Bio for Diane Eble
(resume version)
Books
(authored):
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ABUNDANT GIFTS: A Daybook of
Grace-Filled Devotions
(Tyndale, hardback, November 1999; reissued
October 2004 by New Hope Publishers). Though two
agents told me “nobody is buying reprints,” I
persuaded two publishers to make me an offer
(other was Jossey-Bass, a division of John Wiley
& Sons).
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BEHIND THE STORIES:
Christian Novelists Reveal the Heart in the Art of
Their Writing ( Bethany, 2002). This book
features 40 of the most influential fiction
authors
in the CBA. Telling other
people’s stories clearly is the essence of this
book.
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KNOWING THE
VOICE OF GOD: Discover God's Unique Language for
You (Zondervan, April
1996).
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A LIFE YOU
CAN LOVE: A Guide for Discovering Your Personal
Style and Designing Your Life around
It (Zondervan, May
1995)
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MEN
IN SEARCH OF WORK AND THE WOMEN WHO LOVE
THEM (Zondervan, February
1994).
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DISCOVER
YOUR BEST POSSIBLE FUTURE, coauthored with
Richard Hagstrom (Zondervan/Campus Life Books,
1992).
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WELCOME TO
HIGH SCHOOL, coauthored with Chris Lutes and
Kris Bearss (Zondervan/Campus Life Books,
1991).
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THE CAMPUS LIFE GUIDE TO DATING
(Zondervan/Campus Life Books,
1990).
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I.D. (Tyndale, 1987;
rereleased by Zondervan/Campus Life Books as
PERSONAL
BEST, 1991.
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In addition, I worked on a number of other
nonfiction projects, from contributing chapters to
other books, to conducting phone interviews for
case studies for Promise Keepers books, to
contributing to notes and articles for various
Bible projects.
Books
(edited):
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BESIDE EVERY GREAT DAD, by Nancy Swihart and Ken
Canfield (Tyndale,
1993).
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THE BEST
THINGS EVER SAID ABOUT PARENTING (Tyndale,
1996).
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SNOW
SWAN (1997) and CHINA
DOLL by
Barbara Hicks (Multnomah,
1998).
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MOONGLOW (1997),
PROMISES (1997)
and MEMORIES by
Peggy Darty (Multnomah, 1998).
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WWJD
INTERACTIVE DEVOTIONAL (Zondervan,
1997).
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BRIDES OF THE WEST series by Lori Copeland
(Tyndale): FAITH (1998),
winner of the 1999 Holt award, JUNE (1999),
HOPE (Tyndale,
1999), and GLORY (2000),
RUTH (2002).
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GENESIS HOUSE series by Angela Benson (Tyndale):
AWAKENING
MERCY (2000), ABIDING
HOPE (2001)
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HEAVENLY DAZE seris by Lori Copeland and Angela
Hunt (released 2001-2002, W Publishing), five books
in all
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THE MOST IMPORTANT LITTLE
BOY IN THE WORLD by Dean Briggs (Word,
2001)
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CHILD OF
GRACE by Lori Copeland (Tyndale,
2001).
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CHRISTMAS
VOWS $5 EXTRA by Lori Copeland (Tyndale,
2001)
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"
FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY" novella by
Terri Blackstock in the SWEET DELIGHTS anthology
(Tyndale, 2001).
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“
DEAR LOVE" and "FOR VARINA'S HEART" novellas
in LETTERS FROM THE HEART anthology (Tyndale,
201).
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SANDPEBBLES by
Patricia Hickman (W Publishing,
2002).
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Northern Intrigue series by Lyn Cote: WINTER’S
SECRET (2001), AUTUMN’S
SHADOW (Tyndale, 2002)
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ROSES WILL
BLOOM AGAIN by Lori Copeland (Tyndale
House, 2002), which hit the CBA best seller list in
August 2002).
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DREAM OF FREEDOM by
Michael Phillips (Tyndale, February,
2005)
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MIDWINTER
TURNS TO SPRING by Maria Veloso
(self-published, October 2005).
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HOW AM I SMART? by Dr. Kathy Koch
(Moody Publishers, 2007)
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LATTER-DAY CIPHER by Latayne Scott (Moody
Publishers, to be published 2009--fiction)
Books
(Compiled):
Previously
published articles:
PAGE-TURNER’S JOURNAL
ARTICLES:
·
50 feature
articles on authors
·
43 “An Author
Speaks” articles (ghost writing)
·
35 articles on
fiction, ranging from practical issues such as how to
start a reader’s group, to end times fiction and why it
fascinates, to the responsibility writers and publishers of
thrillers hold in an age of terrorism. Also includes what
amounts to an apologetic for fiction, in articles such as “Why
Read Christian Fiction?” and “What Makes a Novel Christian?”,
articles on the power of fiction and standards of entertainment
and the validity of inspirational romance. Also articles on how
to use fiction as an outreach tool, exploring issues through
fiction, and how writers see their fiction as a
ministry.
ARTICLE TITLE
PUBLICATION
DATE
“Christian Fiction Grows Up Moody magazine
Nov./Dec.
2002
"The Price of Silence"
Marriage
Partnership Winter,
1997
"Reason to Rejoice"
"Women" column, New Man Mar/Apr.
1995
"Marriage Ain't
For
Wimps"
Marriage
Partnership Spring
1994
"America's Most
Frugal Couple"
Marriage
Partnership Fall
1993
"Should You Start
a Home-Based Business?" F.E.M.A.L.E.
Forum
Dec.
'92
"How to Re-Enter
the Workforce" F.E.M.A.L.E.
Forum Nov.
