A number of our clients lend their writing expertise to help authors complete their fiction and nonfiction manuscripts. Some of them also are available for novelizations of scripts.
Cindy Coloma
Represented by Janet Kobobel Grant
A best-selling and award-winning novelist, Cindy Coloma has written, among other novels, Beautiful (2010 Christy Award Finalist for YA and 2011 Revolve YA Tour Book of the Year); Orchid House (2008 ECPA best-seller); The Salt Garden (2004 Library Journal’s Best Books); and Winter Passing (2001 Christy Award Finalist and Romantic Times Reader’s Choice Finalist).
For more than eighteen years, Cindy has led a writers group and has been a writing coach to dozens of authors. She’s been on the faculty or a keynote speaker at such events as the World Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany; Simpson University Faculty Retreat; Lit-World international conference in Tagaytay, Philippines; Mt. Hermon Christian Writers Conference; and the Redwood Chapel Writers Seminar.
Her collaborative projects and the role she playing in each include:
NONFICTION:
- Stronger by Sara Evans – coauthor of family & relationships nonfiction book with Platinum Record-holder, country-western artist (Howard Books/Simon & Schuster, 2018)
- Untitled book with Shared Hope International – coauthor on book about the historical fight against child sex trafficking in America (published by Shared Hope, 2017)
- Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiance as a KGB Spy in America – coauthor with Jack Barsky (Tyndale Momentum, 2017)
- Almost Gone — book proposal for father-daughter memoir by John and Mackenzie Baldwin. (Howard Books/Simon & Schuster, 2017).
- Dream in a Drawer: A Family’s Global Adventure to Help Others – narrative nonfiction book proposal with seventeen-year-old Shayla Tonge (currently unpublished)
- I Am Survivor: For One Muslim Girl, Her Only Hope Was to Run – book proposal with UK author Inshana Hulton (currently unpublished).
- The Missing Matisse – collaborative manuscript revision with author Pierre Henri Matisse (Tyndale Momentum, 2016).
- All the Pretty Things—memoir consultation, revision, and project management with author/blogger Edie Wadsworth (Tyndale Momentum, 2016).
- The Waiting: The True Story of a Lost Child, a Lifetime of Longing, and a Miracle for a Mother Who Never Gave Up collaborative writing with author Cathy LaGrow. (Tyndale Momentum, 2014). The Waiting was featured on The Today Show, Guidepost, and The New York Post and is optioned for a film.
- It’s a Wild Life – wrote narrative nonfiction for Bud DeYoung, owner of the DeYoung Family Zoo and TV personality from the National Geographic Show, My Life is a Zoo (Medallion Press, 2014).
- Renting Lacy: A Story of America’s Prostituted Children written for Linda Smith & Shared Hope International (published by Shared Hope, 2009).
NOVELS:
- Life Just Got Real coauthor with Sadie Robertson (Howard Books, 2016).
- Snapshot ghostwritten for Lis Wiehl (HarperCollins Christian Publishing–formerly Thomas Nelson, 2014).
- Song of the Brokenhearted collaborate with Sheila Walsh (Thomas Nelson, 2012 ECPA Bestseller).
- Sweet Sanctuary collaborate with Sheila Walsh (Thomas Nelson, 2011).
Susanna Foth Aughtmon
Represented by Wendy Lawton
Susanna has seven published books of her own, including:
- I Blame Eve: Freedom from Perfectionism, Control Issues and the Tendency to Listen to Talking Snakes (Revell, 2012).
- My Bangs Look Good and Other Lies I Tell Myself: The Tired Supergirl’s Search for Truth (Revell, 2010).
- All I Need is Jesus and a Good Pair of Jeans: The Tired Supergirl’s Search for Grace (Revell, 2009)
- She is a regular contributor and author coach to the Guideposts devotional, Mornings with Jesus.
Her collaborations include:
- Fight for Her (2018) co-written with musical artist, Plumb (Shoe Publishing/Street Talk Media 2018).
- One Year. One Dress. For Freedom. with Bethany Winz (Baker, 2016).
- A Trip Around the Sun with Mark Batterson and Richard Foth (Baker, 2015).
- Chasing God: One Ordinary Man’s Miraculous Journey in the Heart of the City with Pastor Roger Huang (David C. Cook 2012),.
- Need You Now: Stories of Hope co-written with musical artist, Plumb (Shoe Publishing/Street Talk Media 2014).
Rene Gutteridge
Represented by Janet Kobobel Grant
A seasoned collaborator for film and books, Rene has expertise in adaptation of both. She has worked with writers, directors, and producers novelizing motion pictures and screenplays including Old Fashioned, The Ultimate Gift, Heart of the Country, Never the Bride and Greetings from the Flipside, as well as several commissioned projects. Her novel, My Life as a Doormat, was adapted into a film by Hallmark called “Love’s Complicated.” The Santa Claus Chronicles by Dan Short with Rene as the collaborator publishes in fall 2019. She is the head writer at Skit Guys Studios and has had twenty-four books, mostly novels, published.
Erin Keeley Marshall
Represented by Wendy Lawton
Erin Keeley Marshall has more than twenty years of editorial and writing experience, cutting her teeth as a freelance copy editor and proofreader before joining Tyndale House Publishers in March 1998 as a Special Sales creative editor and later as a content editor in the editorial department.
