A Healthy Writer – Caring for Your Body Is Caring for Your Pen If I don’t care for my body, writing becomes much more difficult. The outside of the body always affects the inside. What happens to your body works…
2024 CAN Marketing Award Winners Announced
2024 CAN Marketing Award Winners Announced In the dynamic world of Christian media and marketing, the spotlight often shines on the compelling narratives and impactful messages penned by authors. However, behind every successful book lies an equally crucial component–effective marketing….
Writing from Your Scars and Not Your Wounds: A Guide for Aspiring Memoir Writers
Writing from Your Scars and Not Your Wounds: A Guide for Aspiring Memoir Writers Are you considering writing a memoir or a similar personal narrative? As someone who has navigated the challenging terrain of documenting my family’s story of cancer,…
How to Manage an Anthology
How to Manage an Anthology Compilation books, also called anthology books, seem to be popular these days. Probably because a chapter may not be tied to the next one making a quick read possible similar to a devotional. An anthology…
How Joining an Editors’ Association Made Me a Better Writer
How Joining an Editors’ Association Made Me a Better Writer You probably know that hiring an editor can improve your manuscript and your skills as a Christian writer. As Terri Blackstock says, “Behind every good writer is a great editor.”…
The Best 8 AI Meeting Notes in 2023
The 8 Best AI Meeting Notes in 2023 Imagine when you’re in a meeting, and you have to do two important things at the same time. First, you need to listen carefully to what the speaker is saying, and second,…
How to Increase Book Reviews through Pubby
How to Increase Book Reviews through Pubby I was so frustrated. Friends who had purchased my first two books kept promising they would write reviews. But weeks and months passed, and both books were stuck at fewer than five reviews….
How Friends and Family Can Benefit in Self-Publishing
How Friends and Family Can Benefit in Self-Publishing Should authors use friends and family in their book’s self-publishing process or just get professional help? This is an important question, especially for independent authors. Many may assume professionals cost too much…
Can a Christian Author Write for The General Market?
Can a Christian Author Write for The General Market? I was doing some research for a class I’m teaching at Mt. Hermon in 2024—Christians Writing For The General Market—and I discovered something that was very interesting… and very disturbing. In…
How to Create Your First Video Study
How to Accompany Your Book with a Video Study, Part 3: How to Create Your First Video Study If you have read my first two posts in this series, I hope you are excited about the possibility of accompanying your…
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