed to by children who are heavy library users. It was hoped that the programme would encourage reluctant children to try something new. Children were given six weeks to read the book . This gave all reading levels a chance to read the book at their reading pace. The programme was ran alongside the Summer Stars reading programme. It was hoped that this would give children with a lot of after school activities an opportunity to take part. The book chosen was ‘Tin’ by Pádraig Kenny. Slightly difficult in storyline which I felt was important to challenge the children.
The programme was well subscribed with a group of twelve children taking part. These were mixed in age, gender and reading interests. During the meeting, I gave an introduction to book-clubs and we set some ground rules for discussion . Each child got an opportunity to discuss their opinion of the book which varied in length. This was guided with follow up questions from me which hoped to further critical discussion. Afterwards, we furthered discussion of character depth by drawing our own robots based on the main characters in the book. This allowed the children to understand the process of character creation and descriptive writing.
The event was well received by the children and the group were open to discussion. Four of the twelve children signed up for the monthly book-club afterwards and have become key members to our discussions. The event allowed our library to provide an inclusive event in the summer programme that’s only limit was that children had to be between eight and twelve.
Free book: How to find the man of your dreams?Natalia Kustova
This document is an introduction to a book that provides women with techniques and strategies for finding, attracting, and keeping a romantic partner. The author began his career coaching men on relationships but realized he could help women by sharing what he learned about the male perspective. When he taught women these techniques, they began getting dates and entering relationships. Now he hosts events and written guides to help women optimize their love lives by better understanding men's desires and using subtle behaviors to attract partners and orchestrate their interest. The book will cover specific steps women can take to meet men, get dates, and have fulfilling long-term relationships.
Thank you for the proposal, but I don't think your perspective would be the best fit for this particular book. The goal is to provide an authentic first-person account of the daily experiences and challenges faced by climate researchers in remote field locations. While your summers working on a related project could offer some relevant insights, the book really needs to be written from the perspective of someone who has lived that life full-time for many years. I appreciate you reaching out though - feel free to send other project ideas my way in the future. Best of luck with your writing.
Frank: Thanks for the feedback. You're right that my experience wouldn't provide the full immersive perspective needed. I do have another idea that may be a
This document provides an overview of a writing course at Coronado Adult Education covering how to establish an online presence. It discusses reviewing content from prior weeks on writing skills, publishing, fiction and non-fiction. It emphasizes making online material unique, competing for attention, balancing content and entertainment, and whether to build a website yourself or hire someone. Examples are provided of successful writer websites along with advice on engagement, visibility and constants like providing content and using social media to drive traffic. The goal is to establish an online "professional persona" as the CEO of one's writing career.
Profil ini berisi tentang latar belakang pribadi, riwayat pendidikan, dan pengalaman kerja Fazar Nur Rizki. Ia lahir di Jakarta pada 1993, saat ini sedang menempuh pendidikan di STMT Trisakti, dan pernah bekerja di PT Jasa Angkasa Semesta serta memiliki pengalaman organisasi di sekolah.
Presented by Laura Halenius at Intranätverk 2015: Gothenburg, 21 May.
How to design a social intranet for a think-and-do-tank that relies heavily on knowledge workers? Sitra’s new social intranet breaks down silos and gives employees better understanding on what’s happening at work. Laura Halenius tells how Sitra uses collaborating tools and how knowledge is shared at Sitra. The technology is the easy part – changing employees’ current practices and habits is the really hard part.
Dresden is a city located in eastern Germany, along the Elbe River. It was heavily bombed in 1945 by the British and American air forces, destroying much of the historic city center and killing over 25,000 civilians. Today, Dresden has rebuilt its center and remains an important cultural and economic center along Germany's tourist route known as the "Blue Wonder".
Kharkiv is located in northeastern Ukraine, about 25 miles from the Russian border. Russian forces have continued shelling and bombing residential areas of the city, causing civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure. Ukrainian defenders remain in control of Kharkiv and have launched some counterattacks against Russian positions on the outskirts of the city.
