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Terry Burns, Agent
Terry's clients have formed something of a writer's community, sharing leads and encouraging one another as
Terry works hard to represent them and keep them up to speed on their own progress and that of fellow clients.
Amy Alessio Max Elliott Anderson Linda Apple Tammy Barley DonnaMarie Bond Richard Brown
Carla Bruce Michelle P. Buckman James R. Callan Bonnie S. Calhoun Tim Champlin Robyn Conley
Trudy Chun Kevin and Kristin Collier Jim Dyet Dorothy Francis Graham Garrison William Garrison
Dr. Bill Griffith Caron Guillo Douglas Hirt Annette M. Irby Alan Jackson Jean, Mary & Frank James
Pam Krumpe Mark Littleton S. A. J. Lyttek Dr. Celeste Matthews Pam Meyers Susan Miura
Randall M. Mooney Brenda Nixon Vickie Phelps Trish Porter Joe Ragont Jennifer Reed
Frank Roderus Jory Sherman Tim Shoemaker Paul Sturm
Donn Taylor Jennifer Hudson Taylor Jane Thornton Deb Van Horn
NEW:
CONGRATULATIONS TO AMY ALESSIO for having her short story Treasures in the Echelon Press
short story collection The Heat of the Moment honoring the survivors
of the San Diego Wildfires and with all proceeds going to them. Goes on sale December 15th.
Current Project Proposal THE
HIGH GROUND [48,500 completed YA manuscript] follows sixteen-year-old
Joelle’s search for a murderer. After her brother
Max Elliott
Anderson - In addition to his film and production work, Max
Elliot Anderson has written thirty-five manuscripts for a Christian chapter
adventure series for boys ages eight and up. Seven of these books now published, Newspaper Caper, Terror at Wolf Lake, North
Woods Poachers, Mountain Cabin Mystery, Big Rig Rustlers, Secret of Abbott's
Cave, and Legend of the White Wolf have been published. Max
has a tremendous web presence and is a tireless promoter. Author web site:
http://www.maxbooks.9k.com
Books for Boys blog: http://booksandboys.blogspot.com
NEW:
CONGRATULATIONS TO MAX ELLIOTT ANDERSON for being included in eBook published by Children's Book Insider http://www.write4kids.com/aboutcbi.html
entitled I Wish Someone Had Told Me
That! 64 Successful Children's
Authors Give You The Advice They Wish Someone Had Given Them
Current Project proposal: Whispers in the Graveyard –[ 23k Middle Reader]
Josh didn’t like moving from his safe, comfortable house into a cramped
apartment in
Linda Apple an
inspirational writer of both creative nonfiction and fiction published in eight
of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. One story, Never Too Late, published
in Chicken
Soup for the Working Women’s Soul, was one of eighty
stories chosen from all the stories published in the past ten years for Chicken
Soup’s anniversary addition, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Your Dreams. Her story, Mr. Jackson and the Angel Pin,
published in Chicken
Soup for the Nurse’s Soul, was reprinted in Woman’s World
Magazine. She has sold several devotions to The Upper Room Devotional
Magazine and The Secret Place Devotional Guide . and
has won numerous awards for both her fiction, nonfiction, and humor pieces. In
addition to her writing, Linda is an inspirational, motivational, public
speaker currently on the speaking circuit for Stonecroft Ministries so she has
a good promotional platform. Author's Website: http://www.shoutlife.com/lindacapple travel
blog: http://www.southerngalsview.blogspot.com/
Current Project Proposal: In the Elephant's Shadow [78k historical romance ]-
Elizabeth Collins never wanted to see the Elephant, but her life takes a tragic
turn when her mother dies and she is forced to leave everything she holds dear
in St. Louis and follow her father to the California gold fields. Bitterness takes root inside her and she vows
to never forgive the man who was once her beloved Poppa, but now is a cold,
distant stranger. The four month journey by wagon train exposes her to
dangerous men, nature’s violence, and death. What unequaled, experience of a
lifetime can save her from self-destruction and restore her relationship to her
father? ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AVAILABLE
Tammy Barley - a published author, and the book, On the Wings of the Storm, won
Current project proposal: On the Wings of the Storm, [103k historical romance] A headstrong Southern woman falls for
her kidnapper . . . a cattleman she blames for murder. When Union loyalists murder Jessica Hale’s
family, cattleman Jake Bennett spirits her away to his remote ranch in the
Sierra Nevadas to protect her from the men who would also kill her for her
Southern origin. Yet Jessica seethes
with hatred for Jake, believing he could have saved her family but didn’t. Now she will stop at nothing to escape him, and to ensure the sheriff pursues the
killers – and their hanging – with diligence.
