A Step in the Write
Direction
February 25,
2013
Update:
This has been a busy week: 4
books to proofread and 1 to edit. Also I heard from the publishing house on the
Rhyme Time Bible for Little Ones,
and they said to hold up on writing the 9 new ones until March 13 when they’ll
decide whether to use the original one with 12 stories or a new one with 6
stories in each book….I’ve been invited back for the 4th time to
teach at the Inspirational Writers Alive conference in Amarillo April 12-13. It’s a great
group and I’m looking forward to it….We’ve been sorting out videos this last week. Have
2 shelves done so far. (Many of them are of my songwriting nephew in concerts
so, of course, we have to keep these!) … Asking prayer for our daughter Patty who is having a problem with her
sugar level and a high liver count. She is using an insulin pump. … If you would
like a one- or two-day workshop in
your area, email me for details at: dgood648@aol.com. You might also enjoy the following
interview at:
Thought for
Today:
"It must be borne in
mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy
lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams
unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be
unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.
It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no
stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is a sin." ~ Benjamin E. Mayes ~
(Taken from Hope Clark, www.FundsforWriters.com
—a great weekly
newsletter)
Laugh for Today:
A
pastor was invited to attend a house party. Naturally, he was properly dressed
and wearing his clergy collar. A little boy kept staring at him the entire
evening. Finally, the pastor asked the little boy what he was staring at. The
little boy pointed to the pastor's neck. When the pastor finally realized what
the boy was pointing at, he asked the boy, "Do you know why I am wearing that?"
The boy nodded his head yes, and replied, "It kills fleas and ticks for up to
three months
Prayer Request:
The following comes from blog reader Suzie: “I
have a prayer request for a dear writer friend of mine and his wife: Tom and
Renee Treece. Tom, whose books are helping to fund new schools in
Great Source for Record Keeping:
Correction:
This
is what the sentence should have said last week in 15 Hints on Using Scripture
where I talk about using small caps for Lord:
Especially be careful of the word “Lord” as the Old
Testament often spells it with an initial cap and small caps, i.e., “Lord” which means “Jehovah,” while
“Lord” is “Adonai,” which can refer to either God or a human leader
Using Scripture in Your Writing, Part
2:
Permission to Use
Scripture
Publishers of modern
Bible translations allow you to use a specific number of verses without charge
as long as you attribute the quote to them and give a credit line on the
copyright page. Following are the number of verses permitted by publishers of
the more widely-used translations, followed by credit lines for those and other
translations.
The text of the Amplified® Bible (amp) may be quoted in any form (written,
visual, electronic or audio) up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses
without express written permission of the publisher, providing the verses do not
amount to a complete book of the Bible nor do the verses quoted account for more
than 25% of the total work in which they are quoted.
Contemporary English
Version (cev). The cev text may be quoted in any form
(written,
visual, electronic or
audio) up to & inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without
written permission,
provided the verses quoted do not amount to fifty percent (50%) of
a complete book of the
Bible nor do the verses account for twenty-five percent (25%) or
more of the total text
of the work in which they are quoted.
New American Standard
Bible®
may be quoted and/or reprinted up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses
without express written permission of The Lockman Foundation, providing the
verses do not amount to a complete book of the Bible nor do the verses quoted
account for more than 25% of the total work in which they are quoted.
New Century
Version® (ncv®) may be quoted or reprinted without
prior written permission with the following qualifications: Up to and including
1,000 verses may be quoted in printed form as long as the verses quoted amount
to less than 50% of a complete book of the Bible and make up less than 50% of
the total work in which they are quoted.
The New International Version (niv) text may be quoted in any form
(written, visual,
electronic or audio), up
to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without express
written permission of
the publisher, providing the verses do not amount to a complete
book of the Bible nor do
the verses quoted account for twenty-five percent (25%) or more
of the total text of the
work in which they are quoted.
New King James Version®
(nkjv®) may be quoted or
reprinted without prior written
permission with the
following qualifications: Up to and including 1,000 verses may
be quoted in printed
form as long as the verses quoted amount to less than 50% of a
complete book of the
Bible and make up less than 50% of the total work in which they
are quoted.
Holy Bible, New Living
Translation (nlt), may be quoted in any form
(written, visual, electronic, or audio) up to and inclusive of two hundred and
fifty (250) verses without express written permission of the publisher, provided
that the verses quoted do not account for more than 20 percent of the work in
which they are quoted, and provided that a complete book of the Bible is not
quoted.
The
Message
(MSG) text may be quoted in any form (written,
visual, electronic, or audio), up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses,
without express written permission of the publisher, NavPress Publishing Group,
providing the verses quoted do not amount to a complete book of the Bible and do
not account for 25% or more of the total text of the work in which they are
quoted.
English Standard Version
(esv) may be quoted (in
written, visual, or electronic form) up to and inclusive of one thousand (1,000)
verses without express written permission of
the publisher, providing
that the verses quoted do not amount to a complete book of
the Bible nor do the
verses quoted account for 50 percent or more of the total text of the
work in which they are
quoted.
(Next week I’ll give credit lines to use
for the various versions.)
Have a great week spreading
the gospel
through the printed
page.
Donna Goodrich
"A Step in the Write Direction--the Complete
How-to Guide for Christian Writers"
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