Christian Fiction News: The Shack, Dekker & Free Books

Christian Fiction News for week ending June 17,
Great American Bargain Book Show

Register for Great American Bargain Book Show, an overstock, remainder, bargain and value book show where you can save on new books and book related product, additional media venues and gift items discounted from 75% - 90% off retail. Christian Vendors slated to be there:

• B& H Publishers (Booths: 319-320, 337-338)
• David C. Cook (Booth 449)
• Thomas Nelson (Booths: 417-420, 433-436)

Writing Seminars of Interest:

• Russ Marshalek, public relations director, Wordsmiths Books, Decatur, Ga., "How To Arrange a Bookstore Signing for Your Book”…
• Anna DeStefano, novelist and president, Georgia Romance Writers, "How To Write Romances and Get Them Published
• Darlene Ford Wofford, series novel author, "How I Got Local and National Publicity for My Books."

click here to register

Dekker Shooting for Mainstream Bestseller's List 2009with Center Street

Hatchett Book Group (HBG) CEO David Young said Ted Dekker "has huge potential. He has grown a significant and loyal audience in the Christian market and is on the threshold of breaking out as major national best-seller in the general market. We intend to throw our full resources behind the effort to help him become a major commercial fiction force."(Christian Retailing)

Charles Colson, The Shack and Orthodoxy

The Shack's Heresy Charge Garners with Windblown Media into Partnership with Hatchette. Apparently Charles Colson's orthodoxy charges have not effected the Book. The Shack has sold more than 1 Million book since Mid-May. But here's a question: Shouldn't orthodoxy matter?

Teleseminar on writing fiction, children's books

Moody Publisher Fiction Editor Andy McGuire will answer questions in a free live 70-minute teleseminar, scheduled from 7 p.m. to 8:10 p.m. EST, June 18.

Literary agent Terry Whalin, who will host the teleconference, will ask McGuire about the publication of his first children's book, Rainy Day Games: Fun With the Animals of Noah's Ark (Harvest House Publishers).

Anyone who registers for the teleseminar at www.askandymcguire.com will receive McGuire's free four-chapter eBook Novel Curriculum, which will help writers understand some of the basics related to creating and shaping Christian fiction.