Writer's Journey
Get Serious! The Business of Writing
We creatives write for a number of reasons. A true writer writes because he or she has to. At times, our desire to create overrides […]
Year: 2015
Writer's Journey
Step Away from the Vacuum
“It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write.” — Steven Pressfield, The War of Art Do you have days […]
Blogging
Becoming Known Part 4: Guest Blogging
If Jesus is your Senior Editor, He expects you to get your writing to the people who need to hear the message He’s leading you […]
Craft of Writing
5 Steps to Stronger Point of View
POV – Point of View. Three little letters are the bane of every new writer’s journey. If we were writers forty or more years ago—now […]
Critique Groups
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 […]
Interviews
So, You Think You Can Make Readers Laugh?
Writing humor isn’t for cowards. Like comedians onstage at the Improv, humor writers don’t really know if their audience will laugh in all the right […]
Interviews
The Art of Writing Romance Novels
A good love story keeps readers turning pages as they cheer for characters who struggle to overcome the obstacles that keep them apart. Yet not […]
Spiritual Life
Writing Past the Doubts
I’ve just broken through a 3-day writing slump. For three solid days I couldn’t write a cohesive sentence to save my life, which thank God, was never […]
Spiritual Life
What Inspires You to Inspire Others?
As Christian writers, we serve a unique purpose: we want to inspire others through our writing, and offer hope to a hurting world. Whether our writing […]
Marketing & Platform
Peer Promotion: How to Promote a Book in 7 Steps
Excitement is growing at Inspire. Several of our members have books coming out this month and many more books will be released over the next few […]