by Steve Spillman | Aug 22, 2017 | blog, Writing |
WARNING READ THIS FIRST Let me say one thing before we move on: A book is a trade commodity. It is meant to be shared. You can sell it, you can give it away, you can shoot it out of a cannon at half-time, but a book (and the message inside) exists to be shared. If...
by Steve Spillman | May 11, 2017 | blog, Writing |
“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” Wayne Gretzky I think about the future of books … a lot. I study where we are now, where trends seem to be going, where technology is taking us and...
by Steve Spillman | May 2, 2017 | blog, Goals, Writing |
Prolific author and International speaker Dr. Myles Monroe speaks to authors. He opened with two questions: “Why should you write?” “Why should anyone want to read what you write?” Then he warned his audience: “If you don’t have answers to those...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 24, 2017 | blog, Writing |
Why do readers buy books? Why do authors write them? Why do publishers publish them? On the surface there may be nearly as many answers as there are readers, writers and publishers. But down deep are there that many answers to why we do what we do? Oh sure, readers...
by Steve Spillman | Aug 4, 2016 | blog, Writing |
The future of Christian publishing should be considered on two levels: Technology and Ideology. This is part 2, of a 2-part post on the future of Christian publishing. Click here to read part 1. Ideology The major difference between Christian publishing and secular...
by Steve Spillman | Aug 3, 2016 | blog, Writing |
The future of Christian publishing should be considered on two levels: Technology and Ideology. In this post, part 1, we’ll discuss technology. Technology The future of Christian publishing is, technically (referring to technology, not homogeny) the same as the...
by Steve Spillman | May 24, 2016 | blog, Books, Writing |
I purchased another book this week. The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future by Steve Case. I don’t know if the name Steve Case rings a bell with you. Maybe you remember. “you’ve got mail.” Steve founded America Online (AOL), the service that got America...
by Steve Spillman | May 18, 2016 | blog, Writing |
I received a letter the other day from a man in prison. We receive them fairly regularly; prisoners are allowed to write to request books. Since they’re not allowed to contact the authors directly, the letters come to us. Jesus had something to say about showing mercy...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 28, 2016 | blog, Writing |
Two recent events reminded me of the profound legacy a book can leave. First, I finished When Breath Becomes Air, a book by the gifted neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi. Paul died of lung cancer last Spring, at the age of 37. When Breath Becomes Air was published...
