Exciting things have been happening at WordServe Literary!
On the final post of each month you’ll find a list of Water Cooler contributors’ books releasing in the upcoming month along with a recap of WordServe client news from the current month.
New Releases
Rosslyn Elliot, Lovelier Than Daylight
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Jody Hedlund, Unending Devotion
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Tracie Miles, Stressed-Less Living
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Joe Wheeler, Showdown…And Other Sports Stories for Boys and A Bluegrass Girl…And Other Horse Stories for Girls
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New WordServe Clients
Alice Crider has been busy landing a few great authors and potentials…
Keith Robinson, Speaker, Founder/President of Emerge, Inc. www.emergexperience.com
Keith is the founder and president of Emerge, Inc., a non-profit organization with a mission of healing that delivers a message of hope by creating methods that help reach the lost, hurting, forgotten, and abandoned in this generation. He leads a multi- denominational, multi-church based outreach strategy called the Emerge Experience, combining the efforts of students and local churches to present the gospel to youth and young adults.
His non-fiction project tentatively titled Is There Anybody Out There? touches the deep void in the soul of a generation longing for belonging.
Wintley Phipps
Wintley Phipps is an ordained Seventh-day Adventist minister, world-renowned vocal artist, and innovative initiator of special projects such as the US Dream Academy. He is working on a non-fiction book tentatively titled Eight Secrets to a Better Life.
http://www.usdreamacademy.org/about/staff/wintley-phipps
Kelli Gotthardt, Writer Speaker Catalyst Consultant
Kelli is writing a non-fiction book, tentatively titled Maxed Out and Wanting More, which is for women who feel spiritually, emotionally, and physically maxed out and yet long to live uniquely as female image-bearers of Christ in the world. Kelli also blogs and does freelance business writing for various companies.
Angela Ruth Strong
Angela is a novelist who studied journalism at the University of Oregon and worked in marketing for Borderline Publishing. She has published articles with magazines ranging from Brio to American Cheerleader to Encounter, and she earned four stars from Romantic Times for the 2010 release of her debut novel, Love Finds You in Sun Valley, Idaho.
http://www.facebook.com/angela.strong.5439
New Contracts
Marcus Brotherton signed with Thomas Nelson as the collaborator with Shawn Hoffman for a novel called Samson.
Laurie Polich Short signed with Zondervan for Finding God in the Dark and an untitled book.
What We’re Celebrating!!
Lauren Scruggs launched her new book, Still Lolo, with some top media. Here is a brief list:
http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/48587195#48587195
http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/49866663#49866663
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bqR_oJiX7FE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g7hZ63Nquhw
Debora M. Coty was thrilled to recently receive notification that her women’s inspirational books, Mom NEEDS Chocolate (2009, Regal Books), and Too Blessed to Be Stressed (2011, Barbour Publishing), were named as recipients of the coveted Mom’s Choice Award. The “Mom’s Choice Award: Honoring Excellence” gold seal is recognized world-wide as the symbol representing the best in family-friendly media, products, and services that encourage emotional, spiritual, and physical growth.
Rachel Held Evans’ new book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood, made it as high as #18 on the Publisher’s Weekly Ebook Bestseller List, as well as garnering Rachel a number of interviews on national shows, including “The Today Show” and “The View.”
Jodi Hedlund‘s book Unending Devotion debuted #18 on the CBA Fiction bestseller list.
What are you celebrating on your writing journey?
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