The Southshire Pepper-Pot Mentioned in Boston Globe

You can read up on the brief nod the Southshire Pepper-Pot received from the Boston Globe. Every little mention helps!

Southshire Pepperpot: New, Improved, and Ready to Ship

After hitting some snags with our previous publisher, the Southshire Pepper-Pot has been released again with Lions Mark Press. It has some awesome features, such as a real ISBN number now!!!
The Pepper-Pot is a collection of fantastic short stories and recipes by a group of Vermont writers. I was lucky enough to join them and […]

From Blog to Book

Problogger has an article with some tips on ways to take a blog and turn it into a book. the publishing industry is unpredictable and hard to break into. Though this article claims to hold the key to six figures, I think getting published in the first place is enough of a feat.

Books Outnumbering Readers?

This article says that the number of books will one day outnumber the number of readers if current publishing trends continue. Should I just give up on my book dreams now?

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How to Publish a Bestselling Novel

No one knows. Of all the entertainment industries, the book industry knows the least about their audience, according this article in the NY Times.
It’s time for publishers to learn something from bloggers about interacting with readers.

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Writing Reality Check

Barbara Ehrenreich brings the world of writing down from the clouds into the hard earth of reality. Her best advice: start small. For example:
“More to the point, most books don’t start as books. They evolve from humbler efforts such as magazine articles, doctoral dissertations, even op-eds or blogs. If you find yourself saying “I could […]

Sample Chapter From Theology For Everyone in Postmodern Times

My book Theology For Everyone in Postmodern Times is under review right now with a publisher, and so I’m beginning to spread the the word about this tool that will help just about any one in the church with theology. It’s the perfect first step for anyone who is overwhelmed by theology, introducing the roles […]

On Writing by Stephen King

I have been pleasantly surprised by Stephen King’s book On Writing. At first I just dismissed it. What does a horror writer have to teach someone who writes about theology, fiction that reads like a Wodehouse novel, and other little memoir-ish pieces?
Well, a lot actually. For one thing, Stephen King is not limited to horror. […]

Books For Non-Profit Companies

I recently found a list of books for church planters that also includes several books recommended by venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki on non-profit companies.
Here are his recommendations. For the full list, click here.
Guy […]

Publishing Reality Check

Stephen Morris, writer and publisher at the Public Press, gave a presentation last night at the Northshire Bookstore about book publishing. Having worked as both a writer and as a publisher, making every mistake in the book as he says, Stephen has really become quite an expert on the business.
If anything, Stephen gave many […]

The Southshire Pepperpot

I will soon have a short story published in an anthology put together by the Southshire Roundtable called The Southshire Pepperpot. It will be available soon from Windstorm Creative for pre-orders.
The anthology is “an eclectic mix of prose and poetry full of whimsy, humor, reflection, wonder, along with a mouth-watering collection of recipes sure to […]

Can You Afford Not to Blog?

This is the question asked in a new book called Naked Conversations : How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers. Bloggers Robert Scoble and Shel Israel set out to show how blogs can foster trust and better communication between companies and their clients. Blogs may be one of the most powerful tools […]