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Terry offers a variety of programs shown below with a fee structure that depends on the organization.  He is an agent with Hartline Literary and willing to schedule one on one appointments with attendees.  His favorite format is Q & A where he can interface closely with the participants to insure he addresses exactly what they would like to hear.  His fast paced delivery and subtle West Texas humor generally is well received at events all over the country.                                                                                   Click HERE for a calendar of where he is scheduled.

 

 

Writing to Reach the Unbeliever  Jesus used fiction to make some of his most important points. They were called parables.  Terry talks about using fiction in order to spread God's word and about the difference between writing for the Christian market and writing in hopes of reaching an unbeliever. Too often people say they are writing a “crossover book” but I believe a crossover book is an accident. Books are written 180 degrees different for the maximum effect in the two markets so the writer should choose one and hope he or she can make people from the other market read it as well. Too often a book intentionally written for both markets ends up in that no-man’s-land with too much faith content for the mainstream market and not enough to interest the Christian market. Terry will talk about these differences and how to reach the desired audience.

Just Say Yes  Too often we don't understand that not saying yes to the Lord is the same as saying no. People who would never dream of saying no to God can do it through inactivity and failure to act. What can this concept mean to the Christian Writer? Presented as a keynote or 30 min to an hour program.

EDITOR AND AGENT PET PEEVES  Are there things that can rub an editor or an agent the wrong way and effect the success of a submission? You bet there are, and Terry has collected a number of them in a program designed to help the writer avoid some of the pitfalls they may not even see coming.


IT'S NOT MY JOB TO SELL YOUR MANUSCRIPT! 

WHAT? I thought that WAS the agent's job? Actually Terry says it works much better if his clients consider it OUR job to pitch and sell. In this program he walks the author through his 'team approach' to representing his clients and the close way his client group works not only with him but with one another.

SURVIVE YOUR WAY TO PUBLICATION  Publication is not a selection process but a survival process. Terry walks to author through the entire pitch and submission process, How to do a proposal and what each portion is and what it does. How to pass the various tests and make it into the 15% of submissions that are actually in the running. This workshop is presented in a Q & A format that goes along with his new book on the same subject.

AGENT Q & A  - The most popular sessions at most conferences are the agent and editor panels. If your conference or workshop is not planning an agent panel Terry does a Q and A session designed to answer to key questions like "do I need an agent?" "How do I get an agent?" He talks about how to work with an agent, and a variety of other questions about the publishing industry.

 

TOO SHY TO PITCH AND PROMOTE   Too shy to do the things you need to do to be successful as a writer? Terry is painfully shy, yet he was able to be a very visible chamber of commerce manager for nearly 30 years and is a popular speaker and workshop presenter. Even for those writers that are not shy they may not be effective in writing situations because they have not taken the time to know how to present themselves as professional writers, The workshop can teach a writer how to design and implement a public persona that will allow them to do what they need to do.