I found it a bit ironic that one of the books I had the opportunity to read (and of course review) this past month is The Christian Writer's Market Guide 2012 . Reviewing books on this blog and Amazon for over the past 3 years has been an interesting experience. In some ways, it has opened my eyes and cut through my cynicism that there are good, solid Christian books being published. In other ways, my cynicism about the publishing industry has grown. In those ways, I have been quite discouraged. Last January, I attempted to contact several magazines to get more publicity for the great books I come across. I was trying to find out if there might be an opportunity to review for any of these homeschooling magazines. One of the first two magazines said yes and I've had several of my reviews published this year in that online magazine. I thought I'd try my hand and contact a few more. Every single one said "no." I learned that rejectio...