Until she falls in love . . . ADDITIONAL
PROJECTS AVAILABLE
DonnaMarie
Bond – writes travel articles. She is also a newspaper reporter and syndicated
columnist in the Irma Bombeck tradition. Inspirational writing was added to the
mix after a three-year stint on staff at her local Crisis Center. This area of
interest defined itself in nonfiction articles and stories, one of which won
The Linda Tomblin Award for Excellence in Inspirational Writing. She is
married, the mother of five sons, mother-in-law to five daughters-in-law and
nine grandchildren. The subject of family is woven into much of her work.
Current Project Proposal: Recipes
for Living & Loving: Stories
& Advice that Celebrate Mothers-in-Law & Daughters-in-Law. This
relationship is as old as the account of Ruth and Naomi in The Old Testament
and it is as new as the newest bride. It is also the pivotal relationship in
the family and its importance is vastly underrated. Recipes….bridges the gap
between compilation, self-help and how-to and seeks to present a composite of
stories, professional observation and ideas to enrich both women in their
journey together.
Richard Brown - was a Youth Pastor/Christian Education Director (5 years), continued as
a Senior Pastor (19 years), college
professor and Dean of the Simpson Graduate School of Ministry (12 years), then
moved to Vice President of Spiritual Formation (1 year) which was ultimately joined
to his present position as Vice President for Student Development at
Current
Project Proposal: Christian Living
book,
Current project Proposal: When their candidate for the presidential elections
has a massive stroke late on the eve of the party’s convention, the nominating committee
makes a desperate last-minute search for someone with “charisma” to pull in the
votes for their party. They agree that the cowboy charm of Drummond Wakefield,
junior senator from
Michelle
P. Buckman – a published writer with one
title Pretty Maids All in a Row from
Avalon press, A Piece of the Sky from the
River Oak Imprint of David C. Cook, and a series from Navpress, the first of
which is Maggie Come Lately and a second title entitled Beautiful
Disaster. Authors Website: http://www.michellebuckman.com/
Current Project Proposal - Three Legs [20k
middle reader] features an
eleven-year-old girl who’s suffering from the changes in her life after her parents’
separation. The loss of her father in her daily life and a move away from her
old friends to an apartment have left Julia feeling bereft. To compensate, she
seeks out the companionship of a stray dog in the woods. With the help of
eight-year-old Tim, a studious homeschooler, Julia wins “Three Legs’” trust.
The two must keep Three Legs’ existence a secret from Toby, the area bully.
Toby’s father runs the local animal shelter, and he’s sure to put Three Legs to
sleep. ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AVAILABLE
Bonnie
S. Calhoun is a Bible Study teacher, Teen
Sunday school teacher, and the Choir Director at her church. As a Google
certified Blog*Star, she is designated as an expert user on Blogger. She
dispenses advice for problem resolution on the Google/Blogger Help Boards for
those using the Blogger platform. As the Director of the Christian Fiction Blog
Alliance (CFBA), she has 170+ member blogs that weekly do blog tours to
Author websites: http://shoutlife.com/bonniescalhoun http://bonniescalhoun.blogspot.com http://bonnieswritingtips.blogspot.com
Current
Project Proposal: What if a real
government project had the ability to control the weather? In Touched
By Fire, Montana Sinclair poured her heart into creating a project for
measuring the magnetism circling the Earth. Now she discovers that someone is
using her project to physically destroy the
James R. Callan has a degree in
English with an emphasis on writing, but when that did not support a growing
family, he returned to graduate school in the field of mathematics. Upon graduation, he worked as a research
mathematician, segueing into computer science.
This eventually led to the formation his own company, with his
wife. Then one day, he realized his
children were grown, self-supporting, and he could return to his original
love—writing. Along the way, he received grants from the National Science
Foundation, NASA, and the Data Processing Management Association. He has been listed in Who’s Who in Computer
Science, and Two Thousand Notable Americans. Callan has published two books: one non-fiction book
on computers, and a mystery/suspense novel, which appeared in print
and audio. The audio version (by Books
in Motion) rose as high as number seven on the publisher’s list. Two of his
unpublished novels have won contests for novels.
