Working with a Literary Agent: 6 Essentials

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Greetings from Jackie M. Johnson! Are you working with a literary agent for the first time? Or, are you looking for ways to improve the working relationship you have with your current agent? If so, here are six essential things you need to know. As an author, it is vital to know what your agent does—and what he or she does not do. Knowing this information can help alleviate misunderstandings and create a sense of realistic expectations.  

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Christian Product Expo hosts CAN members

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CAN member, Dianne Barker, shares CAN member experiences with Munce’s Christian Product Expo: (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) Independent Christian retailers from across the U.S. attended the Munce Christian Product Expo September 21-23 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Besides providing workshops, training sessions, and heartening messages and music from top artists and authors that ignited worship and vision, the tradeshow allowed retailers to interact with authors, publishing reps, and industry friends as they reviewed new products. Christian Authors Network presentation by Karen Whiting (CAN treasurer) explained how CAN partners with CPE to support retailers and provide tools to help them engage customers. She traced the…

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Am I doing enough? Four ways to please God.

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How can I write and speak to reach enough people in order to please God? That question played a nagging tune in the background at odd times—while preparing a keynote message, writing the next chapter in a book, posting  inspirational messages on Facebook, or hosting a radio show. With permission: wikimedia.org The answer came one sunny day. The Orlando afternoon was hot, and the parking lot even hotter.

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Jump-Starting Your Creativity

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Hi, Dave Fessenden here for a discussion on creativity and idea implementation. There’s an old story that a beginning writer once asked a veteran author how he kept coming up with writing ideas. The veteran grabbed the young man by the shoulders, shook him fervently, and said with a tone of desperation, “How do you stop coming up with ideas?!”

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