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Writer's Journey
What Inspires You?
Inspire: To fill with animating, quickening, or exalting influence. To take into the lungs in breathing; inhale Every writer knows writing is a solitary endeavor. […]
Getting Published
Cinderella: a Writer’s Journey
July 23, 2011
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In a day where technology is racing along at the speed of light and publishing houses are playing the odds on e-books—while scrambling to stay […]
Craft of Writing
Writing 101: Concise Writing
Concise writing is imperative. Nobody said it’s easy. According to William Zinsser in his book, On Writing Well, “A clear sentence is no accident. Very […]
Spiritual Life
Joy Comes in the Morning
How can God bring joy from a parent’s worst nightmare, the death of a child? It seems impossible, doesn’t it? That’s what I thought, until […]
Writer's Journey
Making Time
August 7, 2014
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The blog post “Making Time – My Thoughts” was submitted by Shannon Dittemore and used with the author’s permission. Writers are in LOVE with words. We […]
Self-Publishing
How to Convert Your Manuscript from Word to Kindle Format in 5 Easy Steps (Part 3)
March 9, 2018
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Last time, in part 2 of this series, we covered Steps 1-3 of the 5 steps, which discussed styling, headers and footers, and pagination. This […]
Writing for Children
Writing with God: Big Ideas about God in Little Books
It’s Ridiculous. Sometimes, when I stop to think about writing for children, it seems ridiculous. How can anyone expect to take God’s huge truths and […]
Writing and Technology
Overcoming Tech Fears: A Personal Voyage of Discovery (Part 1)
Navigating the web and the dark void of the Internet terrified me. Like hiking through a cave with spider webs brushing my face. I wasn’t a web explorer, I was a muralist […]
Spiritual Life
Writers, Why a Word for the Year?
You’ve heard it asked. What’s your word for the year? This inquiry is everywhere come late December—people blogging about it and posting their word (and […]
