Publicity - Everyone Needs It

Using Promotional Material to Boost Publicity and Business

When I first moved to Greensboro, North Carolina, I needed employment. A number of job fairs were being held, but the attendance for the first job fair was so great that candidates were turned away. I arrived extra early at the next job fair to ensure that I would get in and have some face time with...

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ACFW Happenings

What Do Appointments At A Conference Do For You?

The world never stays the same; it’s always changing. For those attending the American Christian Fiction Writers Conference, look for some wonderful changes! Most writing conferences offer editor and agent...

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Publisher's Corner

The Future Role of Fiction at Master Books

Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719, some referring to DeFoe as the father of the modern English novel. Since that time, fiction writing has come to be considered escapist entertainment, something that translates well into

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Heard It Thru Hartline

On The E-book Front

My colleague, Terry Burns, recently shared an article with me about a literary agent specializing in e-books. I find this development interesting to note and watch. Will Christian agencies soon follow with agents specializing in e-book acquisitions?

E-Readers, E-Readers Everywhere

This past month, Best Buy and Barnes & Noble announced a partnership allowing Best Buy to be

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Conference Corner

It’s been eleven years since I attended my first writer’s conference. Eleven years, seven novels, and twenty-six conferences later, I still get excited every time I start packing for the next one.

Never been to one? You don’t know what you’re missing. I was writing before I attended my first conference, but I had no idea if writing was a career for me, or just a hobby. And I had no idea that all my little

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