Gör det enkelt att göra det enkelt att HITTAIntranätverk
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Presenterad av Fredrik Wackå på Intranätverk 2015: Malmö, den 24 september.
Greenpeace is a large international non-governmental environmental organization with over 40 country offices that focuses on issues like climate change, deforestation, and anti-nuclear campaigns. It uses direct action, lobbying, and research to advocate for its goal of ensuring the Earth's diversity. Greenpeace relies on millions of individual donors and foundation grants, rather than government or corporate funding. It has worked with schools in the Belgorod region of Russia since 2003 on reforestation efforts planting hundreds of trees.
This document provides summaries and recommendations for 100 books for fall 2013. It includes brief summaries organized by genre, including mysteries, historical fiction, sports, speculative fiction, action/adventure, books for boys and girls, multicultural books, notebook novels, and nonfiction. Each summary is 1-2 sentences and provides the title, target readers, and brief description. It also includes links to blogs about children's and young adult literature.
This document provides an overview of strategies for engaging readers presented by Teri Lesesne. It discusses creating reading autobiographies to understand readers' experiences. Important aspects of reading engagement include finding time through "edge time" and priority periods, building reading communities on social media and through book clubs, ensuring access through physical books and varying complexity levels, eliciting different types of responses, and fully immersing readers in literature through various genres and formats. Recommended books and resources are also presented.
An internal presentation (orientation to new students) giving a very brief overview of Jakobstad/Pietarsaari and Finland. Presented in September 2016. Video elements may not function.
The study examined how sex ratios impact relationship behaviors in men and women. In Study 1, participants were primed with stories about many or few potential partners of the opposite sex and then completed measures of relationship satisfaction and closeness. Study 2 used pictorial tasks to prime sex ratios and measured relationship protective behaviors. Study 3 combined the primes from Study 1 with measures of vigilance, perceptions of partner fidelity, accommodation behaviors, and partner mate value. The results found some evidence that men become more intrusive and perceive greater potential infidelity when primed with few women, while women become more permissive and accommodating. However, the effects were not consistently significant across measures.
WCC COMM 119 Spring '19 Week#3 check in LUTHERprofluther
This document provides an overview and discussion points for staffing and casting a fictional television show about restaurant employees. It discusses five threads that have been submitted with casting ideas. It encourages considering diversity and pitching alternative character descriptions. It lists the six main character descriptions and emphasizes the importance of actors having good chemistry together and reading all discussion threads to fully participate. A reminder is given that Week 3 work is due by February 11th at 11:55pm.
This document contains three unrelated summaries:
1) It introduces a new adoptable dog named Leah, a shy 16-month-old husky mix available from PAWS of GH.
2) It summarizes author Garth Stein's third visit to Stafford Creek Corrections Center, where he discussed his books and writing process with inmates.
3) It announces that the city of Westport, WA has designated itself the "dog friendliest beach" and lists upcoming events to celebrate dogs, including a "Best Friends Day" and weekly themes highlighting different dog groups.
Try a book-club was a programme ran to give children the opportunity to take part in a book-club and determine whether it was something they would enjoy. Our monthly junior book-club is well subscribed to by children who are heavy library users. It was hoped that the programme would encourage reluctant children to try something new. Children were given six weeks to read the book . This gave all reading levels a chance to read the book at their reading pace. The programme was ran alongside the Summer Stars reading programme. It was hoped that this would give children with a lot of after school activities an opportunity to take part. The book chosen was ‘Tin’ by Pádraig Kenny. Slightly difficult in storyline which I felt was important to challenge the children.
The programme was well subscribed with a group of twelve children taking part. These were mixed in age, gender and reading interests. During the meeting, I gave an introduction to book-clubs and we set some ground rules for discussion . Each child got an opportunity to discuss their opinion of the book which varied in length. This was guided with follow up questions from me which hoped to further critical discussion. Afterwards, we furthered discussion of character depth by drawing our own robots based on the main characters in the book. This allowed the children to understand the process of character creation and descriptive writing.