Current Project Proposal: Cleansed by Fire is his
first Christian novel. Take four burned churches, one murder, add in a priest,
troubled because he has learned information about the fires – but in the
confessional, so he cannot use it, a
widow whose mission is to help others achieve success while she remains in the
background, and a detective who has abandoned his religion because he is
convinced people are basically bad and the church hasn’t changed that. Then, there’s the dangerous newcomer involved
in the local drug scene, and the burly man who tells the priest the churches
deserved to be burned. Add in the
drop-out teen who attacks the priest with a knife, and a troubled young man,
angry at the world. Countering those are the teen choir that works to help
those churches that have suffered at the hands of the arsonist, and the young
widow who works to change the detective’s cynical attitude and bring him back
to God. Mix them together and you have Cleansed
by Fire, a book that illustrates Christian principles in everyday
situations, yet has enough suspense to stand as a mystery novel.
CHAMPLIN, TIM; pseudonym of John Michael Champlin, (1937- ) born John Michael Champlin in
Trudy
Chun is a missionary serving in
Current
Project Proposal: The Gift Giver – the story of St Nicholas [28k youth
manuscript] is intended to reach out to young people who have discovered the
truth about Santa or those who have been raised to not believe in him. Strongly
based on the true story of St. Nicholas this fictional tale gives the reader
something to replace what they have lost.
Kevin and Kristen Collier - -
are a husband and wife youth writing
team. The couple has
over 40 books published either
as author, illustrator, or both.
Kevin Collier, an award-winning children’s author who is young at
heart, is truly gifted by the Lord to write for children. His first book
was praised as a "masterpiece of communication" by critic Diane
Moore. As an illustrator, Kevin's "
Kristen Collier B.A. in English from
NEW: CONGRATULATIONS TO KEVIN AND KRISTEN
COLLIER - Joy the Jellyfish,
written by Kristen Collier,
illustrated by Kevin Scott Collier, was released in October by Dragonfly Publishing. This
brings to the number of 15 the titles Kevin has had so far in 2007. 18 other
titles are pending publication from a variety of publishers at this moment.
Current
Project Proposal: The Secret of Little
Pine.
[14k early reader] This is one of those stories that just stays with you. On
the surface it is the story of a young boy who journeys into Little Pine woods
and discovers a whole world hidden there, but it is so much more than that. It
reminds one of those classic movies of childhood, like “The Sandlot,” with the
good-natured, old-fashioned characters of yore.
ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AVAILABLE
Current
Project Proposal: published author and speaker with a great platform offers Insights
from the jobsite [35k]. A
book of devotionals but not presented under that label is designed to be
carried and shared at the jobsite. A great idea for a gift book.
Jim Dyet
is a Theological Consultant, Manuscript Consultant, Conference Speaker and
Writing Workshop Leader, Board Member and
Author website: http://www.jamesdyet.com/ Blog: http://jamesdyet.blogspot.com/
NEW: CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. JIM DYET whose book It's a God thing, and other popular
Christian Misconceptions from Cook Communications Ministries has just been
published in Korean.
Current Project Proposal - Jim is working with fellow
author and illustrator Joe Ragont on a book called Moments of Grace that
I'll be representing them on.
Dorothy Francis - Five Star has published 3
of her mystery novels. CONCH SHELL MURDER (2003) and PIER PRESSURE (2005) appeared in hardback, large print, trade paperback and
mass
Current Project Proposal: KILLER IN CONTROL
– [75k Mystery novel ] All police officer Kitt Morgan knows about
sociopaths she learned from textbooks.
But when a stranger kidnaps her she realizes she must combine her
textbook knowledge with courage and wit if she hopes to survive and thwart the
killer in control.
Graham Garrison has published
articles in six newspapers and eight magazines, including the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, America’s Civil
War, Georgia Physician and Boating World magazine. He has
written countless personality profiles and features on topics ranging from
college football (as a staff sports reporter) to the medical industry. This is
his first venture into book length titles except for a self-published work, Groomed: Wedding Planning and
an Engagement from a Groom’s Perspective, via iUniverse. Author's
Website: http://www.shoutlife.com/GrahamGarrison
Current
Project Proposal: – [80k inspirational fiction] Tribute combines two topics woven into the
fabric of
William Garrison lives in
….
Current Project Proposal: His third and current novel is THE SOLOMON PROJECT. In this novel, Tommy Knox is a corporate
prodigy that won a multi-million dollar contract for Freeman Construction. Then he discovered the Solomon Project. Now, someone is trying to kill him.
