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Business of Writing
Book Launch 101: Why Aspiring Authors Should Serve on Launch Teams
If you engage with other writers on social media, you’ll soon have the opportunity to serve on a Book Launch Team. Some writers turn down these […]
Spiritual Life
Living an Intentional Life
2020 for me is a year of intention. Living on purpose, for purpose and with purpose. With my new resolve, every action or word this […]
News & Announcements
Announcing Our May Quarterly Workshop Recordings Now Available
May 14, 2020
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We are pleased to announce our the video recordings of our May 2, 2020 livestreamed workshop are now available online. These videos are free to […]
Conferences
Preparing for a Writer’s Conference
February 29, 2012
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Seventeen years ago I went to my first writers’ conference. I was a rookie. I had my proposal and a sample chapter – such as […]
Writer's Journey
Life’s Plot Twists
Writing is an adventure except, perhaps, when time escapes, the brain won’t cooperate, laundry is calling, dinner needs preparing, or distractions arise from everywhere. I […]
Marketing & Platform
Count the Cost of Your Next Website
“How do I get started on social media?” It’s a question literary agent, Karen Ball, gets asked a lot. In “Keys for Effective Social Media […]
Craft of Writing
How to Have a Fantastic First Page
When I peruse my local bookstore for my next purchase, there’s a process I use to decide how to spend my hard-earned dollars. First, the […]
Craft of Writing
Chrome Hubcaps and Velvet Seat Covers
It was a muggy August afternoon when I walked into an auditorium where W.M Paul Young, author of The Shack, was telling stories to a […]
Spiritual Life
Creating Your Testimony
September 9, 2014
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Remember Jesus’ Great Commission? Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and […]
