Recently I read an author's blog who mentioned who their agent was. Knowing that this agent only submits work to targeted "Christian" publishers, I was intrigued. I never doubted for one moment that the author had not found a general market publisher through this agent but yet I just had to know.
I can now accurately report that no, the author does not have a general market publisher. They were published by Stone House Inc., Wesscott Marketing Inc.'s "Christian" arm (no they don't give up easy) or rather the imprint Wescott created to serve that very targeted market of Christendom that CBA and ECPA affiliated publishers were set up to serve in 1950. And the proof is in the authors they've taken on, (if you need proof.) Most are already writing for other affiliated houses. You can follow this link to see for yourself: Wesscottmarketing.com
So for my author friends, don't be fooled by the title of this blog. There's no such thing as Christian Crossover Fiction! It's simply fiction produced by targeted "Christian" publishers attempting to get you to read their authors by proposing that they don't indeed write for a very specific audience of Christian readers.
Just don't want my author friends wasting their time. If you're attempting to find a general market publisher, you'll need to stay away from any publisher that claims to put out crossover Christian Fiction! And readers need to stay away if they expect to find anything other then heavily edited fiction that only appeals to one particular segment of Christians. If that's what you want to read then fine, by all means enjoy!
I can now accurately report that no, the author does not have a general market publisher. They were published by Stone House Inc., Wesscott Marketing Inc.'s "Christian" arm (no they don't give up easy) or rather the imprint Wescott created to serve that very targeted market of Christendom that CBA and ECPA affiliated publishers were set up to serve in 1950. And the proof is in the authors they've taken on, (if you need proof.) Most are already writing for other affiliated houses. You can follow this link to see for yourself: Wesscottmarketing.com
So for my author friends, don't be fooled by the title of this blog. There's no such thing as Christian Crossover Fiction! It's simply fiction produced by targeted "Christian" publishers attempting to get you to read their authors by proposing that they don't indeed write for a very specific audience of Christian readers.
Just don't want my author friends wasting their time. If you're attempting to find a general market publisher, you'll need to stay away from any publisher that claims to put out crossover Christian Fiction! And readers need to stay away if they expect to find anything other then heavily edited fiction that only appeals to one particular segment of Christians. If that's what you want to read then fine, by all means enjoy!
