One of the winners of my sixth annual Promising Beginnings Writing Contest is Dr. Laurel Shaler, for her nonfiction work Reclaiming Relationships. Laurel won a full scholarship to the 2018 SoCal Christian Writers’ Conference. Dr. Shaler is an associate professor at Liberty University where she serves as the Director of the Master of Arts in […]
Because I believe in the power, impact, and influence of Christian writers’ conferences, I hold an annual contest in which the prize is a full scholarship to a conference. This year, for the 6th annual Promising Beginnings contest, I offered a choice between two options: Full scholarship to the 2018 Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference, […]
I recently read an online article titled “Amazon: Christian Authors Beware”. In it the author (not named) bemoans that “Amazon is a massive giant and growing.” Two bulleted lists of “facts” and “factoids” were given (without attribution, citation, or documentation, so there’s no way to verify the statements). Then the author asserts that Amazon is not […]
When I set up the Store page of my website, I considered whether I wanted to include links to Amazon. Of course, everyone links to Amazon, right? But I’m a big fan of using alternatives to Amazon whenever possible. What? There are alternatives to Amazon? Believe it or not, yes. Like Barnes & Noble. ChristianBook.com. […]
I saw this post on my friend Shadia Hrichi’s blog and loved it so much I wanted to share it with you: — Serving God is a great joy and privilege but sometimes, we just make it too complicated. Imagine my surprise today when God used a simple ice cream to teach me a valuable […]
Steve Laube, president of The Steve Laube Agency, has announced the acquisition of the Leslie H. Stobbe Literary Agency. Les Stobbe has been a part of the Christian publishing industry for 62 years, starting as an editor and book buyer, then publisher, book coach, ghostwriter, and the last 25 as a literary agent. Les has […]
Having been a professional freelance editor since 1998, I believe in the power of a well-written and well-edited book. With all the self-publishing and small-press publishing going on these days, it seems there’s a plethora of books out there that aren’t as well edited as what the big traditional publishers have put out in years past. […]
One new thing in the 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style (which just came out in September) that I found helpful is a section on tips for proofreading PDFs. Most of my editing is on Word files sent to me by authors and publishers. But I also do some proofreading for organizations […]
