Posts by Athena Dean Holtz

Straight Talk is an interactive, energetic webinar that’s open to new writers and authors as well as existing Redemption Press authors. Every 3rd Thursday of the month, Redemption Press Publisher Athena Dean Holtz answer questions and provides valuable takeaways about Christian book publishing and promotion. Get straight answers to your questions about book publishing, promotion, marketing,…

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Unite 2016. The Christian Booksellers Association big event for bookstore buyers and publishers of books, music, and products for the Christian market. I remember 20 years ago when I first started attending the event as a publisher, there were two football fields of products, and it took literally…

Over the years, I have worked with many authors who rejected editing because they had close relatives and/or friends read over their manuscript. Either their wife was a school teacher or their friend was a writer and because they proofread it, made corrections, and said the book was great, it must be good to go. But…