Today’s video depicts a writer pouncing on an editor or an agent at a writers conference.
Veteran editors are rarely surprised, but if you wait for it, “Success!”
Today’s video depicts a writer pouncing on an editor or an agent at a writers conference.
Veteran editors are rarely surprised, but if you wait for it, “Success!”
Recently, I was on a work trip to Richmond, VA, to visit the International Mission Board. As a military missionary, the work of vocational mission training is at my very core. My heart is for the nations, and I pray often that revival will sweep through the warrior class today. While touring the building, I came across a wall of honor. These carefully curated memorials cause onlookers to pause and …
While I’ve never been able to figure out the use of it, I still remember the math class in high school where the teacher tried to explain the difference between the base-ten numbering that we use every day and other systems that use a different base. For instance, a base-seven numbering system only uses numbers 0-6, which means the number 225 in base-ten is 441 in base-seven. Confused? A search …
Maybe you’ve heard of C. S. Lewis. Some people consider him to have been a fairly smart man. A literary superhero, even, who once wrote, “An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only. . . . We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties. …
How important are endorsements? (Those “blurbs” on the back of a book that exclaim, “A real masterpiece!”) Let me answer with a question. When browsing a book title, do you look at the endorsements or notice who wrote the foreword or the introduction? I suspect you do without realizing it. And if you are unfamiliar with the author but you know the endorser, then you are …
A classic song for a summer day. I grew up playing Alan Sherman’s album on our family record player! [If you cannot see the video in your newsletter feed, please click through to our site where you can view today’s fun.]
Steve Laube always inspires me, and I found special encouragement from his recent post on artificial intelligence. AI provided an inaccurate biography of him, so I wondered if I’d have the same experience. I’m doing this field research, so you don’t have to! Chat gpt ChatGPT stands for “Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer” Then it included a definition that sent me to a hyperlink to download …
As I discussed in the previous post from June 22, when beginning work on a new novel, I go straight to my characters. Central to any story are the protagonists, antagonists, and supporting cast who drive the narrative, evolve throughout the story, and captivate the reader’s imagination. So, where do I start when it comes to character development? For me, it’s backstory. If I don’t know my …
The following is an AI-Generated transcript of today’s podcast episode. Let the typos give you hope for humanity. The path to publishing success is not always smooth and easy. In fact, let’s be honest, it’s never smooth and easy for anyone ever. There are bumps and bruises along the way. Writing requires hard work. It […]
You can listen to this episode Finding Peace in the Plot: How to Trust …
Liz shares how she became a writer, what she learned from her victories and failures, and how new authors can learn from them as well.
You can listen to this episode Finding Peace in the Plot: How to Trust God in Your Writing Journey With Liz Curtis Higgs on Christian Publishing Show.