The event was well received by the children and the group were open to discussion. Four of the twelve children signed up for the monthly book-club afterwards and have become key members to our discussions. The event allowed our library to provide an inclusive event in the summer programme that’s only limit was that children had to be between eight and twelve.
Free book: How to find the man of your dreams?Natalia Kustova
This document is an introduction to a book that provides women with techniques and strategies for finding, attracting, and keeping a romantic partner. The author began his career coaching men on relationships but realized he could help women by sharing what he learned about the male perspective. When he taught women these techniques, they began getting dates and entering relationships. Now he hosts events and written guides to help women optimize their love lives by better understanding men's desires and using subtle behaviors to attract partners and orchestrate their interest. The book will cover specific steps women can take to meet men, get dates, and have fulfilling long-term relationships.
Thank you for the proposal, but I don't think your perspective would be the best fit for this particular book. The goal is to provide an authentic first-person account of the daily experiences and challenges faced by climate researchers in remote field locations. While your summers working on a related project could offer some relevant insights, the book really needs to be written from the perspective of someone who has lived that life full-time for many years. I appreciate you reaching out though - feel free to send other project ideas my way in the future. Best of luck with your writing.
Frank: Thanks for the feedback. You're right that my experience wouldn't provide the full immersive perspective needed. I do have another idea that may be a
This document provides an overview of a writing course at Coronado Adult Education covering how to establish an online presence. It discusses reviewing content from prior weeks on writing skills, publishing, fiction and non-fiction. It emphasizes making online material unique, competing for attention, balancing content and entertainment, and whether to build a website yourself or hire someone. Examples are provided of successful writer websites along with advice on engagement, visibility and constants like providing content and using social media to drive traffic. The goal is to establish an online "professional persona" as the CEO of one's writing career.
Profil ini berisi tentang latar belakang pribadi, riwayat pendidikan, dan pengalaman kerja Fazar Nur Rizki. Ia lahir di Jakarta pada 1993, saat ini sedang menempuh pendidikan di STMT Trisakti, dan pernah bekerja di PT Jasa Angkasa Semesta serta memiliki pengalaman organisasi di sekolah.
Presented by Laura Halenius at Intranätverk 2015: Gothenburg, 21 May.
How to design a social intranet for a think-and-do-tank that relies heavily on knowledge workers? Sitra’s new social intranet breaks down silos and gives employees better understanding on what’s happening at work. Laura Halenius tells how Sitra uses collaborating tools and how knowledge is shared at Sitra. The technology is the easy part – changing employees’ current practices and habits is the really hard part.
Dresden is a city located in eastern Germany, along the Elbe River. It was heavily bombed in 1945 by the British and American air forces, destroying much of the historic city center and killing over 25,000 civilians. Today, Dresden has rebuilt its center and remains an important cultural and economic center along Germany's tourist route known as the "Blue Wonder".
Kharkiv is located in northeastern Ukraine, about 25 miles from the Russian border. Russian forces have continued shelling and bombing residential areas of the city, causing civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure. Ukrainian defenders remain in control of Kharkiv and have launched some counterattacks against Russian positions on the outskirts of the city.
Gör det enkelt att göra det enkelt att HITTAIntranätverk
Intranät är komplexa miljöer. Ett dokumentarkiv utan slut, en kombination av amöba och svart hål. Omöjligt att göra enkelt. Eller? Kan det vara så att det finns en grundindelning som faktiskt gör det rimligt enkelt att hitta? Svaret har bara du och dina användare men Fredrik kommer att utgå från väl dokumenterade behov som människor har på intranät och föreslå sätt att hantera dem som, i bästa fall, gör intranätet enkelt att hitta på.
Presenterad av Fredrik Wackå på Intranätverk 2015: Malmö, den 24 september.
Greenpeace is a large international non-governmental environmental organization with over 40 country offices that focuses on issues like climate change, deforestation, and anti-nuclear campaigns. It uses direct action, lobbying, and research to advocate for its goal of ensuring the Earth's diversity. Greenpeace relies on millions of individual donors and foundation grants, rather than government or corporate funding. It has worked with schools in the Belgorod region of Russia since 2003 on reforestation efforts planting hundreds of trees.
