Tag Archive | business
Why do gentlemen defer to ladies?
A man held the door for me at the gym the other day. This is a common enough courtesy, but for some reason it got me pondering. This man was much bigger and stronger than me. He was also younger than me. So maybe he was a gentleman holding a door for a lady, or […]
What confuses you most about publishing?
At Beyond the Book, Chris Kenneally once made this cogent observation about the publishing business: Attend enough conferences on the future of publishing, and pretty soon, you start to wonder if the future of publishing is conferences about the future of publishing. With the business very much in flux, I, crazily enough, volunteered to teach […]
Know who is really the publisher of your book
There’s been quite a lot of hoopla over the announcement by Jerry B. Jenkins that his Christian Writers Guild is getting into the author services business. Victoria Strauss but together a great analysis of CWG Publishing over at the Writer Beware blog. Meanwhile, over on the Lost Genre Guild e-mail loop, we started discussing just […]
When editors owe writers a reply
I’m sure every member of NAF, and plenty of our readers, can share a “never heard back from the editor” story. If not, they have one about an agent. Let me be clear. I am not talking about query letters. If I send a query to an agent or editor, I no more expect a […]
Taking Care of Business
Now that the holidays are over, it’s time for me to get back on track with my posts here at the NAF. I’m sorry I missed a couple of them, but given the season we just went through, I hope it’s understandable. I had more business to take care of than usual, which means that […]
Some things my mum taught me
I’ve been thinking about my mum recently. I think about her a lot, but these past weeks she has been on my mind more than usual. She died thirteen years ago at the youthful age of sixty. You kids out there might scoff and say that this isn’t “young”, but she was young inside, and […]
Wanted: A Publisher With a Clue
Yep, I’m back on the prowl. And I gotta tell ya, with Google as my witness, there are a ton of options out there. Little presses have been sprouting up all over the place, especially in mainstream Fantasy. With POD technology and e-book sales, writers aren’t the only ones seeing their dreams come true. In […]
What your business card needs to do
American Christian Fiction Writers has an e-mail list for those attending its conference for the first time. For many, it’s not just their first time attending the ACFW conference, it’s their first time attending any conference. I admire their courage. This is a huge conference. Making it your first must be daunting. Many first-timers had […]
The New Authors Fellowship 