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Flunking Sainthood
Attention Publicists, Authors, and Bloggers: Opportunities to Guest Post
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Jana Riess
Friends, as many of you know, I am going to be teaching part-time during the spring semester at Miami University of Ohio. I’m excited about this opportunity, but since this is in addition to my regular job as an acquisitions editor it means I’ll have less time over the next few months to devote to…
Philip Yancey on Publishing, Speaking, and the “Psychosis” of the First Draft (Part Two)
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Jana Riess
In October Flunking Sainthood ran the first part of our two-part interview with Christian writer Philip Yancey, whose new book What Good is God? was published yesterday. This week we follow up with some discussion of his writing career in general, including how hard it is for him to bang out a first draft. (As…
Thank You, Jane Austen’s Editor! Today Is Hug Your Editor Day
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Jana Riess
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a fledgling author in possession of raw talent must be in want of an editor. That’s what we now know about Jane Austen, one of the world’s (and my) favorite novelists. Although her brother famously claimed that her books poured out finished from her pen, a careful scholarly…
“What Was Lost: A Christian Journey through Miscarriage”
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Jana Riess
I am kvelling today, flush with pleasure at the happy news that one of the books I edited has just been nominated for a 2011 Christianity Today book award in the Christian Living category. The book is called What Was Lost: A Christian Journey through Miscarriage. The author, Elise Erikson Barrett, has written here on…
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