Weekly Round-Up: From the Publishing World to the Blogroll to Beyond...
Another exciting week in the quest to get Parables of a Prodigal Son published. On the weight of Bishop N.T. Wright's endorsement, I sent letters to a dozen or so of the top Christian literary agents in the country to see if they might consider representing me in this endeavor.
Standard response time is about a month.
Standard response time for a manuscript containing a non-celebrity's testimony? Well, you usually don't get one, unless its a form rejection letter. Here's a good explanation as to why that's the case.
Within two days, three highly-regarded agents in the Christian publishing world wrote back requesting a full proposal, and two have since asked for the entire manuscript.
I continue to covet the prayers of the 4-5 of you who read this blog regularly. I think I have some really important choices to make in the weeks ahead.
And again, thank you, good Bishop.
Eugene shares some cool, though gooey, pictures.
I mentioned this in my last post, but this is some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen. Please don't watch this, this or this if your line between humor and blasphemy is blurry.
An amazing piece of soul-searching by the iMonk. Perhaps, unintentionally, Spencer's provided the most cogent and complete possible answer to the question: “What is Emergent?”
I stand in agreement with Trevin Wax that this piece by Tim Keller is must-read material, though I wouldn't take it as the final analysis, but a great starting point.
A moving letter by someone literally grappling with the problem of evil. I could do no better than to recommend this.
Jonathan on the wrath/love issue. Looks a lot like what I was saying here, so naturally I loved it.
Grace and Peace,
Raffi
Standard response time is about a month.
Standard response time for a manuscript containing a non-celebrity's testimony? Well, you usually don't get one, unless its a form rejection letter. Here's a good explanation as to why that's the case.
Within two days, three highly-regarded agents in the Christian publishing world wrote back requesting a full proposal, and two have since asked for the entire manuscript.
I continue to covet the prayers of the 4-5 of you who read this blog regularly. I think I have some really important choices to make in the weeks ahead.
And again, thank you, good Bishop.
Eugene shares some cool, though gooey, pictures.
I mentioned this in my last post, but this is some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen. Please don't watch this, this or this if your line between humor and blasphemy is blurry.
An amazing piece of soul-searching by the iMonk. Perhaps, unintentionally, Spencer's provided the most cogent and complete possible answer to the question: “What is Emergent?”
I stand in agreement with Trevin Wax that this piece by Tim Keller is must-read material, though I wouldn't take it as the final analysis, but a great starting point.
A moving letter by someone literally grappling with the problem of evil. I could do no better than to recommend this.
Jonathan on the wrath/love issue. Looks a lot like what I was saying here, so naturally I loved it.
Grace and Peace,
Raffi
Glad to hear of your good fortune with the publishers!