September 26, 2013Faithful Are the WoundsCharlie Hummel was president of Barrington College for ten years, director of faculty ministry for InterVarsity for another fourteen years and the author of several IVP books. While his most famous IVP title is Tyranny of the Urgent which has sold over a million copies, he also wrote several larger tomes including Fire in the Fireplace and The Galileo Connection. Whenever Charlie always wanted to know the worst that could be said about his book when he still had time to fix it. Sometimes he took our counsel. Sometimes he didn't. But he always wanted to know what we thought. After a review comes out, he felt, it would be too late. That An editor's job should not be to write a book for an author or tell an author what to write. Rather the editor is a bridge between author and reader--helping authors be as clear, compelling and persuasive with readers as possible but also presenting the reader's perspectives, problems and questions to the author. Charlie appreciated both halves of that equation, but especially the latter. Posted by Andy Le Peau
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