This document contains proprietary information about team huddles prepared by Navigant Technologies for a client. The document discusses:
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The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
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The document is from GuanGzhou huichi Glass technical company and lists various glass lamination products and equipment they offer such as EVA film, color EVA film, laminating and heating machines, vacuum bags, silicone tubes, adhesive tapes, air tanks, pumps, and smart glass samples. It provides contact information for the representative mukial@huichiglass.com to learn more details.
This document outlines various strategies for publishing works, including in scientific journals, books, blogs, and more. It discusses submitting articles to peer-reviewed journals, the review process, and increasing citations. For book publishing, it covers traditional and self-publishing options on platforms like Amazon, as well as pitching to publishers, negotiating contracts, and marketing books. The document also provides tips for blogging, using various publishing and marketing tools, finding speaking opportunities, and accessing additional resources to aid the publishing process.
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The industry is changing faster and faster. Here's a snapshot view from someone who has been in the business for 30 years and done traditional, hybrid and indie publishing with great success.
Authors: Learn to reach more readers with your books. Mark Coker's fifth annual 2016 Smashwords Survey. Reveals quantifiable ebook sales data to help authors reach more readers. The 2016 survey answers such questions as: Do readers prefer longer or shorter ebooks?; Do ebooks that start out as preorders sell better?; How do I price box sets?; what are the sweet spots for ebook pricing?; Do series books sell better than standalone books?; which ebook genres are most popular?; do series with FREE series starters earn more money than other series; and much more. For historical context, check out the prior three years of Smashwords Surveys, all here at Slideshare.
How to get your work into print - Guaranteed!Glen Palmer
Writing your book, short stories or articles can be very rewarding. However, getting it traditionally published can be hard. Learn the easy techniques and strategies to getting you book into print and online.
This seminar discusses how to use writing purposefully and effectively. It emphasizes having a message, being led by God, seeking God through prayer and fasting, and putting purpose before people-pleasing. It also covers reaching a wide audience through various mediums, collaborating with other writers, the writing and publishing process, and using writing to create lasting impact and change the world. The seminar is hosted by Karolyne Roberts to help attendees develop as writers with purpose.
Priya Kanaparti is a writer who lives in Boise, Idaho with her family. She writes young adult and new adult paranormal romance novels under her own name and the pen name Clara Stone. This document provides information on small press publishing versus self-publishing, the writing and editing process, finding beta readers and critique partners, querying agents and publishers, contract negotiations, working with publishers, and helpful resources for authors.
Path to Traditional Pub - BookFest 2024 presentation - 03-23-2024.pdfContent Strategy Inc.
This document provides an overview of Kathy Wagner's journey to traditional publication and lessons learned. It discusses the pros and cons of both traditional publishing and self-publishing. Key steps outlined include establishing an author platform and credibility, preparing a high-quality manuscript, assembling a proposal package, targeting agents or publishers, handling the contract and publication process, and marketing the book. The overall message is that traditional publication involves a rigorous process but can provide more support and reach, while the best approach depends on each author's goals.
Reconnect to Reader's Advisory through LibraryReads - NELA 2014Kristi Chadwick
This document discusses LibraryReads, a monthly list of 10 adult books that librarians have voted for. It aims to connect books with readers and show the role libraries play in building word-of-mouth for new books and authors. The document outlines how librarians can participate by reading and reviewing advance reader copies on their Edelweiss accounts. It also provides tips for finding ARCs, writing effective reviews and blurbs, and how LibraryReads can help promote readers' advisory and collections in libraries.
Word Association Publishers is a publishing company that specializes in helping authors publish non-fiction books. They work with a wide variety of non-fiction genres, including business books, biographies/autobiographies/memoirs, self-help books, cookbooks, history books, and more. The document discusses how writing a book, especially one about your area of expertise, can help grow your business or professional practice by positioning you as the leading expert in your field. It provides examples of successful authors who were able to expand their careers through publishing books with Word Association, including a clinical neuropsychologist who has gone on to publish with larger commercial publishers.
