{"id":15834,"date":"2015-03-10T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T00:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/?p=15834"},"modified":"2015-03-10T19:01:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T00:01:33","slug":"dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Dog Trumps Catholic Authors; Gets Donuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Rive,_Roberto_(18..-1889)_-_n._493_-_Cane_morto_trovato_in_Pompei\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In today\u2019s Shine, Perishing Republic! news:<\/p>\n

Image books isn\u2019t going to be taking on any new authors.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Image Books, the Catholic-interest imprint of Crown\u2019s Christian Publishing Group, will cease acquiring new titles, the company announced March 9. In a statement, Tina Constable, senior v-p and publisher of Christian Publishing, said, \u201cAfter careful review, we have decided to focus our resources and creative energies to continue to maintain and nurture the deep Image backlist\u2026..we have made the difficult business decision to no longer acquire additional new titles for the Image Books publishing program, which we will discontinue as a frontlist imprint.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move makes at least short-term sense. While books by top evangelical Christian authors routinely have robust sales in frontlist, such out-of-the-gate blockbusters are rare for Catholic books.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But take heart! New authors are still finding a home in the publishing world, and making a nice living at it. New authors like\u00a0Lauren Fern Watt, who has been offered a rumored $750,000 <\/a>to spin her photoessay \u201c<\/span>I Took My Dying Dog on a Bucket-List Adventur<\/a>e\u201d into something that someone is going to go ahead and call a book, because why the fork not.<\/p>\n

*Sob*<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an excerpt from what apparently functioned as a winning book proposal:<\/p>\n

\n

In my book, I plan on discussing what Gizelle taught me about my relationship with Peter, and\u00a0<\/span>what it means to love people unconditionally, too. I won\u2019t go into the reasons why Peter and I\u00a0<\/span>didn\u2019t work out after two years here and now, but Gizelle eventually showed me that I should try\u00a0<\/span>to love my boyfriend like I loved her: unconditionally and without expectations to change him.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As a Catholic author working on a second book, I\u2019m just trying to keep my head on straight, do my best, and hope that someday, somebody will take me on a bucket list adventure that involves donuts.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

image via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In today\u2019s Shine, Perishing Republic! news: Image books isn\u2019t going to be taking on any new authors. Image Books, the Catholic-interest imprint of Crown\u2019s Christian Publishing Group, will cease acquiring new titles, the company announced March 9. In a statement, Tina Constable, senior v-p and publisher of Christian Publishing, said, \u201cAfter careful review, we have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1533,"featured_media":15835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1042],"class_list":["post-15834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sob"],"yoast_head":"\nDead Dog Trumps Catholic Authors; Gets Donuts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In today's Shine, Perishing Republic! news: Image books isn't going to be taking on any new authors. Image Books, the Catholic-interest imprint of Crown\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dead Dog Trumps Catholic Authors; Gets Donuts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In today's Shine, Perishing Republic! news: Image books isn't going to be taking on any new authors. Image Books, the Catholic-interest imprint of Crown\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"I Have to Sit Down\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-11T00:00:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-03-11T00:01:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/358\/2015\/03\/Rive_Roberto_18..-1889_-_n._493_-_Cane_morto_trovato_in_Pompei.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"605\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Simcha Fisher\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Simcha Fisher\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/\",\"name\":\"Dead Dog Trumps Catholic Authors; Gets Donuts\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-11T00:00:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-03-11T00:01:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/#\/schema\/person\/c57bb0baf56a42a1d63880e79257f0c0\"},\"description\":\"In today's Shine, Perishing Republic! news: Image books isn't going to be taking on any new authors. Image Books, the Catholic-interest imprint of Crown\u2019s\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dead Dog Trumps Catholic Authors; Gets Donuts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/\",\"name\":\"I Have to Sit Down\",\"description\":\"Simcha Fisher\u2019s Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/#\/schema\/person\/c57bb0baf56a42a1d63880e79257f0c0\",\"name\":\"Simcha Fisher\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5090b714b557660c771c7ba537fed8df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5090b714b557660c771c7ba537fed8df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Simcha Fisher\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/author\/sfisher\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dead Dog Trumps Catholic Authors; Gets Donuts","description":"In today's Shine, Perishing Republic! news: Image books isn't going to be taking on any new authors. Image Books, the Catholic-interest imprint of Crown\u2019s","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dead Dog Trumps Catholic Authors; Gets Donuts","og_description":"In today's Shine, Perishing Republic! news: Image books isn't going to be taking on any new authors. Image Books, the Catholic-interest imprint of Crown\u2019s","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/","og_site_name":"I Have to Sit Down","article_published_time":"2015-03-11T00:00:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-03-11T00:01:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":605,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/358\/2015\/03\/Rive_Roberto_18..-1889_-_n._493_-_Cane_morto_trovato_in_Pompei.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Simcha Fisher","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Simcha Fisher","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/","name":"Dead Dog Trumps Catholic Authors; Gets Donuts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-03-11T00:00:08+00:00","dateModified":"2015-03-11T00:01:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/#\/schema\/person\/c57bb0baf56a42a1d63880e79257f0c0"},"description":"In today's Shine, Perishing Republic! news: Image books isn't going to be taking on any new authors. Image Books, the Catholic-interest imprint of Crown\u2019s","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/03\/10\/dead-dog-trumps-catholic-authors-gets-donuts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dead Dog Trumps Catholic Authors; Gets Donuts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/","name":"I Have to Sit Down","description":"Simcha Fisher\u2019s Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/#\/schema\/person\/c57bb0baf56a42a1d63880e79257f0c0","name":"Simcha Fisher","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5090b714b557660c771c7ba537fed8df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5090b714b557660c771c7ba537fed8df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Simcha Fisher"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/author\/sfisher\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1533"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}