Here’s a great article in the New York Times about how how oil industry owns Washington:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/business/04bptax.html?_r=1If you want a quick abstract, you can get it here:http://holykaw.alltop.com/oil-companies-among-the-most-subsidized-receiTime to send a lot of Congress home this fall?
Quotations on Freedom and Liberty for July 4th
July 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.” Benjamin Franklin“Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people” Abraham Lincoln“Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.””Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.” John F. Kennedy“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.” Albert Einstein“Free at last; free at last; thank God Almighty we are free at last.” Martin Luther King“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.†Martin Luther King“The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.” Woodrow Wilson“He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.” Thomas Paine“My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!” Thomas JeffersonThe BEST thing you can do for the Fourth of July if you live in America is to1. Register to vote July 5th if you have not registered.2. Study the candidates for November’s election. Vote for the ones that support YOU – not Wall Street, BP, the health industries, or their personal agenda.
The Christian book market – What’s selling?
July 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Check out the Christian best-sellers for June as listed by Publisher’s Weekly:http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/religion/article/43646-june-2010-christian-bestsellers.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+Religion+BookLine&utm_campaign=7e648d735b-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=emailWhat does this tell you about the needs of those purchasing Christian books?
Prophecy opens up a pathway between the actual and the potential.
June 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Prophecy opens up a pathway between the actual and the potential. True friends live in that space for each other, because while they can see who we are right now, they also know who we are becoming.Graham Cooke
Interested in publishing a book?
June 29, 2010 By 1 Comment
Today we’re reviewing, discussing, and giving away A Path to Publishing: What I Learned by Publishing a Nonfiction Book by Ed Cyzewski. Keep reading to learn how you can win a free copy.In A Path to Publishing, Ed Cyzewski provides authors with a guide through the entire publishing processes from writing to contacting an agent to drafting a proposal to marketing the book. It also compares the pros and cons of having a publishing company publish a book versus self-publishing.The publishing industry is going through radical changes right now. When publishers are considering new authors, they give a lot of weight to an author’s platform – how many people read their blog and follow them on Twitter and Facebook. They do this because an author who already has a following online will probably sell more books and probably do a better job of marketing their book once it’s publishing. A Path to Publishing provides insight into building a platform before submitting a proposal as well as marketing a book online after it’s published.For more info and how to get a free book copy:http://www.liveintentionally.org/2010/06/29/authors-get-free-copy-path-to-publishing-edcyzewski/Favorite quotes:Writing the book is only half of the work in publishing. Marketing it makes up the other half. (P 22)One of the most important questions you’ll need to answer as an author is why YOU are the person to write this book. (P 25)If you don’t have a website/blog and accounts on Twitter and Facebook, you don’t exist in today’s marketplace. (P 37)Part of developing your craft should also be finding readers for your work. (P45)View your writing time as sacred. (P 59)Listing your web site statistics and the number of friends in your network will help establish your credibility. (P 79)Self-publishing puts a lot of pressure on authors to not only write a clean manuscript, but to organize the editing, designing, printing, and marketing of their books. (P 96)Editors are your most valuable allies. They will save you from publishing a shoddy book. (P 121)I strongly suggest that you consider developing a regularly updated blog as a first priority. (P 133)A blogger with a regular following and a solid network of fellow bloggers is in a much better position to sell a book proposal and a book. (P 143)If you’re a writer, you’re goal is to connect with readers. (P 176)
Pictures oversized
June 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Yep, I know – some of the pictures on the postings aren’t being resiizing properly. I’m working on that.
Blog status report
June 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
We are running on the new theme now (step 4). There’s still work to do, but it is installed and working.We have NOT upgraded to WordPress 3.0 yet – our blog software. We cannot do this until our host moves us to a new server. That is still about two weeks away.
Watch for changes – you’ll like them.
June 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Watch for major changes here. Currently we are using WordPress, but we don’t like the theme. Headings at the top areoften lost merging into the breadcrumbs at the top. The font is bad. There’s more that needs work.First, we are adding a backup plug-in to protect things as we change the blog. We are using dbc-backup, a free plug-in.Second, we are moving the blog and web site to a new server on the same host. This will provide us later version of the MySQL, needed for the new versions of WordPress.Third, we will be upgrading WordPress to the new 3.0 version.Fourth, we will be doing a upgrade of the theme to a much, much better theme.All the postings and tags should remain, and you will see us continue to add postings as we go through this update cycle. We estimate it will take about two weeks. We can’t get far, however, until our host completes the second step – moving to the new server. We expect the blog to continue to work during the transition but – if something does fail – we will have the backups and should be back up quickly.Thank you for visiting us. All of this is our part in helping to make your visit more pleasant and meaningful once we have completed the work.
