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Linda Chaffee Taylor

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I have a passion for helping writers understand and navigate the publishing world. After spending over four decades in Christian publishing, I brought all I learned on that job into the Professional Writing major at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, where I am assistant professor. Here I have the privilege of teaching my students to be strong writers and communicators and then how to get their words out into the world. Publishing is a process, and writers need to understand how that process works. That’s where I come in.

And that’s why I have written my most recent book. Pathway to Publication arrives in March 2023 with everything writers need to know about getting published.

Besides my life as a teacher and editor, I am a wife, mom, gran ...more

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	NIV, Once-A-Day: Bible Promises Devotional by Livingstone Corporation, Linda Chaffee Taylor (Goodreads Author) 4.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revelation by Philip W. Comfort (Series Editor), Linda Chaffee Taylor (Goodreads Author), Neil S. Wilson 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Galatians by Grant R. Osborne (Editor), Linda Chaffee Taylor (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pathway to Publication: Move Your Writing from Manuscript to Book by Linda K. Taylor, Linda Chaffee Taylor (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luke by Philip W. Comfort (Series Editor), Grant R. Osborne, David R. Veerman 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	TouchPoints for Leaders: God's Answers for Your Daily Needs by Ronald A. Beers, Victor Gilbert Beers, Brian R. Coffey 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Application Bible Study Guide: Genesis it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Praying the Promises of God for My Child 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luke it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Does God Care If I Can't Pay My Bills? 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What to expect when you’re expecting publication (part 3: what you WON’T be involved in)

As you work with a publishing house to get your book published — you’ve been through the contractual phase and the content editing phase — you will find that there are several steps and decisions where you will not give input (indeed, the publisher may not ask for it). That can be surprising to some […]

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