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The Rules Have Changed
Readers only care about one thing:
What makes your book remarkable?
For over 10 years, I was an editor.
I acquired and edited faith-based authors for a big six publisher.
They wanted authors with a "platform."
But I think an author's best platform is a remarkable book.
So in 2010, I traded my position for a website.
Because now anyone can get published.
But producing remarkable work takes humility.
Perseverence.
And a story felt in the heart.
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Are You Writing for a Higher Purpose?
A while back I came across A Defence of Poesy written in 1595 by Sir Philip Sidney. The discovery was to change the course of my work in profound ways, and possibly most of all in presenting the very foundation for truly creative writing. You can find the original text here, and an excellent introduction by Don Williams in The Christian Imagination. In an age when writing is taken ever less seriously and even consistently undermined, I'm hoping that being confronted with just how vital a creative writer's true work is, your work may take on a deeper significance and be sustained through the difficulties you'll most surely face.
Arguably Sidney's greatest work, the Defense begins by pointing out the importance of words. The word from which we derive our idea of creative writers in ancient Greek shares its root with the verb to make. Creative writers originally were "little makers," imitating the source in creating worlds and speaking lives into existence with words.
A “creative” writer carries far more on his or her shoulders than we moderns recognize....
Are You Publishable? The Five Steps to Publication
You may as well accept it: all writers need help.
Your friends and even family member have probably been saying it for years, I'm sure, but if you write for a higher purpose than fame and fortune, you need more than mental help.
You may need medication.
I'm kidding (unless you really do need medication...in which case, good for you. Keep that up!).
In 2004, when I started the original blog to inspire authors to "write for a greater purpose," I envisioned a website where writers could learn, socialize and spout off. Since then, the industry has changed. A lot. Some say the perfect publishing storm has hit and the landscape has drastically changed. I agree with that. I've seen many purple publishing people holding their breath.