W. Terry Whalin knows and understands both sides of the editorial desk--as an editor and a writer and a literary agent. For five years, he was a book acquisitions editor and a former literary agent, now he's a Vice President and Publisher at Intermedia Publishing Group. He worked as a magazine editor for Decision and In Other Words magazines. His magazine articles have appeared in more than 50 Ch… Read more
W. Terry Whalin knows and understands both sides of the editorial desk--as an editor and a writer and a literary agent. For five years, he was a book acquisitions editor and a former literary agent, now he's a Vice President and Publisher at Intermedia Publishing Group. He worked as a magazine editor for Decision and In Other Words magazines. His magazine articles have appeared in more than 50 Christian and general market publications plus he's written more than 60 books. His personal site is located at: www.terrywhalin.com.
A journalism graduate from Indiana University, Terry writes a wide spectrum of subjects and topics for the magazine and book marketplace--from children to teen to adult.
His latest books include Book Proposals That $ell, 21 Secrets To Speed Your Success (Write Now Publications) and Running On Ice by Vonetta Flowers with Whalin (New Hope Publishers). He is an active member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (the leading nonfiction writers group in the nation) and an associate member of the Evangelical Press Association.
Also Terry is the creator of a popular site for writers at: www.right-writing.com. Terry blogs about his life as a writer and editor at The Writing Life or www.thewritinglife.ws. Terry and his wife, Christine, live in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Dan Brown knows how to take characters and put them into a desparate situation so the reader has to keep turning the pages. I completed THE LOST SYMBOL last night and found it a satisfying reading experience.
It was not the best piece of fiction that I've read this year but it was certainly worth reading.
With simple words and beautiful images, Maggie Woychik captures the Christian life. As she writes in the introduction, "The transition from rescue to learning His truths, to knowing and loving Him as Friend, is illustrated in the reflections that follow. I have chosen the mountain and (to a lesser extent) the sea as vehicles of expression)." (Page 20)
Once again Daniel Silva has captured my reading attention with THE DEFECTOR. From the opening page until the final paragraph, I was spellbound with his storytelling skills. The characters and dialogue are excellent. I loved this book and recommend it.
Almost everyone knows someone who is writing a book. According to a 2003 survey from the Jenkins Group, Inc. a Michigan publishing services firm, 81 percent of Americans feel they should write a book.
"Of course, most people will never get around to committing their thoughts to paper--let&hellip Read more