Book discoverability template - everything you need to do to get found!AuthorDiscovery.com
This document discusses strategies for authors to market and promote their books. It begins by contrasting the lifestyle of a writer versus a marketer. It then discusses setting publishing goals and building basic discoverability through websites and blogs. The key aspects of author discovery are outlined as getting found, feedback, fans, and becoming famous. Authors are advised to be present everywhere readers are through various online channels. Pricing and promotions are also covered. The document provides tips on storytelling, developing reasons to believe in one's book, strategies for discoverability, and considerations for pricing and promotion.
This document summarizes a workshop session on publishing options. It discusses both traditional publishing, which involves working with an agent and publisher, and self-publishing. For traditional publishing, the document outlines the submission and querying process. It provides tips for writing effective query letters and sample queries. For self-publishing, it discusses different self-publishing platforms and services authors can use to publish independently without an agent or publisher. The document concludes by listing additional resources on publishing, writing, and the industry.
How to Reach More Readers with Self-Published EbooksSmashwords, Inc.
This presentation was given by Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, at Self Publishing Boot Camp in San Francisco on February 18. The presentation summarizes the best practices of the most successful self-published ebook authors.
This document provides tips and advice for authors on getting started with writing, publishing, and marketing books. It discusses reviewing articles, presenting at conferences, freelance writing, and writing columns as ways to start a writing career. It covers details of book contracts, marketing books through social media, talks, and self-publishing options like print-on-demand services and ebooks. Specific self-publishing platforms mentioned include CreateSpace and Smashwords. The document emphasizes the importance of marketing and publicity even after a book is published.
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The document discusses the publishing industry and eBooks. It includes summaries from representatives from Random House, OverDrive, and Gale Cengage Learning. Key points include that Random House remains committed to print books, OverDrive works to create business models that benefit both publishers and libraries, and Gale has actively adapted its reference content to digital formats over decades.
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3. Introduction
What is Christian Fiction?
Types of Publishing
Christian Publishers
Australasian Publishers
Questions
4. Promotes a Christian world view
o Not a post-modern view
• God is not dead
• We are not a product of chance
• Reason alone will not build a better society
• There is the hope of eternal life
• All paths do not lead to God
o “Anything a Christian writes must reflect the truth of God’s
account. If as a Christian we don’t write from a biblical worldview,
we’re not portraying reality as it is.”
- Ann Tatlock
5. If you pull out the Christian thread from the plot, and the
plot unravels, it’s Christian fiction
- Francine Rivers
Four categories of Christian fiction:
o Fiction written for believers
o Fiction written for unbelievers
o Fiction written for backsliders
o Fiction written for seekers
- Writing in Obedience by Terry Burns and Linda Yezak
6. Is aligned with Christian values
o Non-denominational
o With an evangelical bent, especially in US fiction
Does not glorify sinful behaviour
o Sinful behaviour is clearly identified as wrong
• Swearing
• Drinking alcohol
• Smoking
• Use of illegal drugs
• Sex
Christian characters?
