Resources from Today's Interview

First, I want to thank radio host, Marsha Sumner for having me back on her
show again. She has truly blessed me with the opportunity to share my
ministry. (Please see my previous blog entry if you don't know about the interview.)

I also want to thank the two wonderful authors that were on the program with me today--I met Ms. Kristi Luv Wilson and Ms. Wanda L. Childs for the first time today and they both inspired me with their personal testimonies and work as authors.

Another thanks to all of my family and friends who prayed for me, listened to the show and/or encouraged me along the way.

Thanks to fellow Christian author, Sherryle Jackson, who called into the show today. I met Sherryle over the weekend at a book fair at Andrews Air Force Base, and she was delightful.

Sherryle was recently interviewed on Heaven1580AM about her book, Soon and Very Soon, which I bought a copy of this weekend and my wife is currently enjoying.

And now, a list of resources mentioned on today's show, and a few that were not...

1. Recommended book about writing and contacting publishers:
How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author, by Janet Evanovich

2. The Web sites of author's on today's show:
--Ms. Kristi Luv Wilson - www.drivingdestiny.com

--Ms. Wanda L. Childs - www.pushedintomypurpose.com
and www.blessed247.com
Ms. Childs encouraged listeners to sign up for her mailing list by
sending an email to info@blessed247.com as she will be offering a
seminar on self-publishing.

--Me, Steven D. Kendall - www.BibleStudyCafe.com

3. Volunteer Writer's Group: http://www.washingtonbooks.org
This resource was from a caller near the end of the radio program, one of my wife's colleagues, who was so nice to provide this site, which I'll be sure to visit soon.

Here are a few more resources that I didn't have time to mention on today's show:

--Self-Publishing, Print-on-Demand (Lulu.com): The print-on-demand company that I use to self-publish all of my books is www.Lulu.com.

You can self-publish everything from family cookbooks to calendars at Lulu.com. I want to emphasize that self-publishing doesn't always have to mean you're going to publish a book, you may have a personal project that you'd like to publish perhaps a few copies of someday.

WashingtonPost.com used Lulu.com to publish "Jezebel's Tomb," a book by their Business reporter, David Hilzenrath.

Here's more info about how Jezebel Tomb was published:
- Post Web Site Is Publishing Reporter's Novel as a Serial, By Frank Ahrens Wednesday, January 17, 2007,
-Transcript-Jezebel's Tomb, David Hilzenrath Novelist and Washington Post Reporter, Friday, January 26, 2007

--A few more articles from the Washington Post about Lulu and Print on Demand:

- Sites Let Amateurs Be Published Authors Without the Book Deal, By Leslie Walker, Thursday, May 4, 2006
- Transcript-Book World Live: Self-Publishing, Paula Span, Contributing Writer, Tuesday, January 25, 2005

--You are welcome to send me questions about the writing process or self-publishing and I will answer them, at least once a week, on this blog.

Until next week, be blessed by reading your Bible!

Your Brother in Christ,

Steven Kendall