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Your Audience Needs You Every Day
Your Audience Needs You Every Day The Christian writer loves to write, but have you ever wondered if your audience needs you every day through consistent emails? Does that sound like too much writing? Hear me out. I’ll explain how…
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…
Seven Ways to Preach Without Being “Preachy” and Teach Without Being “Teachy”
Seven Ways to Preach Without Being “Preachy” and Teach Without Being “Teachy” Can Christian fiction books teach important truths and historical facts without sounding like school lessons? Can Christian fiction for children incorporate Scripture without putting the reader in “church”? …
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,…
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 Find the Perfect Christian Mentor to Help You Write Your Memoir
How to Find the Perfect Christian Mentor to Help You Write Your Memoir Looking for a Christian mentor to guide you through writing your memoir? Discover these practical steps to find a mentor who shares your faith and can help…
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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