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101 Best Websites for Writers

By Steve Laubeon May 23, 2020
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We are pleased to announce that our site has again been named as one of the “101 Best Websites for Writers” in the newest issue of Writer’s Digest (May/June 2020).

This annual list, now in its 22nd year, is a great resource. This year’s collection has 40 new additions (which makes it even nicer to continue to be included). It’s organized into ten categories with our site in the category of “Genre/Niche” under the subheading of “Spiritual.”

I scour many of the sites in this list already, most by using an RSS reader. It is truly remarkable how much great material is available with the click of a few keys.

Included in this year’s list are a few of our friends!

  • Fight Write by Carla Hoch. (She is a client and her book Fight Write came out from Writers Digest recently. If you write fiction that has fight scenes, you need this book!
  • Go Teen Writers hosted by Jill Williamson, Stephanie Morrill, and Shannon Dittemore (Jill is one of the authors for Enclave Publishing).
  • The Kill Zone hosted by 11 top writers, including James Scott Bell who posts once a week.
  • The Write Conversation hosted by Edie Melson, author and co-director of the Blue Ridge Christian Writers conference. Many wonderful writers from our industry contribute every day.
  • Author Media by Thomas Umstattd, Jr. who hosts our Christian Publishing Show podcast every Tuesday.

Other great sites include those from Jane Friedman, Joanna Penn, Writer Unboxed, and many more. Writers Digest does not post the list online for free. You have to subscribe to the magazine or buy the individual issue, which you can do at this link for $6.99 (price is current as of this writing). But it may be worth the investment to create your own catalog of must-read blogs, sites, and resources.

 

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Fun Fridays – May 22, 2020

By Steve Laubeon May 22, 2020
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Today’s video is rather startling to watch. Titled Every Covid-19 Commercial Is Exactly the Same, it speaks a lot to the challenge of cliche vs. creativity. If you have some thoughts on how you can avoid sounding like the previous proposal in an agent’s stack or like another author in your genre, feel free to weigh in! This is a reality we agents face when working through proposals, …

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Fun Fridays – May 15, 2020

By Steve Laubeon May 15, 2020
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What makes this video even more amazing is that the singer released it eleven months ago. Who knew how “timely” it would be in 2020? And he works in a large community hospital as a nurse! [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]

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Do You Have a Backup Plan?

By Steve Laubeon May 11, 2020
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by Steve Laube

The question is not if your hard drive will fail, it is a question of when. At least twice a year I have a client who has lost their hard drive to equipment failure. There was a recent story of an editor at Wired magazine who got hacked via a security hole in his Amazon and Apple accounts. He not only lost data, he lost all the digital pictures of his baby girl. He wrote the …

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Category: Book Business, Book Business, TechnologyTag: Backup, Technology

Fun Fridays – May 8, 2020

By Steve Laubeon May 8, 2020
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As things begin to resume, there are some things where bargain shopping is not a good idea. Day care is one of these. Enjoy today’s satirical video for a day-care service that had unexpected results! [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]

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Fun Fridays – May 1, 2020

By Steve Laubeon May 1, 2020
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Are you one of those parents trying their hand at quarantine homeschooling? Enjoy today’s fun video! I heard one shelter-in-place-homeschooling parent proclaim, “I hereby declare that elementary school teachers should forthwith be paid one million dollars . . .  per day.” Hah! [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go …

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How Are You Reading?

By Steve Laubeon April 27, 2020
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I collect books. I graze through them like I'm at an all-you-can-eat buffet. I sample this tidbit and that. Eventually I get enough to eat or have found the right morsel to consume until it is finished.

It helps make me an eclectic sort. But there are days, even weeks, where I must discipline myself to become immersed in extraordinary writing. It is there where the soul …

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Category: Reading, TheologyTag: Reading, Theology

Fun Fridays – April 24, 2020

By Steve Laubeon April 24, 2020
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I suppose there are a couple of ways to find a metaphor in this video. Some authors respond to their editor with forceful compliance. Good clients do what they are asked to do. But they can be vocal about it. You all vote on which one you think fits best, or add your own story to make this all about writers! [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline …

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Use Your Thesaurus and Dictionary Correctly

By Steve Laubeon April 20, 2020
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Today we look at how one writer uses his thesaurus and dictionary in a fascinating way. The following is a five-minute video from Martin Amis, one of Britain’s well-known literary novelists and essayists. I recommend clicking the “cc” close-captioned on the bottom next to the settings button. That way you can read his words while also hearing them. Below the video I have a couple …

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Category: Craft, Editing, The Writing Life, Writing Craft

Fun Fridays – April 17, 2020

By Steve Laubeon April 17, 2020
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Time on your hands? Learn a new skill, like this fellow. Imagine the possibilities! [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]

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