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Not Today
There are time-consuming activities in life. Dusting, laundry, baking, talking to a friend, answering a text, checking life’s important issues according to social media. All […]
Improving Your Craft: Inspire’s Online Critique Groups
Writers write. Usually locked in a room. Alone. For hours. We emerge for potty breaks and coffee breaks. Then we hide back in our room […]
Marketing Your Writing Online: The Art of Thinking Backwards
When authors ask me to help them with their online marketing, they usually open with, “My agent told me I need a Facebook fan page, so […]
How Writing Is Like Exercising
The cell phone alarm beeps me into consciousness at 5:20 am. Yes, it’s o-dark-thirty and I’m waking up to go to spin class. Why? That’s […]
From Blog Posts to an E-Book: An Interview with Dr. Andy Wood
Dr. Andy Wood is an author, professor, church leader, consultant, evangelist, and seminar leader. In every role, he has pursued a philosophy he refers to […]
Watch Movies Like a Writer
Want to be a better writer? Want more readers to say, “I couldn’t put your book down?” Here’s an easy way to learn to write […]
The Cure for the “Perfect” Life: 12 Ways to Stop Trying Harder and Start Living Braver
If you’ve ever thought you might crumble under the burden of perfection (and who among us hasn’t?) you’ll want to meet my friends Kathi and […]
Writing as One Made in the Image of God
As one who invested more than a decade of his life to full-time ministry, I can say that with very few exceptions (charlatans) people do […]
Called to Write: Reflections of a New Writer
Our life experiences are simply words waiting to be beautifully strung together for the benefit of others. God has called you to write about your experiences […]