7. Traditional Publishing
o Big Five
o Christian Market
o Small Press
o Academic Press
Vanity Publishing
o Subsidy publisher
o Co-operative publisher
o Traditional royalty-paying publisher
o Self-publisher
True Self-Publishing
Christian Publishing
8. Hachette
• Faithwords
Harper Collins
• Thomas Nelson
• Zondervan
• Love Inspired/Heartsong Presents
• Avon Inspired
Macmillan
Penguin/Random House
• WaterBrook Multnomah
Simon & Schuster
• Howard Books
9. By Titles
Barbour Publishing
Zondervan/Zonderkids
Love Inspired
Adams Media*
Tyndale House
Harvest House
Monarch Books (UK)
Charisma
By Sales
Thomas Nelson
Bethany House
Zondervan
Tyndale House
Harvest House
Revell
Barbour
WaterBrook/Multnomah
10. See ACFW List of Recognized Publishers
o Oak Tara Publishers
o Whitaker House
o WhiteFire Publishing
Other small Christian publishers
o Anaiah Press
o New Hope Publishers
o Rhiza Press
Examine their books before submitting
o Cover
o Editing
o Price
o Marketing
11. Vanity/Subsidy/Hybrid/Co-operative/Self-publishing
Abusive practices
o Fee charging
o Author-unfriendly contracts
o Misleading advertising
o Conflict of interest
• e.g. links between a literary agent and a publisher
o Lack of editorial gatekeeping
• No quality control on what gets published
o Poor or inadequate editing
o Repeated breach of contractual obligations
12. Openly advertises for writers
o In print or online publications or both
Claims it's seeking to publish first-time authors
Openly claims that it's not a vanity or subsidy publisher
Gives no or very low advances
Books are rarely in any bookstores
Publisher refuses to release sales figures
Postings in online forums never seem to include anyone
who was rejected
13. Vanity publishers targeting the Christian market
o America Star Books (previously PublishAmerica)
o Christian Writers Guild Publishing
o Deep River Books
o Lulu (managed by Author Solutions)
o Tate Publishing
o WestBow (managed by Author Solutions)
o Xlibris (An Author Solutions brand)
o Xulon Press
14. Author holds all rights
Author organises/undertakes all aspects of publishing
o Back cover copy
o Cover design
o Ebook production
o Editing
o Printing
o Promotion
o Proofreading
o Social networking
o Website
Author arranges distribution and distributor takes a
commission
o Amazon, iBooks, Smashwords etc
15. Printing
POD
o CreateSpace
o Lightning Source
Offset
o Cheaper per copy
o Up-front investment
Ebook
Amazon
iBook store
Other stores either
individually or via
Smashwords
Distribution fee
o 30% for books $2.99-$9.99
17. Books
o How to Market A Book by Joanna Penn
o Let's Get Digital by David Gaughran
o Let’s Get Visible by David Gaughran
o The Fine Art of Self-Publishing by Mark Levine
o Discoverability by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
o Writing in Obedience by Terry Burns and Linda Yezak
Blogs
o The Passive Voice
o Newbie’s Guide to Self-Publishing
o Helping Writers Become Authors
o Christian Editing Services
19. I specialise in adult and young adult Christian fiction, and can be contacted at
igoulton@christianediting.co.nz. You can also find me at:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/ChristianReads and http://www.facebook.com/#!/christianediting
www.christianreads.blogspot.com and www.christianediting.co.nz
I offer the following services:
Manuscript Assessment:
A manuscript assessment is an appraisal and critique of your novel, providing feedback on the
strengths and weaknesses of your plot, scenes, characters, dialogue, interior monologue,
narrative, point of view, style, pace, language, Christian themes and overall consistency. This
will highlight your strengths and provide you with specific areas on which to focus the revision
of your manuscript. This is most appropriate when you have finished revising the first draft.
While a manuscript assessment does not include line-by-line copy editing or proofreading, I will
provide general feedback to help you decide whether your revised novel will need further
content editing or copy editing before you reach the proofreading stage.
20. Copy Editing:
Copy editing includes all aspects of proofreading, plus a line by line edit to look at sentence,
paragraph and chapter length; identify repetition of words or ideas; ensure consistent plot,
style, tense and point of view; ensure language and tone are consistent with the location and
time period of the story; and undertake basic fact checking against reputable internet sites.
While copy editing does not include rewriting, I do suggest alternatives for words used out of
context, and revisions for sentences or paragraphs that are overly long. Please note that copy
editing does not include formatting or coding manuscripts for traditional or electronic
publication.
Proofreading:
Proofreading is the final step in preparing your novel before submission to a publisher or agent.
This assumes the manuscript has already been extensively revised and edited, and involves
checking spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalisation, missing or incorrect words and other
typographical errors. If my initial read-through shows that the manuscript needs more
assistance than basic proofreading, I will discuss this with you before I begin work.