Her experience includes product development for ABA and CBA specialty markets; writing devotional and Bible study material, and cover and marketing copy; compiling content; and editing fiction and nonfiction, juvenile Bibles, and gift books.
She’s written two books of her own and been a regular contributor to Guideposts’ Mornings with Jesus along with other projects including:
- Wrote 80 features for Becoming 2008 New Testament (Thomas Nelson, 2008)
- Wrote study guide for Gary Smalley’s DNA of Relationships, revised edition, (Tyndale, 2006).
- Wrote study guide for Gary Chapman’s The Four Seasons of Marriage, (Tyndale, 2005).
Her collaborations include:
- Yes Sisters with Angelia White (Revell, 2019).
- Hope of Heaven: God’s Eight Messages of Assurance to a Grieving Father (Thomas Nelson, 2015).
Cynthia Ruchti
Represented by Wendy Lawton
For 33 years, Cynthia Ruchti wrote, produced, and served as an on-air voice for a fifteen-minute scripted radio drama/devotional program called The Heartbeat of the Home. At its peak, the broadcast aired on 48 stations across the country. She has written novels, novellas, devotions, and nonfiction—20 books in print to date.
Cynthia is past president of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and now serves the board as their Professional Relations Liaison. As of 2017, she accepted the position of agent with Books & Such Literary Management.
Her collaborations include:
- Hit Hard: One family’s journey of letting go of what was–and learning to live well with what is with Pat and Tammy McLeod (Tyndale, 2019)
- The Way Things Were with Kathryn Beck Turner (currently unpublished)
Lindsay A. Franklin
Represented by Rachel Kent
Lindsay has worked as a ghostwriter for HarperCollins Christian Publishing and freelance clients, and she has extensive experience with write-for-hire projects. She is the best-selling author of Adored: 365 Devotions for Young Women, an award-winning editor, and a homeschooling mom of three. Her critically-acclaimed debut fantasy novel, The Story Peddler, released in 2018. She would wear pajama pants all the time if it were socially acceptable. She lives in her native San Diego with her scruffy-looking nerf-herder husband.
Ryan Lokkesmoe
Represented by Janet Kobobel Grant
Ryan Lokkesmoe [pronounced lox-mōh] is the Lead Pastor of Real Hope Community Church in the Houston area, a church he helped to plant in 2016. Before that, he served as the Small Groups Pastor for multi-campus Parkway Fellowship.
His graduate degrees include a PhD in New Testament from the University of Denver (2015) and an MA in New Testament from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (2008).
His published books include:
- Paul and His Team: What the Early Church Can Teach Us About Leadership and Influence (Moody Publishers, 2017).
- Blurry: Bringing Clarity to the Bible (CLC Publications, 2014).
- Currently contracted to write two books on leading small groups (Bethany House).
He has written curriculum to accompany videos for various books:
- Smallgroup.com adaptation of Paul and His Team (2018)
- LifeWay small group curriculum, adaptation of Eric Mason’s book Unleashed (B&H).
- LifeWay small group curriculum, adaptation of Colin Smith’s book Momentum (Moody).
Ryan is available to write curriculum, Bible studies, or small group material.
Carrie Talbott
Represented by Janet Kobobel Grant
Carrie Talbot is married with two children and a resident of Murrieta, California. She blogs regularly at carrietalbottink.com/blog about life lessons and God’s grace as a white girl who recently moved back from Baja, Mexico.
She has created a proposal for a memoir, The Forced Pilgrimage: Choosing Grit by Becky Herrick, which is unpublished.
Just Between Us Magazine published her article about creating a prayer calendar in 2012, and Focus on the Family’s Clubhouse Magazine published her stories, “My Prayer Wheel” (2012) and “Friend of a Feather” (2018).
Her children’s book, Pete and His Gigantic Feet, was published in 2014. Recently she was asked by the owner of one of the largest flower farms in the U.S. to be their writer and editor.
Carrie also is a contributing writer to the 2019 Daily Planner for Anchored Press, a Christian organization that was featured on The Today Show.
Jeanette Hanscome
Represented by Wendy Lawton
Jeanette Hanscome has written five books of her own, hundreds of articles, including a ghost-written Guideposts article and co-written the award-winning book, Running with Roselle with blind 9/11 survivor, Michael Hingson (Roselle’s Dream, 2013).
Visually impaired since birth, Jeanette has a deep empathy for those who have a story to tell. While she is not as experienced as some collaborators, she is eager to help others tell their stories. For some who have a tighter budget, Jeanette might be the perfect solution.
Alice Crider
Represented by Janet Kobobel Grant
Alice Crider is an author coach, a freelance editor, and a collaborative writer with more than twenty years of experience in Christian book publishing. Since 1998, she has worn several hats in the industry, including editor, literary agent, copywriter, and director of acquisitions and development. Also a certified copywriter, Alice enjoys writing marketing copy as well as collaborative writing on books that transform lives.
Alice has been published in pas issues of Focus on the Family magazines, and she wrote and published her own book, Discover Your Writer’s Voice, in 2019. She has made writing contributions to books by Shannon Ethridge, Lisa Bevere, Cheri Fuller, and many other bestselling authors.
One of her recent collaborative project, Battle Cry: Waging and Winning the War Within by Jason Wilson, was published by Thomas Nelson.
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