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Fun Fridays – August 12, 2022

By Steve Laubeon August 12, 2022
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World’s fastest typist. Watch this lady type 185 words a minute and the awe of the students.

Put it this way. Stella Pajunas in 1946 set, and still holds, the world record for typing at 216 words per minute.

The average person types around 40 words per minute. (See the infographic on this page.)

My high-school typing teacher could do 80 wpm on a manual typewriter, the kind I learned on. If you are younger than 40, I suspect you have very little concept of the sheer revolution the computer and word processor had on communication.

Enjoy the video!

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You Can Be the Best

By Bob Hostetleron August 11, 2022
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I’m not the best. At anything, it seems. I flunked out of C Ball in Little League. I squeezed four years of high school into five. I’ve written a lot and even won a few awards, but many others are far better writers than I am. I strive for excellence in virtually everything I do; but as a writer, speaker, preacher, literary agent, and blogger, I fall short of “the best.” Maybe you can identify. …

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Category: Encouragement, Inspiration, The Writing Life

God’s Unique Provision

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon August 10, 2022
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Years ago, when I wrote books as work-for-hire projects, I joked with my husband, “I got another contract. Wonder which appliance will break down now?” The comment wasn’t entirely in jest. Proceeds from book contracts did indeed replace most of our kitchen appliances. Writers usually think of God’s provision as receiving a new contract. But the Lord provides in other ways too. One example happened …

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Category: The Writing Life

How to Write Realistic Characters with Becca Puglisi

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on August 9, 2022
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Author and writing coach Becca Puglisi shares tips and tools to help you write believable characters that your readers will love.
You can listen to this episode How to Write Realistic Characters with Becca Puglisi on Christian Publishing Show.

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Category: The Writing Life

How to Write Realistic Characters with Becca Puglisi

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on August 9, 2022
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Author and writing coach Becca Puglisi shares tips and tools to help you write believable characters that your readers will love.
You can listen to this episode How to Write Realistic Characters with Becca Puglisi on Christian Publishing Show.

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Category: The Writing Life

How to Write Realistic Characters with Becca Puglisi

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on August 8, 2022
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Author and writing coach Becca Puglisi shares tips and tools to help you write believable characters that your readers will love.www.NovelMarketingConference.com Support the show

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G Is for Great

By Steve Laubeon August 8, 2022
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“There are a lot of good manuscripts out there. What we want are those which are great.” I’ve said this many times but thought I should elaborate. Please note the following information applies mostly to nonfiction projects. When it comes to the nonfiction books that attract major publishers, I believe the author must have at least two of three “great” things: Great Concept Great Writing Great …

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Category: Book Business, Craft, Creativity, Platform, Publishing A-Z, Writing CraftTag: Concept, Platform, Writing Craft

Fun Fridays – August 5, 2022

By Steve Laubeon August 5, 2022
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I may have shown today’s video to you before, but it still thrills me to watch it again. This young prodigy is given four random notes, drawn from a hat, and improvises an entire piece in about a minute. Amazing. Can you, as a writer, take four words and improvise a story in one minute? “See the ball bounce.” Now go write something beautiful!

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Theology for Writers

By Dan Balowon August 4, 2022
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Spoiler alert: God’s nature never changes. His truth is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. While Christian writers seek to write in a compelling, engaging manner, seeking to pull readers through their books from paragraph to paragraph and page after page, the foundational theology of which they write never changes. You might write about the need for someone to make Jesus the Lord of their …

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Category: Theology

Mysteries of the English Language

By Bob Hostetleron August 3, 2022
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I love the English language. It’s been very good to me. But it can be a booger too. For example, you know that a slim chance and a fat chance are the same, right? And a wise man and a wise guy don’t mean the same thing? It’s a crazy language. And those who must learn it as a second language face many strange twists and turns—as do those of us who try to speak and write with something resembling …

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