Editing and proofreading are undertaken in Microsoft Word using the Track Changes and
Comments features.
Editor's Notes
We have a lot to get through, so please try and keep questions to the end.
Christian fiction isn’t actually defined anywhere. But organisations like the ECPA and most Christian publishers define it as ‘promoting a Christian world view’. But what does that actually mean?
For a good summary of post-modernism, see Writing to a Post-Christian World: Top Ways to Battle Revisionism, Relativism and the Muddled Thinking of Postmodernism with the Written Word by Ann Tatlock (Lighthouse Publishing, 2012). Available at Amazon.com, USD 2.99.
Reading this description of post-modernism, it seems to me that post-modern thinking is simply another religion of self.
Swearing: Conservatives say absolutely no swearing. Some might permit alternatives (Jannette Oke used ‘dad-blame’ in Love Comes Softly). My Stubborn Heart by Becky Wade caused controversy because of the use of the words ‘boobs’, ‘balls’, ‘pissed’ and ‘crap’ (see http://tinyurl.com/8dmezyt). Thoughts? The surprise here was that the book is from Bethany House – smaller publishers can be a bit more lenient in this area (e.g. ‘crap’ in Even Before novels). The irony is that using the word ‘crap’ will get your post deleted from Amazon. At the other end of the spectrum, there is a discussion on Amazon “Should Christian Authors use the F word?” (http://tinyurl.com/96oouxc). Personally, I think not.
Drinking: Most Christian novels shy away from alcohol consumption. It can be done, but, like with swearing, it needs to be done carefully.
Smoking: pretty out of fashion in general society, so less of an issue.
Drug Use: Some Christian novels (especially in romantic suspense) feature drug dealers or drug users, but I’ve yet to read a scene where characters were shooting up. I think this is best dealt with off-camera.
Sex: Well, those historicals are full of children, so we know they did it! But off-camera. We don’t want the details in Christian fiction (but we do want lots of romantic tension). And we want Male/Female, not slash (m/m, m/m/f etc).
Exercise on whiteboard: what publishers have they heard of?
Divide into (unlabelled) columns
Big 5
Other, need an agent
No agent but ACFW Recognized
Not ACFW Recognised
Vanity
Self
The 'Big Five’ doesn’t necessarily represent the top publishers in each genre
Traditional publishing: when they organise editing, covers etc, and they pay you (advance, royalties or both). You NEVER pay them.
Hachette: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com. Global Media group, subsidiary of Hachette Livre, who own Time Warner). Publish JK Rowling and Joel Osteen.
HarperCollins: http://harpercollins.com/footer/companyProfile.aspx. Subsidiary of News Corporation. Publishes the NIV Bible, Sarah Palin and Terry Pratchett.
Macmillan: privately owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH Publishing Group (Germany). Focus on academic, educational fiction and non-fiction.
Penguin: http://www.penguin.com. Owned by Pearson (publishes education materials and the Financial Times)
Random House: http://www.randomhouse.com/ Owned by Bertelsmann AG, a global media company. Includes Crown Publishing and Knopf Doubleday.
Simon & Schuster:http://www.simonandschuster.com/ Owned by CBS Corporation. Authors include Stephen King, Jodi Picoult, Laura Bush and Al Gore.
Note that most of these publishers aren’t owned by Christians, but are publishing titles sold by the CBA.
Information from 2012 Christian Writer’s Guide. The ‘Christian Publishers’ is based on the number of titles published each year, whereas bestsellers is based on the number of fiction titles the publisher had on the Christian Top 50 list between May 2009 and April 2010 .
Note that Adams Media is a general publisher with some inspirational works, so most of those titles won’t be Christian.
Monarch is the biggest UK publisher of ‘books inspired by the Christian faith’.
Love Inspired now includes Heartsong Presents, so may have overtaken Zondervan and Barbour
ACFW Recognized Publishers List
Note that to get on the ACFW list, publishers have to have applied, been publishing for more than a year, and have at least two books which have sold more than $5,000 in copies. Therefore, Rhiza isn’t on the list (yet) although Even Before is (still).
