Writing Tips
Five Things I Learned My First Three Years as a Serious Writer
Three years ago I closed my public relations business, moved to the beach, and embarked on a writing career. If I learn as much in the next three […]
Year: 2018
Writing Tips
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 […]
Writing and Technology
Overcoming Tech Fears: A Personal Voyage of Discovery (Part 2)
Once we create a website, the webby cave lights up with the flashlight of our writer’s resume. Stake that identification flag on our own little piece of the web […]
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 […]
Marketing & Platform
My Tongue is a Pen (Part 2)
Public speaking is necessary if we want to market books and expand our platform. Last time, I shared five tools to prepare a well-crafted speech. […]
Marketing & Platform
My Tongue is a Pen (Part 1)
According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. However, authors can’t use fear as an excuse to opt out because speaking […]
Spiritual Life
A Recipe for Success in Writing and in Life
We all know the importance of using the right ingredients in a recipe so that it will turn out right. Forget one, and everyone knows […]
Spiritual Life
Write with Endurance
I’d spent untold hours polishing my prose until it shone like glass. “Nailed this baby!” Or so I thought. Then, I submitted my “baby” to […]
Craft of Writing
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: Four Tips for Writing Great Opening Sentences
As Will Rogers reminded us, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. This is never truer than when an agent or […]
Writer's Journey
Wonderloss: a Writer’s Malady
Have you ever sat at your computer with fingers curved over the keyboard watching the cursor blink and blink? As you wait for your brain to engage […]