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Archives for February 2019

A Special Giveaway from The Christian Writers Institute

By Steve Laubeon February 18, 2019
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Periodically, I like to let our readers know about some of the special things we are doing to help teach writers via The Christian Writers Institute (CWI). We love to see Christian writers learn, grow, and succeed in their craft.

As part of that, CWI is offering you a chance to win a Super Bundle Giveaway. This is the biggest we have ever created!

The giveaway comes with thirty-five of the best audio and video courses, worth over $600 in market value. The bundle is the ultimate toolbox for anyone’s writing career. You can enter to win here. You can also get additional entries for each person who signs up with your link.

There will be two winners announced after the end of the month ($1,200 in total giveaways!); enter now for your chance to win. The contest ends at the end of this month.

A key word here is “FREE.” There is no cost to you. Only an email address to enter.

Since many of you in the U.S. have today off for President’s Day, take a moment and enter; or tell someone you know who might benefit from the giveaway (like those in your writers group).

The better we become at our craft, the greater the reach of our words for the glory of God and the growth of His Kingdom on Earth.

 

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Category: Christian Writers Institute, Contests

Fun Fridays – February 15, 2019

By Steve Laubeon February 15, 2019
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This is fun to watch. Imagine how hard it was to edit this piece. But even harder would have been convincing hundreds of people in other countries to participate! Hope this makes you smile today.

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Category: Fun Fridays

Feelings of Love

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon February 14, 2019
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Heart racing. Eyes drinking the beauty of the One. An intake of breath. Unmitigated joy spurred by the nearness of the One. We need romantic emotions when considering commitment and marriage. Passionate feelings are part of God’s plan. Unfortunately, like all things good, these emotions can be misused and abused, so one selfish person can take advantage of another. Misuse is why some pastors and …

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Category: Craft

Seasons of the Writing Life

By Bob Hostetleron February 13, 2019
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Once upon a time, a writer spent his or her time writing. With a quill. At a desk. In a forest glen, surrounded by songbirds and burbling streams. And then, when a new book was released, doing a few public readings and book signings before going back to writing. Those days are gone. These days, I encourage writers to think in terms of writing seasons. Writing season When you’re planning and …

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Category: The Writing Life

012 – Is book promotion a sin? How should Christian authors handle success? An interview with Shelly Hitz

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on February 12, 2019
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Is book promotion a sin? How should Christian authors handle success? An interview with Shelly Hitz
You can listen to this episode 012 – Is book promotion a sin? How should Christian authors handle success? An interview with Shelly Hitz on Christian Publishing Show.

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Category: The Writing Life

012 – Is book promotion a sin? How should Christian authors handle success? An interview with Shelley Hitz

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on February 12, 2019
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Is book promotion a sin? How should Christians think about marketing? Joining us today to discuss these questions is Shelley Hitz. She specializes in helping Christian nonfiction authors write, publish and market their books through her online coaching program, Author Audience Academy. Shelley, welcome to the Christian Publishing Show! Questions: Let’s just cut to the chase. Is promoting your own …

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Category: The Writing Life

Resist the Urge to Explain Your Title

By Steve Laubeon February 11, 2019
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For fiction writers, there is an important self-editing technique called RUE (Resist the Urge to Explain). The problem occurs when an author overwrites a scene and explains every thought, movement, etc., or fails to allow the reader to fill in the details, thereby ruining the reading experience. The concept is described extremely well in Browne & King’s Self-Editing for Fiction Writers. …

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Category: Book Proposals, Pitch, Pitching, The Writing Life

Real Feelings

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon February 7, 2019
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Novels should tap into emotions. If a reader doesn’t react to your book, she’s likely to put it aside in favor of another book that touches her heart and mind. One-star book reviews hurt; but at least if a reviewer passionately hates your book, you’ve evoked emotion. In some ways, a three-star review calling the book bland is worse. This time last year, I was happy in the knowledge that both of my …

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Category: Craft

What’s Your Writing Playlist? (Part Two)

By Bob Hostetleron February 6, 2019
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I posted last week on this site about the responses to my Facebook invitation for writer friends to reveal what music (if any) they listen to while writing. Some replied that they don’t—or can’t—listen to music while writing. Donnalynn Davis said, “I need quiet to write, music muffles the voices speaking to me.” Many others said their writing soundtrack has to be instrumental music, like Donna …

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Category: The Writing Life

011 How to Get Started Writing Young a Conversation with Brett Harris Interview

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on February 5, 2019
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How to Get Started Writing Young a Conversation with Brett Harris Interview
You can listen to this episode 011 How to Get Started Writing Young a Conversation with Brett Harris Interview on Christian Publishing Show.

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Category: The Writing Life
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