Sue Dent and Mark Twain

I foretold of an interview not that long ago, between myself and a quite reputable columnist who contacted me via email likening me to a maverick of sorts in regards to making a resoundingly fantastic impression on "Christian" (quotes means evangelical Christians and not all faiths that are supposed to be housed under this broad label) readers as well as General Market readers (general market actually has more "Christian" readers and Christian readers than the unofficial official "Christian" market.)

Anyhoo, the interview was amazing and I'm looking forward to the column. In the meantime, you can read a little about the impression I made during the interview here: I recently discovered, by reading a blog, about Sue Dent, a southern novelist who has a fascinating story. I will write about her soon in this space, and I dare say many writers can learn from her. That wouldn't happen if Sue had not taken on the added task of utilizing social media.

Read more: Mark Twain lives again!

The only thing I'd like to add about the article in general is that an agent is mentioned and heralded as a "great" one. Unless something has changed, this agent is and always has been an agent for the "Christian" market meaning that this is where he's "great." For those writers not wanting to target the "Christian" evangelical specific, extremely closed market of readers, then you should definitely to someone else. I of course would advise every writer not to seek an agent at all as at this point in publishing history an agent can't actually do anything but waste your time. In fact, I actually contacted this agent once due to the fact that it sounded as though he had access to some non-targeted publishers. He did not. It's just about change though. It will all come out in the wash. ;)