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W. Terry Whalin understands both sides of the editorial desk--as an editor and a writer. He worked as a magazine editor for Decision and In Other Words. His magazine articles have appeared in more than 50 publications including Writer's Digest and Christianity Today. Terry has written more than 60 nonfiction books. For writers, he's written Book Proposals That Sell, 21 Secrets To Speed Your Success ( http://www.right-writing.com/ways.html )For more than 12 years Terry has been an ECPA Gold Medallion judge in the fiction category. He has written extensively about Christian fiction and reviewed numerous fiction books in publications such as CBA Marketplace and BookPage. For five years, Terry was a book acquisitions editor at Cook Communications and Howard Books. Now Terry is a literary agent with Whalin Literary Agency ( http://www.whalinagency.com ). Terry's blog on the Writing Life (http://www.thewritinglife.ws ) has over 580 entries and is searchable. Terry and his wife, Christine, live in Irvine, California.

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W. Terry Whalin, Acquisitions Editor
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