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…
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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…
Elevate Your Writing at the Blue Lake Christian Writers Conference
Elevate Your Writing at the Blue Lake Christian Writers Conference If you’re looking to take your writing to the next level, the Blue Lake Christian Writers Conference (BLCWC) offers the perfect opportunity for growth, connection, and inspiration. The conference is…
How to Build an Effective Writing Routine
How to Build an Effective Writing Routine Everybody thinks writing is easy until they try to do it. From a theoretical standpoint, it sounds easy. You just sit at the keyboard and type. So how hard can it be? Well,…
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.”…
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…
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