How to Accompany Your Book with a Video Study: Five Differences between a Video and a Book For the most popular Christian authors, accompanying their books with a video study is almost mandatory. But the average author may never have…
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Five Tips for Reaching Your Indie Publishing Goals
Five Tips for Reaching Your Indie Publishing Goals With the dawn of a new year comes the opportunity to set new goals and achieve new heights as a Christian author in the indie publishing goals world. Here are a few…
Pros and Cons to Writing a Fictional Series
Series are a popular way for indie fiction authors to engage and retain readers. In self-publishing, a successful series will create a story arc that keeps readers coming back for more. As a Christian author, you can develop complex relationships,…
How to Write Efficiently: Gardener or Architect
How to Write Efficiently: Gardener or Architect Have you ever wondered how to write efficiently? How do you utilize your writing time so you get the most out of it? Why is it that sometimes you sit down at your…
Why Fiction and Nonfiction Novels Need Worldbuilding
Why Fiction and Nonfiction Novels Need Worldbuilding Why do both fiction and nonfiction novels need worldbuilding? Isn’t worldbuilding for fiction? Whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, setting is one of the most important features of your story. Good worldbuilding…
CAN Excellence in Marketing Awards Open
The Christian Authors Network (CAN) is delighted to announce the CAN Excellence in Marketing Awards. This special, one-of-a-kind contest encourages and recognizes marketing excellence of Christian authors. Each participant will receive feedback on their marketing campaign. The awards are open…
What You Should Know About Correctly Placed Commas
For the Christian author wanting to self-publish a book or books, quality (besides good content) should be a priority. Correctly placed commas are an important aspect of excellent writing. Even if you plan to hire a book editor, which is one of two simple steps to improving your manuscript, you should do your own self-editing as part of the writing process.
5 Plotting Tips for Aspiring Christian Fiction Authors
In my years of experience as a mystery author, writing coach, and education lead for the visual outlining software Plottr, I’ve found—like many others—that there are two main types of writers. There are writers who plot every aspect of their story, who are often called “story architects” or “story engineers”, and there are those who wing it the entire way, known as discovery writers or pantsers.
10 Quick (and Easy) Steps to Write a Novella
10 Quick (and Easy) Steps to Write a Novella Have you ever wondered just how difficult it might be to write a novella? Well, I used to think writing shorter would make the process easier. But you know what? I…
6 Sure-Fire Ways to Improve Your Book
6 Sure-Fire Ways to Improve Your Book After you’ve finished editing your manuscript, you’re finding ways to improve your book? That’s great! Most of the time, adding visual effects such as infographics and pull-out quotes is all it takes to take…
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