Yesterday, a strange series of events happened ... all in the perfect order to cause my daughter, Ness , to have quite a fright. First off, I was mowing the lawn, and promptly got the mower stuck in a muddy section near some woods. So I'm trolling the… more »

Ah yes---you are expecting me to announce that I am self-publishing my book. Not so. Epic Tales Press is being setup to publish the CDs for our Celtic band, Wren Song. And ... if my daughter, Adele, so decides, her novels. Now it is possibl… more »

If you haven't heard yet, Thomas Nelson rebranded their WestBow Press imprint as a new POD publisher that is open to any author who has an extra $1000 or so. Yes, this is expensive, especially when you consider that some of the publishing packages g… more »

BIG NEWS! Kevin Kaiser, Ted Dekker's literary agent in charge of global domination, has asked the question of who is the next Ted Dekker---and he is serious. So serious that he has opened up his normally closed agency for one day and one day only.… more »

To most of you, it would seem obvious that once I finished Book 1 (Merlin's Blade), I would begin writing Book 2 (Merlin's Shadow). To me, however, it was not obvious. Unless I can sell book 1, book 2 is useless in the sense that neither agent nor pu… more »

Yes, you heard it right, Tom Pawlik's book VANISH has won this year's coveted Christy Award in the Visionary category (Speculative Fiction). Congratulations, Tom! What a great win, especially considering this is Tom's first book. This book was just r… more »

For all of you fans of literary agent blogs, Steve Laube has just started his own! His first post is titled "Who Decides to Publish Your Book?". He gives excellent advice about the publishing process, using examples from his own experience. As pa… more »

Nathan Bransford, literary agent blogonaire (yes, I just invented that word), has pulled together a post linking together ALL of his writing advice dating back to October of 2006. Go get it! more »

Since my single attempt at sending a proposal out ended in the expected result, I have decided to improve my fiction in three different ways: I Simplified The Names Of My Characters My book is fraught with difficult names, but my most egregious cho… more »

After three years of research and writing, I have finally sent out my first proposal to a literary agent. I had hoped to do so before now, but I learned many things at last fall's ACFW conference as well as through two paid critiques of my work by aut… more »