In this conversation with long-time journalist, author, and writing coach Ann Byle, she provided us with some industry analysis, career advice, and some opinionated takes on relevant themes, particularly getting creative in modern Christian publishing.

The publishing landscape is definitely changing, so she shared the difference between vanity and custom publishing and noted that as part of her work covering Publishers Weekly’s religion section, custom-published books are earning more genuine respect in the marketplace.

Connections are still king and take time, but with some "chicken scratch creativity," you can build a career that lasts.

Ann Byle is at annbylewriter.com

Her book is Chicken Scratch: Lessons on Living Creatively from a Flock of Hens

Religion Book Line newsletter is at PublishersWeekly.com

Publishing Disrupted is at PublishingDisrupted.substack.com

Mick Silva is at MickSilvaEditing.substack.com

David Morris is at dvdmorris.substack.com, LakeDriveBooks.com, and Hyponymous.com.