The best advice I can give in choosing a publisher is to do your research. Don’t even submit to a publisher if you aren’t 100% confident they are producing the quality of book you would buy yourself.
Money flows from the publisher to the author. Not the other way around.
May call themselves by any of these names. But true self-publishing is when it is your name on the cover as the publisher. But not all vanity
Source: http://accrispin.blogspot.co.nz/2007/02/happy-valentines-day-from-writer-beware.html
Unfortunately, you are not going to find out if they breach contractual obligations until they do it to you… unless you do your homework.
He who owns the rights pays for the book. If a publisher has asked you to sign a contract giving them the rights to publish your book, you should not be paying them. That would be like expecting McDonalds to pay you to eat their food.
I recently read a Tate Publishing book for review. It was, without a doubt, the worst book I’ve ever finished, and showed no signs of being edited. It head-hopped (at one point, it managed three POV’s in four sentences), it used bizarre speaker attributions (“Patrick expressed to her in a sincere manner”), it was repetitive, the characters were bland, it had moving body parts and clumsy sentence structures (“With eyes wandering about, Rylee noticed…” and It was rare that the signal where he was located transported to the use of their cell phones…”), and was tell, not show. I never published the review (I never heard back from the author after I emailed her to say that the review wasn’t going to be glowing, as she had hoped).
The author almost certainly paid USD 3995 for Tate to ‘market’ her book. Reading the book, there is no evidence that Tate offered any editorial gatekeeping or editing, and their advertising is misleading:
Their website claims they “stay ahead of the curve by making available many options for selling and promoting your work”. I have no idea what you get for $3995, but it could be as little as 20 hours of PR time … which might get you 20 emails;
Their website says “Tate Publishing does not charge a fee for publishing and absorbs all the cost of production and distribution of a book. However, there are requirements regarding professional marketing and publicist representation the author is required to provide.”… directly after they say that they will provide authors with a full-time publicist. It appears that TV ads, book trailers and websites are extra (“the option to…”).
Tate therefore score 4/7 on the above list – Writer Beware® say that a score of 2 or more indicates a publishing house they are likely to receive complaints about.
A further example lack of editorial gatekeeping for a September 2012 Tate release, The Mormon Woman by John J Hart
http://www.amazon.com/Mormon-Woman-John-J-Hart/dp/162024117X/ref=sr_1_246?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346230311&sr=1-246
'Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, the Book of Mormon is the inspired word of God, and the Mormon Church is the only true church on the face of the earth. And I say this in the name of Jesus Christ. That's my witness and testimony to you.‘
Is this an appropriate book description for a ‘Christian’ novel?
All these publishers have one thing in common: they want your money. If they are begging to publish your book, cold hard truth is that they are a vanity publisher (as Big 5 work exclusively through agents, and small presses can’t afford to publish everything).
Some charge you for publishing (WestBow)
Some charge you for marketing (Tate – and part of this includes an author website you don’t actually own, which goes against all marketing advice)
Some require you to purchase books (Deep River, at an estimated cost of $10,000)
Some publish 'free’, but try and sell you additional services (like removing the errors in your manuscript … that weren't in the file you sent but are in the book)
This is where things can get messy. Small presses refer to themselves independent, because they are independent of the Big Five. And a lot of self-published authors call themselves Indie. So make sure you understand the difference.
You will also see a lot of chatter against self-publishing – usually from literary agents who earn their money selling titles to the Big Five or specialist small presses. Often they are talking about PublishAmerica-style publishing. As we’ve seen, that’s vanity publishing. Self-publishing is, literally, doing it yourself or organising and contracting for someone to do part of it for you. (The irony is that some of these agents have actually self-published themselves, including Rachelle Gardner)
A self-publisher can – and should - subcontract some of these services, especially cover design, editing and proofreading, and formatting, because these are things reviewers frequently criticise when reading self-published novels.
But the author holds all the rights, and will make all the profit (or loss) on the book.