Category: Authors and writing

One of our long-term veteran editors, Linda Doll (and my coauthor of Heart. Soul. Mind. Strength.), used to tell interns and employees alike in the editorial department that if you wanted to be a writer you came to the wrong place. A book editor’s job is to edit. If you want to write, fine–do that on your own time. But don’t expect to have your cravings, yearnings, desires and dreams for writing fulfilled at the office. A harsh dose of reality? Perhaps. But reality nonetheless.
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We’ve been talking about this here for sometime. Publishers Weekly recently confirmed the trend. Print-on-demand books are increasing massively.
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America is the land of infinite opportunities. We can all be whatever we want to be, shape our own identity, pursue any career path, even create our own gods. Certainly there is a great deal of opportunity and possibility in America, but as a recent Chicago Tribune article suggests, it is not infinite. There can come a time when we need to give up on a dream–if only, in true American style, to pursue a different dream.
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John Stott has had a relationship with InterVarsity Press for half a century. You can read more of my thoughts on Stott’s legacy in Behind the Books.

Recently an author told me, “After I finished writing my book, I thought my job was done. I then discovered that my job was only half done.”
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