How to Go From Awful First Draft to Wonderful Revision You’ve completed your first draft—and it’s awful. Don’t be surprised; most writers will tell you that a first draft is usually pretty rotten. (Ernest Hemingway even applied a cuss word…

How to Unclog Your Creativity Finishing a writing project can take forever, especially if you have to deal with writer’s block clogging your creativity. Most authors have dealt with this problem at some point in their careers, and it can…

How Social Media Has Changed the Way We Write Some critics argue that social media has shortened attention spans and weakened writing skills, but it has also created significant opportunities for writers through increased creativity, accessibility, and audience engagement. The…

Stop Overthinking, Just Write: A Quick Guide To Getting That Book Finished Stop panicking. It’s just an empty sheet of paper. It doesn’t judge you. It doesn’t have expectations you can’t meet. It’s not sitting there waiting to reject you….

Writing the Hard Stories: What It Takes to Thrive in a Niche Christian Genre The Christian genre in the book market is often associated with clean romance, gentle inspiration, and neatly resolved endings. While those stories absolutely have their place,…

Making Jesus More Famous As a former television director/producer, I’ve wanted to attend the National Religious Broadcasters Conference (NRB) for years. Various seasons and reasons, however, had impeded that goal, and by 2026, life as a media professional was far…

Three Keys to Feeling Confident About Hiring an Editor Good editing is essential for any book, but hiring an editor can seem overwhelming for newer indie authors. Here are three key elements of the process you need to know so…

Why Your Christian Author Platform Isn’t Working (And What to Build First) The Platform Trap Nobody Warned Me About I did everything the experts said I should to build my Christian author platform. Bought the domain. Sat for headshots. Hired…