Morgan James Publishing

It's more of a hybrid, independent publishing option.

And that's Like the company that I've been working for here for the last 13 years, Morgan James Publishing is one of these hybrid companies.

We're distributing our book into 98% of the bookstores in North America, including the brick and mortar stores.

So very broad distribution, I think, is one of the keys to getting your book out there in the best kind of way.

lo and behold, I, it could be done, and I generated an image that I, that I, I liked, and I finally decided on Google Gemini after testing several programs.

And I talked with family and friends, and I talked with Morgan James Publishing, who had published my business books, because they had a kids division, and they encouraged me to make, make it an A to Z alliterative book.

So think, the first book was called Games Animals Play When We're Not Looking, and in fact, that'd be it right there.

So-

And today, my special guest is Terry Whalin.

Terry is an editor and author and acquisitions editor at Morgan James Publishing.

With over 60 books published through traditional publishers and his work appearing in over 50 magazines, Terry has spent decades on every side of the publishing table, from literary agent to acquisitions editor to author.

He is a sought-after speaker at writers' conferences across the country and is an active member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Are you actively doing this stuff? And then Because that interview was recorded live, it sounds live today like it did five years ago.

And so I'm continuing to use those broadcasts.

One of my authors that Morgan James was asking, potential authors, was asking me how my Billy Graham book is selling.

Well, I never even looked into that stuff, Sheila, but I decided to go over and take a look, see how that book was doing.

So just small steps, you know, moving forward in one space and stepping out of another space kind of, you know, got me to where I am today, which, you know, I just founded Brooks Storyhouse, which is my editing company.

I'm a production manager for Morgan James Publishing Company.

And I'm still writing my book.

My next book comes out in October 13th, 2026, A Girl in the Water.

That could be the time consuming thing is waiting.

So, you know, just always, you know, reach out to people, make sure you're using verified sites, make sure you're using companies that are well established.

With my publishing company, Morgan James Publishing, we have a list of preferred editors that we give to our authors so we know that they're using the right people because they're There are a lot of editors out there that will claim they can edit and there's no, there's no like certification.

Like, you know, when you go to a doctor and you see like their, their degree on the wall, there's no like editing degree that we can put on our wall, right? It's all, you know, experience and it's all mentorship and it's, you know, maybe you have an editor that had a degree in English lit or something like that, but there's no editing degree.