Dig Deep, Tend the Soil, Help Newness Emerge
How do faith-based writers and publishers sustain hope, creativity, and authenticity while seeking to influence readers in a postmodern, increasingly secular and technological world?
This book is for faith-based authors desiring fresh perspectives and practices in their writing life—and for those looking to effectively publish. In a mix of research, memoir, and poetic styles, seasoned author and publisher Catherine Lawton offers a lush garden of inspiration for connecting with readers today:
- SOAK. Like garden soil, a writer’s output depends on what they are soaking in and soaking up with their time, attention, talents for under-the-surface viability.
- SPOKE. The Master Gardener has spoken life-giving words from the beginning and continues to speak hope to each generation in language they can hear. Do we?
- EVOKE. We can learn from the past without clinging to it, willing to experiment as we listen to, learn from, and communicate with postmodern readers.
- PROVOKE. Both gardening and writing are forward thinking, aware of seasons, trends and changes, while provoking to renewed health, faith, and action.
- STOKE. We stoke “fires” of awareness by taking our “produce” to market, using traditional as well as unconventional and cutting-edge methods.
The Appendices offer practical, useful tips:
- I. Publishing Models
- II. The Publishing Process
- III. Marketing for Introverts
Catherine Lawton‘s poetry, fiction, memoirs, and essays have been published in print periodicals, online journals, books, and compilations. In her writing she explores our ways of relating with God, others, ourselves, and nature. Her previous books include Face to Face: A Novel, Remembering Softly: A Life In Poems and Glimpsing Glory: Poems of Living & Dying, Praying & Playing, Belonging & Longing. Cathy is the founder and editor of Cladach Publishing. She has a BA in English from Point Loma Nazarene University and an MSM in Faith-Based Publishing from Northwind Theogolical Seminary.
ISBN 9781945099366 / Paperback / 164 pgs / 5.5″ x 8.5″
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REVIEWS:
“Cathy Lawton has written an easy to read, chock full of good advice book on writing and publishing every author should read. I know I will be recommending it to all our authors…. Lawton bases much of the book on a gardening metaphor and richly plows those grounds, telling the reader how to avoid the weeds, so a rich crop may be harvested. Five stars!”
–Deb Haggarty, publisher and editor-in-chief at Elk Lake Publishing Inc
“From small seeds, great plants grow. Sometimes these seeds grow into books. Write and Publish Organically is a primer, but more than that, a poem dedicated to faith-based publishing. Cathy Lawton covers the process of writing a book from germination to harvest and delivery. This book guides the aspiring author and well-published authors like me to do our best work and produce our most abundant harvest. An inspirational text for authors at every stage of their writing journey.”
–Bruce Epperly, author of Homegrown Mystics and many other books
“Informative, insightful, inspiring, and thoroughly ‘user friendly’ for anyone aspiring to become an author or to honing their craft as practicing writers, Write and Publish Organically : Dig Deep, Tend the Soil, Help Newness Emerge by Catherine Lawton is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, writer workshop, community, and college/university library.”
–Midwest Book Review
“I can’t fully express my delight in reading this new book. Its pages are rich with detail and word pictures that inspire good writing. I especially appreciate the way Catherine captures the adventure of writing. This book would be very appropriate for any writer or publisher, as there are many take-aways that one can easily incorporate into a writing life. I also believe it would be beneficial to anyone who likes to read a good book, because that’s exactly what this is: a good book!.”
–Susan Elaine Jenkins, author of Scandalon
“Write and Publish Organically is one of the most unusual writing books you will read and one that you won’t soon forget. The author uses her many years of experience as a writer and publisher, as well as her biblical and theological studies. She also draws insights from her love of gardening and applies them to the various writing stages. I appreciate her encouragement to bring an integrated, authentic life to writing and marketing, and I am thankful to have a book that spurs new writing approaches.”
–Judith Galblum Pex, author of Walk the Land
“Catherine Lawton’s latest book breaks new ground. She challenges writers to unearth dormant seeds within, so fresh, fearless fruit can form … fruit that facilitates hope to blossom, that encourages resistance to sameness and safe ground, and provokes inclusion and connectedness. Such a harvest promises life-giving nourishment to readers hungry for healthy organic soul food.”
–Alice Scott-Ferguson, poet, memoirist, author of Daughter of the Isles