Comments on: Thomas Nelson’s Content Standards http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html CEO, Thomas Nelson Publishers Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:14:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Belle http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html/comment-page-1#comment-44317 Belle Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:32:14 +0000 http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html#comment-44317 I think Westbow Press' publishing costs are exztremely high. It should be comparable to DellArte's costs. Why is it that Christian publishing is so much higher than secular publishing? I think Westbow Press’ publishing costs are exztremely high. It should be comparable to DellArte’s costs. Why is it that Christian publishing is so much higher than secular publishing?

]]> By: Finding Ground Amidst the Hot Air | paul hickernell http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html/comment-page-1#comment-38022 Finding Ground Amidst the Hot Air | paul hickernell Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:54:42 +0000 http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html#comment-38022 [...] Michael Hyatt, the ”Man” at Thomas Nelson, wrote a great article on how his publishing house filters [...] [...] Michael Hyatt, the ”Man” at Thomas Nelson, wrote a great article on how his publishing house filters [...]

]]> By: Rachel http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html/comment-page-1#comment-37984 Rachel Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:22:38 +0000 http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html#comment-37984 Catching up on your posts, Mike. Love this outline of a Christian world view! I like to keep things like this in mind as I write! Rachel :) Catching up on your posts, Mike. Love this outline of a Christian world view! I like to keep things like this in mind as I write!

Rachel :)

]]> By: Work At Home Business Opportunities Weblog | How Self Publishing Can Lead To A Writing Career http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html/comment-page-1#comment-37776 Work At Home Business Opportunities Weblog | How Self Publishing Can Lead To A Writing Career Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:34:19 +0000 http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html#comment-37776 [...] a writer self-consciously follow’s Thomas Nelson’s content guidelines in producing these self published works and the sales “take off”, it might be a way to [...] [...] a writer self-consciously follow’s Thomas Nelson’s content guidelines in producing these self published works and the sales “take off”, it might be a way to [...]

]]> By: Randy Bosch http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html/comment-page-1#comment-37749 Randy Bosch Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:47:25 +0000 http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html#comment-37749 Scriptures in context!!! I first heard the concept in a sermon by Pastor Victor Constein many years ago. (Warning: self-aggrandizing plug follows:) I'm struggling through a multi-year project of writing about the Phillippians passage - including 4:9, and an interlocking project writing about continuing Reformation - including recapitulation of how you/I got to where we're at, then Reformation (identifying error and correcting it to return to a rightful course), which leads to a Christian Renaissance. All the best, and remember PUT IT INTO PRACTICE!! Scriptures in context!!! I first heard the concept in a sermon by Pastor Victor Constein many years ago. (Warning: self-aggrandizing plug follows:) I'm struggling through a multi-year project of writing about the Phillippians passage – including 4:9, and an interlocking project writing about continuing Reformation – including recapitulation of how you/I got to where we're at, then Reformation (identifying error and correcting it to return to a rightful course), which leads to a Christian Renaissance.

All the best, and remember PUT IT INTO PRACTICE!!

]]> By: Michael Hyatt http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html/comment-page-1#comment-37731 Michael Hyatt Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:39:13 +0000 http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html#comment-37731 Great question: (1) God has designed each person with a set of unique strengths. "We are fearfully and wonderfully made." (2) We make our greatest contribution when we live out what God has built in and focus on those strengths. There's much more that could be said, but I see Marcus' philosophy flowing from a biblical view of man and creation. Great question: (1) God has designed each person with a set of unique strengths. "We are fearfully and wonderfully made." (2) We make our greatest contribution when we live out what God has built in and focus on those strengths. There's much more that could be said, but I see Marcus' philosophy flowing from a biblical view of man and creation.

]]> By: Allen Arnold http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html/comment-page-1#comment-37727 Allen Arnold Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:43:56 +0000 http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html#comment-37727 Hi Mark - As Fiction Publisher, I appreciate your insights here and as we discussed in our recent phone conversation on this topic. I respect your view while also disagreeing with it. In Scripture, God appears comfortable sharing epic stories of unflinching reality with humans honestly dealing with good and evil in a fallen world. There are affairs, prostitues, war, betrayal, seduction, and lies - as well as heroic good, ultimate sacrifice, true love and redemption. Sometimes both spectrums from the same characters in their journey to (or away from) redemption. Other than commanding us not to use God's name in vain, I don't find Scripture spending time debating which words are "curse words" or providing a list of "can't use" words (which vary from culture and even between Christians). Instead (and refreshingly) I find Scripture focusing on issues of the heart. An inner focus which is always more what God is after than the external man-made list of dos and don'ts. That's why our novels, while always from a Christian worldview and never gratuitious, don't shy away from an honest look at the trials, struggles and victories we face this side of heaven. Hi Mark – As Fiction Publisher, I appreciate your insights here and as we discussed in our recent phone conversation on this topic. I respect your view while also disagreeing with it. In Scripture, God appears comfortable sharing epic stories of unflinching reality with humans honestly dealing with good and evil in a fallen world. There are affairs, prostitues, war, betrayal, seduction, and lies – as well as heroic good, ultimate sacrifice, true love and redemption. Sometimes both spectrums from the same characters in their journey to (or away from) redemption. Other than commanding us not to use God's name in vain, I don't find Scripture spending time debating which words are "curse words" or providing a list of "can't use" words (which vary from culture and even between Christians). Instead (and refreshingly) I find Scripture focusing on issues of the heart. An inner focus which is always more what God is after than the external man-made list of dos and don'ts. That's why our novels, while always from a Christian worldview and never gratuitious, don't shy away from an honest look at the trials, struggles and victories we face this side of heaven.

]]> By: Larry Shallenberger http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html/comment-page-1#comment-37716 Larry Shallenberger Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:54:16 +0000 http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html#comment-37716 I like that Philipians 4:8 is being used as a filter for culture creating. I wonder if the Bible, writing in all its realism, would be publishable with those filters today. I like that Philipians 4:8 is being used as a filter for culture creating. I wonder if the Bible, writing in all its realism, would be publishable with those filters today.

]]> By: Delina http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html/comment-page-1#comment-37711 Delina Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:16:15 +0000 http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html#comment-37711 I know you're a busy man. Understanding that you probably don't have time to reply, I still can't help but ask: How? In what ways are Marcus' perspectives biblical? Just a quick example or 2? I know you're a busy man. Understanding that you probably don't have time to reply, I still can't help but ask:

How? In what ways are Marcus' perspectives biblical? Just a quick example or 2?

]]> By: Michael Hyatt http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html/comment-page-1#comment-37662 Michael Hyatt Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:44:27 +0000 http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson%e2%80%99s-content-standards.html#comment-37662 No, it was not. I have to disagree on your conclusion. I think Marcus perspective is profoundly biblical. No, it was not. I have to disagree on your conclusion. I think Marcus perspective is profoundly biblical.

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