March 2023
My favorite project is finally here. If you read these notes from time to time, you may remember other times when I refer to NRB, the National Religious Broadcasters convention, which has kept the NRB letters but now describes itself as the “world’s largest gathering of Christian communicators.” This year, several thousand media and communication professionals from all over the world...
March 2023
Interview tips and stories from normally nice Christian journalists who interview authors. Over my years of working with authors and Christian journalists, I’ve gained some insights from the journalists, and I think of those as tales from the front lines. In coming months, I’ll be sharing some of those, as they provide some insights and tips on doing your best...
February 2023
Creating an Author’s Community. A couple of weeks ago I mentioned I would be introducing some Christian publishers I believe are trustworthy and have valuable approaches to offer authors for their books. So here’s some information about another one of those hybrid publishers who provides authors with a wide range of services, even before they’ve finished writing their book. They start from...
February 2023
And for first time authors it can be confusing as well. I was on a call recently with an author and his wife who wanted to know if Buoyancy PR could help them promote his book. They had researched marketing and publicity and had done many things right. They knew a news release was important for promoting the author’s book, so they...
February 2023
Do you have a book you are longing to publish? You have a lot of choices these days. Completely doing it on your own with Amazon is one possibility. During the past week, I have spoken with two different authors who have written and published their own books, both through Amazon. One author is new to publishing and has published one book,...
January 2023
If you are seeking publicity for a book, business, or cause, you are likely hoping to garner some interviews. Which is better: a radio interview or a podcast interview? Are they possibly in fact sometimes the same thing? Lately, it seems like authors talk to me about obtaining podcast interviews and when I mention radio interviews they are polite but seem a little...
January 2023
Happy New Year from the Buoyancy PR shop, where we are still working on getting a plan in place for our year. How about you?If you are a Christian author or working on that first book, I hope your year plan includes attending some industry events. From where I sit, the majority of events are in person, but there are...
December 2022
If you are an author or working on your first book, hopefully by now you’ve checked out the Christian bookstores in your area, or other types of specialty stores that might also include Christian books. Christmas is a great time to shop at these stores for gifts you won’t find anywhere else, ones that express our faith and joy in the...
December 2022
As we all wind down on the year and assess where we are and set targets for where we want to go in 2023 in life, faith, business, and writing, I wanted to share one more reflection from the experiences I had visiting the land where Paul worked and ministered and the church fought through cultural views to introduce the wonderful Good...
November 2022
Even in ancient times, people loved sharing ideas and were writing books. For example, the photo above features on the left the three-story façade of the Library of Celsus from ancient Ephesus, yes that Ephesus, built not long after the Apostle Paul walked the nearby area. Most of you readers are authors/future authors or somehow interested or involved in the Christian publishing...
