CSFF Blog Tour Day 3: Donita K Paul weighs in
by Editor ~ September 23rd, 2009.Now it’s the third and final day of the CSFF blog tour of Donita K. Paul’s book, The Vanishing Sculptor.
Mrs. Paul kindly supplied the answers to my questions of yesterday. Here they are:
1. Is The Vanishing Sculptor the beginning of another series?
Vanishing Sculptor is the first in The Chiril Chronicles. We’ve planned for three, and I’m working on The Wandering Artist now.
2. Do paladins (emissaries of God) live 1000 years?
Paladins do live for a 1,000 years or more. A Paladin is a champion of the people. On my world, they are mortal.
3. The market is in flux now, with Internet publishing gaining a foothold, and publishers cutting back on selections by unknown writers. Do you have advice for writers who have a Christian fantasy story they’d like to publish?
The last question is the hardest to answer, because it is hard to be positive. Breaking into the writing world is hard when the economy hasn’t tanked. Now it is even harder. But we have an all mighty God. Write the best story you can. Continue to hone your skills. Go to conferences to learn more and network. Join a professional organization like ACFW. Nothing is impossible with God. Read, read, read. Write, write, write, Pray, pray, pray.
Here are other participants in the blog tour. I put a “+” next to the ones that had entries on the topic when I was checking.
Brandon Barr
Jim Black
Justin Boyer
+ Rachel Briard
Karri Compton
+ Amy Cruson
+ Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
+ Jeff Draper
April Erwin
+ Karina Fabian
Linda Gilmore
Todd Michael Greene
Katie Hart
Ryan Heart
Becky Jesse
Cris Jesse
Jason Joyner
+ Julie
Carol Keen
+ Krystine Kercher
Dawn King
+ Rebecca LuElla Miller
Mirtika
Eve Nielsen (posting later in the week)
Nissa
+ John W. Otte
Lyn Perry
Crista Richey
Cheryl Russell
+ Chawna Schroeder
James Somers
Speculative Faith
+ Rachel Starr Thomson
+ Robert Treskillard
Steve Trower
+ Fred Warren
+ Dona Watson
+ Phyllis Wheeler
Elizabeth Williams
+ KM Wilsher
September 23rd, 2009 at 9:41 pm
[...] Be sure to visit other participating blogs listed in my day one post. Lots and lots of good posts – Dawn King, who lost her other Donita Paul books in a fire, says this might be her favorite. Coming from the ACFW Conference, Donita was still able to give an interview to Phyllis Wheeler, [...]
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
[...] Starr Thomson ? Robert Treskillard Steve Trower ? ? ? Fred Warren ? ? Dona Watson ? Phyllis Wheeler Elizabeth Williams ? ? Jill Williamson ? KM [...]
September 24th, 2009 at 4:09 am
I agree with Donita that it’s a hard market to sell to right
now.
I’d encourage you, if you’re an aspiring writer, to
explore all your publishing options when you get to where you
feel you’re ready to be published (and you have published,
experienced authors/agents/editors agreeing with you).
Print-on-demand is becoming bigger; self-publishing works
for some people; also independent publishing (not quite the
same as self-publishing) is an option.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:48 am
Read, write, and pray. I seem to have to remind myself of this all the time! Nice interview.