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Pre-release announcement: The Wife of Jesus

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on January 27, 2016 by David BergslandJanuary 27, 2016

I’ve been sloppily letting slip that I have a new book coming out. While I wait for it to populate the various retailers, I thought I mention that I have ARCs for those who might want to peruse and review. … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Author, Christian Marketing, Self-Published | Tagged ARC, Bible Study, christian author, christian non-fiction, free review copy, topical

The spiritual basis of marketing

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on September 20, 2015 by David BergslandSeptember 20, 2015

This is for Christian authors I ran across this statement this morning in Scripture as I was beginning my Sabbath time with the Lord. ““For not from the east nor from the west nor from the south come promotion and … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Author, Christian Marketing, Discipleship, Fire, God's Call | Tagged advertising, author platform, Book, christian author, christian fiction, Faith, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Marketing, selling books, writing

Guest post: Guy Stanton with a sale for the rest of the month

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on September 10, 2015 by David BergslandSeptember 10, 2015

Seeing that Guy is my favorite author, I asked for a little blurb as a guest post. HIs novels are a little rough around the edges. But they are like nothing you’ve ever read. He calls it:   Christian Speculative … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Author, Christian Marketing, Special Sale | Tagged action-adventure, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, big sale, cheap books, christian, christian author, fantasy, free books, Holy Spirit, iBooks, Jesus, romance, science fiction, Smashwords, spiritual warfare, thriller

What’s the deal with short novels?

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on April 8, 2015 by David BergslandApril 8, 2015

I know, I’ve been on this rant for a while. I regularly get teased or worse because my technothriller, Daniel’s Mighty Men (seen to the left), is 666 pages. How can I expect anyone to actually read such a behemoth? … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Author, Christian Marketing, Discipleship, Writing Help | Tagged action/adventure, Clive Cussler, David Baldacci, Jack de Brul, military thriller, political thriller, technothiller, Tom Clancy, writing compelling fiction, writing fiction

Book marketing: how to make it work

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on January 21, 2015 by David BergslandJanuary 21, 2015

There’s an excellent article today on Site Pro News about online marketing of your Website, called How to Create Shareable, Likeable and Organic Content. The two typos in the headline worry me a bit. However, Julia tells us the truth about marketing that we, … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Author, Christian Marketing, God's Call, Self-Published | Tagged called by god, christian, Christian marketing, Facebook, finding readers, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, Marketing, Pinterest, reader communication, social media, Twitter

Blog Train: Indie Christian Authors: Jansina Grossman, Rivershore Books

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on September 2, 2014 by David BergslandSeptember 1, 2014

I’ve never done one of these before, so I’ll probably break some protocol somewhere. Indie Christian Authors is a closed FaceBook group of 450+ members. It’s one of the better groups I’m in. Almost everything I do on FaceBook is … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Author, Christian Marketing, Interview | Tagged christian author, God, indie publisher, Minneapolis, self-publishing

Working with the Holy Spirit on your book

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on August 28, 2014 by David BergslandMarch 24, 2019

Here’s where the rubber meets the road. If the Holy Spirit is deeply involved in your conscious life, He offers you help of which the world has no concept. Paul tells us that Jesus is our righteousness and our wisdom. … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Author, Christian Marketing, Discipleship, Excerpts, Writing Help | Tagged anointed, author, call, christian, Fiction, ministry, non-fiction, vision, writing

A strong revue of Christian Speculative Fiction from Down Under

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on April 5, 2014 by David BergslandApril 5, 2014

Peter Younghusband’s review blog posted a very thorough and positive review of my book this morning. I’m grateful for his kind words. It also gives a very good description of the story—better than any I’ve written to this date.   … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Christian Marketing | Tagged Christian novel, Christianity, Peter Younghusband, Religion and Spirituality, reviewer, reviews, speculative fiction

My position on the call to be a Christian Author

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on December 4, 2013 by David BergslandDecember 4, 2013

A note about my faith Everything I write is based on the fact that I am a believer and Jesus is the center of my life. I’m assuming that this is true for you also. Many things change for us, … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Author, Book Reviews, Christian Marketing, Writing Help | Tagged calling, christian author, Christian marketing, Christianity, Jesus, Lord

Christian Book Marketing: Google’s tool is gone, what will I do?

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on October 5, 2013 by David BergslandOctober 5, 2013

I heard yesterday that Google’s Adwords tool for developing keywords that work is no longer. I went and checked this morning and sure enough it’s gone. That means that I have to rewrite about four pages in the marketing part … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Author, Christian Marketing, Discipleship | Tagged book marketing, book sales, christian, christian author, ebook marketing, Jesus, selling

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