W. Terry Whalin

Current
  • Owner at Whalin Literary Agency LLC
Past
  • Fiction Acquisitions Editor at Howard Books/ Howard Publishing
  • Acquisitions Editor at Cook Communications Ministries
  • Director of Business Development/ Feature Writer at Christianity.com / Starwire Corporation
  • Instructor at Institute of Children's Literature
  • President / CEO at Whalin & Associates (Sole Proprietorship)
  • Associate Editor Decision magazine at Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Education
  • The University of Texas at Arlington
  • Multnomah Bible College
  • Indiana University Bloomington
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Publishing
Websites

W. Terry Whalin’s Summary

For more than 20 years, Terry has been involved in different aspects of magazine and book publishing--as an editor, a writer and now a literary agent.

W. Terry Whalin’s Specialties:

Acquisitions, Writing, Editing, Teaching at conferences


W. Terry Whalin’s Experience

  • Owner

    Whalin Literary Agency LLC

    (Publishing industry)

    January 2007Present (1 year 7 months)

  • Fiction Acquisitions Editor

    Howard Books/ Howard Publishing

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

    January 2004December 2006 (3 years)

    Acquire fiction for publishing house; present new product to publishing committee; negotiate contracts; reject unsolicited and solicited manuscripts.

  • Acquisitions Editor

    Cook Communications Ministries

    (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

    20012003 (2 years)

    Responsible for locating authors, on-going author relations, championing book projects to the publications board, working on the book financials with the business office then contract negotiations with the author or a literary agent. While the average acquisitions book acquisitions editor acquires 12-15 books in a year, I acquired and contracted over 30 books during the last year.

  • Director of Business Development/ Feature Writer

    Christianity.com / Starwire Corporation

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    February 2000November 2001 (1 year 10 months)

    Director of Business Development with Christianity.com/ Starwire Corporation. Backed by lead investors Sequoia Capital (who also funded Apple, Cisco, and Yahoo) and the Christian Broadcasting Network.

  • Instructor

    Institute of Children's Literature

    (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

    January 1998February 2000 (2 years 2 months)

    United States' oldest correspondence course for children's writers. Had more than 600 students.

  • President / CEO

    Whalin & Associates (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Publishing industry)

    May 1994January 2000 (5 years 9 months)

    A full-service editing, writing and communication company. Published numerous books and magazine articles and serviced various needs of full-time clients for press releases and other printed marketing collateral. Author of more than 60 books and written for more than 50 different publications. Several of these books are in the best-selling category with over 50,000 to 100,000 copies in print.

  • Associate Editor Decision magazine

    Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

    (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

    19931994 (1 year)

    *Supervised editorial team at Decision with Billy Graham Evangelistic Association consisting of two editors, two editorial assistants and a research librarian.

    * Decision had a circulation 1.8 million in 165 countries. Acquired and edited manuscripts from a variety of authors where some were best-selling and others unknown.


W. Terry Whalin’s Education

  • The University of Texas at Arlington

    Master of Arts, Linguistics, 19821984

  • Multnomah Bible College

    Certificate, Bible, 19761977

  • Indiana University Bloomington

    19721975


Additional Information

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W. Terry Whalin’s Groups:

American Society of Journalists and Authors , Evangelical Press Association, American Christian Fiction Writers, The Writer's View

  •    280 Group member
  •    LinkEds & writers member
  •    Evangelical Press Association member
  •    Informed Ideas For Writers member
  •    SpeakerMatch member
  •    The Write Group member

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