Seven Ways You Can Beat Writer’s Block Writer’s block hits the active, experienced writer, attacking their momentum and drive. When it does, the blow can cause discouragement and frustration, and in my case, a bit of soul searching. So, in…
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Which Came First? The Book or the Video?
How to Accompany Your Book with a Video Study: Which Came First? The Book or the Video? A critical challenge in accompanying your book with a video study is to decide the sequencing of writing the book or the video….
Tools to Help You Sell and Market Your Book
Tools to Help You Sell and Market Your Book The secret to authoring a book and marketing it is to allow God to be your co-author. The Holy Spirit is given to all of God’s children. He will guide us…
Five Good Rules for Writing Medical Characters or Scenarios
Five Good Rules for Writing Medical Characters or Scenarios Have you committed “Novel Malpractice”? If you’re self-publishing, a Christian author, writer, or even a publisher—are you sure the medical characters and scenarios in your novels are all correct? As an…
Why You Should Try Anthology Writing
Why You Should Try Anthology Writing What happens when you gather with a group of writers to try an anthology writing project? My experience with anthology writing has been enlightening, inspiring, encouraging, and the process was filled with laughter, joy,…
The Inclusion of AI within the Publishing Industry: What You Need to Know
The Inclusion of AI within the Publishing Industry: What You Need to Know Within the last year, large companies such as Google and Amazon have been unveiling their plans to incorporate Artificial Intelligence (also known as AI) into their companies….
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…
Focus on God’s Promises
Focus on God’s Promises How can God use you during this time to help people, and how can we focus on God’s promises instead of on life’s problems? All one has to do is turn on the news, scroll through…
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.
How Journaling Can Boost Writer Focus and Clarity
How Journaling Can Boost Writer Focus and Clarity Writing is about expounding on a topic so that it pulls the reader in a direction the author has chosen to share. With journaling, on the other hand, we release control of…
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