Dan McClellan's Book Debuts At Number 7 On The New York Times Best Seller List

[Gadianton]

I watched a couple of his videos this weekend and they were very good. They get to the point and don't meander. He seems to do them in a single take rather than splicing the good takes, which would itself show awareness that editing is important, but it's another bonus. In the time you've watched a full video and learned some things, an Interpreter video would still be deep in "is this mic on?" territory.

[sock puppet]

I watched a couple of his videos this weekend and they were very good. They get to the point and don't meander. He seems to do them in a single take rather than splicing the good takes, which would itself show awareness that editing is important, but it's another bonus. In the time you've watched a full video and learned some things, an Interpreter video would still be deep in "is this mic on?" territory.

[huckelberry]

I watched a couple of his videos this weekend and they were very good. They get to the point and don't meander. He seems to do them in a single take rather than splicing the good takes, which would itself show awareness that editing is important, but it's another bonus. In the time you've watched a full video and learned some things, an Interpreter video would still be deep in "is this mic on?" territory.

I have watched a number of his presentations and appreciate them. I find myself wondering if I have a criticism. Maybe or maybe not. They go directly for his point. Good but I might feel strong armed at moments. He is very fond of wrapping perhaps complicated decisions or views up into establishing political cultural power. I can understand keeping a sharp eye on that but I do believe other factors exist as well. Josiah wants to centralize power around him yes. He also wants to have strength to protect the country from the empires. He believes clarified worship and morals could do this. It can be noticed that this was both success and failure. Perhaps excess in his reforms did not help. There could be some good in there as well.

[Moksha]

Dan is currently in Pennsylvania as part of his book tour.

[Analytics]

Dan’s success in publishing to a broad audience makes me think of the other Dan’s attempt to do so.

To get a major publishing deal in the non-fiction space, you need to write a book proposal first--book proposals contain an overview of the book, why there is a commercial demand for it, why you are the person to write it, an outline of the book, and one or two sample chapters.

You then pitch this proposal to agents and get one of them to represent you. Once the agent is on board, they’ll help you refine the proposal and will then shop it to publishers. When the publisher gives you the thumbs up, you’ll sign a contract promising to get it done by a certain date, and you’ll get an advance. You’ll get some more money when you finish writing it, more when it goes to press, and then if it makes it to a second printing, you’ll get residuals for as long as it continues to sell.

One of the huge reasons Dan McClellan had the inside track on this is because of the huge social media following he has. If somebody has hundreds of thousands of followers, of course agents and publishing companies are going to pay attention when you say you want to write a book.

I recall that the other Dan said he and Bill Hamblin started to write a rebuttal to Christopher Hitchens’s best seller, but that it never got finished. Do we know, specifically, how far they got? Did they write a proposal and shop it to agents? Did an agent pick it up, but wasn’t successful at selling it to a publisher? Or did they never get the proposal finished? Or did they set out to write the whole thing without first getting an agent and a book deal?

[Doctor Steuss]

Perhaps he hasn’t said anything about McClellan’s new book yet because he hasn’t found someone else’s words sufficiently in line with his views as to be worthy of plagiarizing.

[drumdude]

Perhaps he hasn’t said anything about McClellan’s new book yet because he hasn’t found someone else’s words sufficiently in line with his views as to be worthy of plagiarizing.

He’s very good at writing very bland boring stories about church history in England. I’ve been sleeping like a baby using his most recent blog travel entries.

[MG 2.0]

I'm enjoying the book so far. I've had to sharpen my pencil because of constant underlining.

Thus far, I see it as a net positive for faith.

Hoping that others are enjoying it also.

Regards,
MG

[I Have Questions]

I'm enjoying the book so far. I've had to sharpen my pencil because of constant underlining.

Thus far, I see it as a net positive for faith.

Hoping that others are enjoying it also.

Regards,
MG

What are some of the things you’ve underlined, and why did you find them important? (I’m gonna need page numbers)

[MG 2.0]

I'm enjoying the book so far. I've had to sharpen my pencil because of constant underlining.

Thus far, I see it as a net positive for faith.

Hoping that others are enjoying it also.

Regards,
MG

What are some of the things you’ve underlined, and why did you find them important? (I’m gonna need page numbers)

If you read the book, I would be happy to share back and forth some of the underlined stuff.

But it's not a one way street. Sorry.

Do you have the book? Are you reading it?

Regards,
MG