All New PUBLISHING UNIVERSITY: November 4-6, 2007
Editorial Track
Session 1:
Nov 5th, 8:30 am to 10:00 noon
Author panel: Dave and Neta Jackson, Jane Rubietta, Todd Hafer
Moderated by: Beth Jusino, Literary Agent, Alive Communications
What We Wish Editors Knew about Authors
Todd Hafer will focus on the importance of editors establishing credibility with authors by being aware of contemporary culture and having a solid background in literature. He will also touch on editing by formula vs. editing with an eye toward communicating effectively and compellingly.
Dave Jackson will talk about the need for assistance/guidance from editors on matters of copyright and fair use as there is some conflicting information on how much a writer can draw from previously published works -- and for what purposes.
Neta Jackson will discuss language and how to encourage publishers to tolerate a little more realism in the way non-churched people speak. The question is, can Christian authors write in ways nonbelievers will receive as authentic?
Panel Member Bios:
Todd Hafer
Todd Hafer is editorial director for Hallmark's Inc.s book and music divisions. He also tackles a variety of writing assignments for newspapers and magazines. He has won several national and international writing awards.
Dave & Neta Jackson
Neta Jacksonıs award-winning "Yada Yada" books have sold more than 300,000 copies and are spawning prayer groups across the country. She and her husband, Dave, are also an award-winning writing team, best known for the Trailblazer Books, a 40-volume series of historical fiction about great Christian heroes, with 1.8 million in sales, and Hero Tales: A Family of True Stories from the Lives of Christian Heroes (Vols.1-4).
Neta Jackson has received numerous awards, including:
2006 Inspirational Reader's Choice Award (First Place Women's Fiction) for The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Tough.
2005 ECPA Gold Medallion Finalist (Fiction) for The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down.
2004 Inspirational Readersı Choice Contest (First Place Long Contemporary) for The Yada Yada Prayer Group.
2004 Christy Award Finalist (First Novel) for The Yada Yada Prayer Group.
2003 National Readersı Choice Award (First Place Inspirational) for The Yada Yada Prayer Group.
2003 National Readersı Choice Award (Finalist Best First Book) for The Yada Yada Prayer Group.
2003 The Reviewerıs Choice Award for The Yada Yada Prayer Group by The Road to Romance (November).
The Jacksons live in the Chicago metropolitan area, where the Yada stories are set.
Jane Rubietta
Based in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago, Jane Rubietta is a popular retreat speaker and the author of Come Closer: A Call to Life, Love, and Breakfast on the Beach (WaterBrook Press), Stones of Remembrance (Moody Press), Quiet Places (Baker), Still Waters, Between Two Gardens (Bethany House), How to Keep the Pastor You Love, Grace Points, and Resting Place (InterVarsity Press). She is also author of more than 100 magazine articles and a coordinator and faculty member of the Write-To-Publish Writers Conference.
Beth Jusino
A literary agent at Alive Communications since 2004, Beth has a love for words and a passion for serving a new generation of writers. Before becoming an agent, Beth contributed to dozens of books as a writer and editor, and was widely published in national magazines. She spent six years as the Managing Editor for MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International and served on the organization's Publishing Acquisitions Team. She is also the former editor of MOMSense Magazine, the most widely distributed Christian parenting publication in the United States. Beth grew up near the New Jersey shore and earned her BA in political science from Wheaton College, Illinois. Beth is an amateur photographer and loves to explore thrift and antique stores. She and her husband, Eric, live in the Denver area.
Session 1:
Nov 5th, 8:30 am to 10:00 noon
Author panel: Dave and Neta Jackson, Jane Rubietta, Todd Hafer
Moderated by: Beth Jusino, Literary Agent, Alive Communications
What We Wish Editors Knew about Authors
Todd Hafer will focus on the importance of editors establishing credibility with authors by being aware of contemporary culture and having a solid background in literature. He will also touch on editing by formula vs. editing with an eye toward communicating effectively and compellingly.
Dave Jackson will talk about the need for assistance/guidance from editors on matters of copyright and fair use as there is some conflicting information on how much a writer can draw from previously published works -- and for what purposes.
Neta Jackson will discuss language and how to encourage publishers to tolerate a little more realism in the way non-churched people speak. The question is, can Christian authors write in ways nonbelievers will receive as authentic?
Panel Member Bios:
Todd Hafer
Todd Hafer is editorial director for Hallmark's Inc.s book and music divisions. He also tackles a variety of writing assignments for newspapers and magazines. He has won several national and international writing awards.
Dave & Neta Jackson
Neta Jacksonıs award-winning "Yada Yada" books have sold more than 300,000 copies and are spawning prayer groups across the country. She and her husband, Dave, are also an award-winning writing team, best known for the Trailblazer Books, a 40-volume series of historical fiction about great Christian heroes, with 1.8 million in sales, and Hero Tales: A Family of True Stories from the Lives of Christian Heroes (Vols.1-4).
Neta Jackson has received numerous awards, including:
2006 Inspirational Reader's Choice Award (First Place Women's Fiction) for The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Tough.
2005 ECPA Gold Medallion Finalist (Fiction) for The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down.
2004 Inspirational Readersı Choice Contest (First Place Long Contemporary) for The Yada Yada Prayer Group.
2004 Christy Award Finalist (First Novel) for The Yada Yada Prayer Group.
2003 National Readersı Choice Award (First Place Inspirational) for The Yada Yada Prayer Group.
2003 National Readersı Choice Award (Finalist Best First Book) for The Yada Yada Prayer Group.
2003 The Reviewerıs Choice Award for The Yada Yada Prayer Group by The Road to Romance (November).
The Jacksons live in the Chicago metropolitan area, where the Yada stories are set.
Jane Rubietta
Based in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago, Jane Rubietta is a popular retreat speaker and the author of Come Closer: A Call to Life, Love, and Breakfast on the Beach (WaterBrook Press), Stones of Remembrance (Moody Press), Quiet Places (Baker), Still Waters, Between Two Gardens (Bethany House), How to Keep the Pastor You Love, Grace Points, and Resting Place (InterVarsity Press). She is also author of more than 100 magazine articles and a coordinator and faculty member of the Write-To-Publish Writers Conference.
Beth Jusino
A literary agent at Alive Communications since 2004, Beth has a love for words and a passion for serving a new generation of writers. Before becoming an agent, Beth contributed to dozens of books as a writer and editor, and was widely published in national magazines. She spent six years as the Managing Editor for MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International and served on the organization's Publishing Acquisitions Team. She is also the former editor of MOMSense Magazine, the most widely distributed Christian parenting publication in the United States. Beth grew up near the New Jersey shore and earned her BA in political science from Wheaton College, Illinois. Beth is an amateur photographer and loves to explore thrift and antique stores. She and her husband, Eric, live in the Denver area.
 Todd Hafer |
 Dave and Neta Jackson |
 Jane Rubietta |
 Beth Jusino |