Dr. Bill Griffith Pastor
and Bible scholar for forty five years, Author of an opera about the characters
twenty two years ago which was performed for several years with the religious
community of
Current
Project Proposal: Darkness Before The Dawn - Book One of series - Chronicles of Cauis – [150k historic
fiction] novel reports events six months prior to the Annunciation, when the
Virgin Mary accepts the task of being the mother of God’s messiah. The characters involved struggle with the
mixed culture of the time and place and their individual varying values, hopes
and circumstances. ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AVAILABLE
Current Project Proposal:
Children of Light [94,000-word historical]
begins in thirteenth century Germany at the dawn of an ill-conceived peasant
crusade and ends a decade later on a sprawling estate in Egypt, approaching its
subject from an evangelical perspective of hope and redemption. The first in a
series, Children of Light tells a
lively story of faith lost and forgiveness found, painting the medieval setting
with vibrant strokes. Novelist Jack
Cavanaugh writes, “With warmth and humor, Guillo weaves an unforgettable story
of hope and perseverance in a cruel and unforgiving world.”
Douglas
Hirt was born in
Current
Project Proposal: What happens when you have two seasoned and well published authors
(Doug Hirt and Frank Roderous with a heart for reaching out to the Christian
market with an exciting read and a subtle faith message? You get a series
proposal like
Annette M. Irby has a novella published through the White Rose Line of
the Wild Rose Press entitled “Love Letters.” (www.thewildrosepress.com) Currently two other novellas are under consideration
elsewhere. Her full-length work “Shoshanah’s Garden” finaled in the 2006
NEW: CONGRATULATIONS TO ANNETTE IRBY as her new
book Love Letters is out as a novella
from The
Wild Rose Press in both e-book and print form.
Current Project Proposal - Shoshanah's Garden (Focus: God The Son) [118k contemporary women's
fiction] deals with An actress’s dream. A
pastor’s calling. And one life-altering accusation.
Current
Project Proposal: Bigger [43k] a young man
uses his grandfathers plant growth formula to produce huge pumpkins that would
be a chedap source of ethanol to solve the world's energy crisis. He finds
himself opposed by shadowy govermmental and big oil characters intent on
stopping the project. A good book with a timely subject. ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AVAILABLE
Jean, Mary and
Mary's Website: http://www.shoutlife.com/maryjames
Jean's Website: http://www.shoutlife.com/jeanjames
Current Project Proposal: Weep Not, Fear Not is a book of 366 daily devotions written by
three authors. Their goal in writing it was to create an innovative volume of
daily “soul pictures,” true, beautiful, strong, and irresistible to the reader.
After reviewing similar books in today’s
Pam Kumpe writes
a weekly religious newspaper column and is a correspondent writer with the Bowie
County Life/Texarkana Gazette Newspaper, has written more than 350 columns
and more than 1000 features for the newspaper. She hosts a podcast "Daybreak
Devotionals" – based on the “Faith Now” series. She writes a
humor column “Parables by Pam” for the magazine “Extreme Woman”
and has written for Crossroads Magazine, the Citizens Tribune newspaper,
Sisters in the Lord Magazine, Inspired Moms Magazine, Dabbling Mum, and
contributed a story in a Guideposts book, Answered Prayers. Author's Website: http://www.shoutlife.com/pamkumpe
Current Project Proposal: Faith
Now - 90 daybreak devotionals - with Godly thoughts, energy for the
beginning of the day, a three-part series of devotional books; the first book “Faith Now,” and the other two
books with a similar format “Hope Now”
and “Love Now.” All three
books will drive home a short message of encouragement for those who are living
in a hurry-up fast-paced world. At times, we need a gentle faith push in the
right direction so our choices and experiences become more focused and
productive. Let the women of the Bible show you how to find your faith – now—in
the present.
Mark Littleton a graduate of
Beefin' Up, Real Feed for Amazing Grazing:
A Teen Devotional (Multnomah, 1990) -- nominated for the Gold Medallion
Award, 1990. 30,000 sold.
Sports Heroes Series -- books for boys,
8-13(Zondervan, 1995-1996 and 2002-2003).
Zondervan bestsellers. 210,000 sold.
Light the Torch, Pass the Flame, Father’s
Day gift book -- (with Jeanette Littleton) --
The NIRV Kids’ Devotional, for
preteens(Zondervan, 1998). CBA
Children’s BESTSELLER’S list, 1999.
88,000 sold.
The Edge Devotional Bible(Zonderkidz,
2003). 58,000 sold.