Announcing the 2025 Christian Indie Award Winners The Christian Indie Publishing Association is thrilled to unveil the winners of the 2025 Christian Indie Awards—an inspiring lineup of books that uplift, encourage, and point readers to Christ! Since 2008, the Christian…
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Writing to Understand Personal Emotions
Writing to Understand Personal Emotions Life consists of a large variety of emotions: joy, pain, nostalgia, sorrow, excitement, grief, love, and so much more. Sometimes it can be difficult to understand the emotions. Other times, we yearn to hold on…
Lose Your Manuscript? Follow These Steps to Keep From Losing Your Mind
Lose Your Manuscript? Follow These Steps to Keep From Losing Your Mind Few things are as devastating to a writer as losing a manuscript. Whether it’s a novel or personal journal, the countless hours spent crafting and perfecting your work…
Techniques to Write Effective Silences
Techniques to Write Effective Silences Words are noisy. As a writer you want readers to read every word but are you giving your readers enough silence? What do I mean by silences in writing? Anything that makes the reader, or…
Getting Ready to Promote Your Indie Book
Getting Ready to Promote Your Indie Book Ready to launch your Christian indie book? Discover essential book marketing strategies to grow your readership and successfully promote your work. Promotion is the hardest part of Indie publishing and the most time-consuming,…
Overcoming Writer’s Block with Short Stories: An Indie Author’s Journey Back to Creativity
Overcoming Writer’s Block with Short Stories: An Indie Author’s Journey Back to Creativity Overcoming writer’s block is a common challenge for authors. Discover how short stories can reignite creativity and offer a fresh approach to storytelling. Writer’s block—a phrase that…
Beat the Block and Write, Write, Write!
Beat the Block and Write, Write, Write! By Marisa Masterson Stuck! Stuck! I know what it is like to be beaten—or nearly so—by writer’s block. Looking at the blank page of a notebook or the white rectangle on the computer…
Three Reasons to Consider Christian Screenwriting
Three Reasons to Consider Christian Screenwriting With people reading less and streaming more, should Christian authors be adapting their novels as screenplays? Three reasons suggest it is time to consider adapting your fiction for the screen: to reach a wider…
4 Ways to Market Your Book With YouTube
4 Ways to Market Your Book With YouTube Book marketing can be overwhelming for authors, yet it’s a necessary part of the writer’s journey to publishing and beyond. But where do we start? How do we know what strategies work when…
Understanding Your Audience: Successful Book Marketing Begins Before You Write
Understanding Your Audience: Successful Book Marketing Begins Before You Write Writing a book requires discipline and creativity. Successful writers must start their marketing strategy before writing the book, which means it takes much more than simply writing. Knowing your audience…
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