1992
"Keeping Current" F.E.M.A.L.E.
Forum Sept
1992
"Forced to Choose"
Today's Christian
Woman Sept./Oct.
'92
"What If ...?"
Marriage
Partnership
Spring 1992
"Back
from the Brink
articles
Marriage
Partnership Summer
'91-Spring 1992
"Who Am I?"
Campus
Life March
1992
"When Your
Today's
Christian Woman Sept./Oct.
1991
Husband Hates His
Job"
Several personal
Discipleship
Journal Issue
57, 1990
testimonies
"Teen Suicide" Journal of Christian
Nursing Fall,
1989
(This was a reprint of a cover
story for Christianity Today, March 10,
1987)
"Men In Search of Work" Marriage
Partnership Winter 1990
(This was the article that led to my book
MEN IN SEARCH OF
WORK AND THE WOMEN WHO LOVE THEM. The article was
written under a pseudonym, Cynthia Spence, and won Third
Place in the General Category of that year's EPA Higher
Goals awards.)
These
are some of the articles I wrote since I went freelance in
1991. I
have had more than 100 additional articles published
previously, between 1985 and 1990, when I was an editor at
Campus Life in addition to writing freelance
articles. Many of these articles won Evangelical Press
Association awards--at least seven in
all.
Book
Promotion
VIRTUAL BOOK
TOURS
Trained by Alex Mandossian, inventor of the
Ask-type Virtual Book Tour, I've conducted several
Virtual Book Tours for authors and publishers, including
best-selling authors (Dinesh D'Souza, George Barna). See
www.virtualbooktourexpert.com
for complete details.
INTERNET RADIO SHOW HOST: "Books 'n' Such"
podcast with the Yaktivate radio
network. www.reviewyak.com
Marketing
Writing:
DIRECT RESPONSE:
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Web copywriting package
for Finding Mr.
Right e-book product: web page, opt-in ad,
7 autoresponder e-mails (which included the
“How to Find Mr. Right” e-course), order page,
exit popup, thank-you page. www.howtofindmrright.com.
Client comments: “
What
a stunning job you’ve done. I’m deeply
impressed by your writing talent … bordering
on genius … I'd buy it [the product]. You’ve
done an outstanding job of understanding
what we do and more importantly, why I do
it.”
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Direct mail package
for video set, sold to pastors/church leaders
(mailed late 2004; remailed
6/2005).
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Email promotion
for American Writers and Artists Institute for
their Freelance Writing
Success in a Box product: web page, 7
auto-responder e-mails (ghost written under Bob
Bly’s name), opt-in ad, promotional
article/free report.
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Book club manager for publisher; wrote
direct mail packages, increased book
club membership by 47 percent. Managed
lists, wrote brochure copy for the book club
offerings (1980-1985).
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Co-produced the radio program
InterAction: interviewed authors, wrote the
scripts for the announcer, edited the recording
to fit a 5-minute, 5-day per week format. Great
publicity for authors, had a built-in direct
response mechanism (free book offering) to
build mailing list.
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Managed
and wrote the fundraising direct mail
campaigns to people who responded to the
InterAction radio program. People heard the
program, wrote in for the premium, and then got
on our list to receive a series of letters to
support the ministry that produced the radio
show. (1978-1980)
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Space ads
for retreats.
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My own web sites:
NEWSLETTERS:
- EDITOR/WRITER
of
CONNECT, the HeartQuest e-mail newsletter
(biweekly), and FICTION FIRST e-mail newsletter
(biweekly). My client, Tyndale House Publishers,
provided general editorial/marketing direction and
I provided all copy.
(2001-2003)
- WRITER
of
FICTION
FIRST (formerly THE PAGETURNER'S
JOURNAL), published by Tyndale House Publishers
(a 4-8-page special advertising piece on fiction
that has appeared quarterly in Marriage
Partnership and Today’s Christian
Woman magazines, and now appears in each
Today’s
Christian Woman magazine). Objective was to
make readers feel they “know” the author, and to
educate them on the value of reading fiction in
general, and the featured books in particular.
Sales continued a steady climb starting the year
this piece debuted
(1992-2003).
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My own newsletters:
www.WordsToProfit.com/newsletters.html
.
BLOGS:
PUBLICITY:
- Press
releases for
a myself and a number of clients, including regular
placement of articles for my church, which garner
an 80-95 percent placement
rate.
Copywriting/Publicity
Credentials:
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Certified Master of Web Copywriting by Maria
Veloso, after completing her Web Copywriting University
course (2005)
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Graduated from the American Writers and
Artists (AWAI) Copywriting course (2004);
currently enrolled in the Master’s course.
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Completed Paul Hartunian’s publicity course. Paul is the
master publicity expert who literally “sold the Brooklyn
Bridge” and has since taught how to garner millions of
dollars of free advertising via
publicity.
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Dan Kennedy training: Sales Letter Copywriting Workshop,
Copywriting Teleseminar (4-hours of training for a limited
number of people).
Positions held
prior to freelancing
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CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, Marriage
Partnership magazine
(1988-1992).
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR, Campus
Life magazine, 1985-1990.
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BOOKCLUB MANAGER, InterVarsity Press,
1982-1985.
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CAMPUS DEPT. LIAISON, InterVarsity Press,
1980-1985.
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ASSISTANT PRODUCER, InterAction radio program, InterVarsity
Press, 1978-1980.
Education
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Graduated summa cum laude, University of Connecticut, 1978,
with a B.A. in English. Chosen as University Scholar;
elected to Phi Beta Kappa, 1977.
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One summer post-graduate work at the Summer Institute of
Linguistics, Grand Forks, North Dakota
(1981).
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