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How to Write Fiction with a Christian Worldview with Brian Godawa

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon March 31, 2020
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Brian Godawa, welcome to the Christian Publishing Show!

Links:

  • Godawa.com
  • Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment (Affiliate Link)
  • The Imagination of God (Affiliate Link)
  • Jezebel (Affiliate Link)

Sponsor: Christian Writers Institute’s Tax & Business Guide for Authors

In the course you will:

  1. Learn whether or not you qualify for tax deductions for your writing-related expenses (not all writers qualify). You will also learn the nine factors the IRS uses to determine if someone is a professional author.
  2. Receive an indie business plan template. Learn how to easily create a business plan for your independent publishing business.
  3. Learn about a simple tool that will help you make more money as an author while helping make you become more audit-proof.
  4. Learn how to start making a writing income even before your first book comes out. Making extra money helps you qualify for tax deductions!
  5. Learn whether or not you need to form an LLC. We will also share a cheap and easy way to form an LLC when the time comes.
  6. Learn about 19 different tax deductions authors can take advantage of.
  7. Learn how to reduce your chances of being audited by the IRS.
  8. Learn how to avoid common mistakes that often get authors in trouble with the IRS.
  9. Tax court cases for your CPA.

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The post How to Write Fiction with a Christian Worldview with Brian Godawa appeared first on Christian Publishing Show.

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Category: The Writing Life

Free Publishing Q&A Webinar

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon March 30, 2020
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With writers conferences being cancelled and many people under stay-at-home restrictions, I thought you might want to join a FREE Publishing Q&A Webinar that Thomas Umstattd Jr. and I will be doing this Friday, April 3rd, at 3 pm Central time. We did one on March 20th with little promotion and had more than 200 people register from seven different countries! We spent two hours answering …

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Category: The Writing Life

A Partnership

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon March 26, 2020
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At our agency, we’re your partners, not your dictators. An author can argue that there’s no point in hiring an agent if you don’t agree with their strategy. To avoid disagreement over where your work is submitted, discuss all your plans with your agent, not only when you decide to work together but throughout your career. We provide counsel based on our knowledge and experience. That’s a good …

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Category: Agents

How to Increase Your Snob Appeal by Reading Through the Pandemic

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon March 19, 2020
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Stuck in the house? No one gets any points of virtue for suffering since we are all suffering and must press on. But we can all use this time of misery to fortify our characters. Here are some ideas: Keep writing. You can say, “I was able to accomplish polishing my book because of the pandemic.” How many of your friends in the real world (as defined by those who don’t attend writers conferences) …

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Category: Encouragement

Fun Fridays – March 13, 2020

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon March 13, 2020
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Happy Friday the 13th! I found this absolutely delightful video featuring Carol Burnett and Dolly Parton doing a fun duet. It’s about eight minutes long, but don’t skip through it as your smile may continue to grow. Enjoy. 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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Category: Fun Fridays

Teased Hair

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon March 12, 2020
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My mother has sported teased hair all her life. My beautician says they don’t teach new hairstylists how to tease hair anymore. So when I need to find someone to style my mother’s hair, I have to ask if they know how to tease it. I found two in town: one is my hairdresser, and the other is the back-up stylist I go to when my regular beautician isn’t working. “Oh, you mean, backcomb?” She smiled …

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Category: The Writing Life

Our Favorite Typos

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon March 11, 2020
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Writers aren’t perfect. This may not be news to you. But occasionally we read or create typos that stay with us. Some become favorites, prompting smiles and giggles (and maybe embarrassment) for years to come. I asked writers, editors, and agents to share some from their experiences. Here are their favorites: “I submitted a post called ‘4 Reasons Why Writers Should Clothe Themselves with Humility’ …

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Category: Book Proposals, Grammar, The Writing Life, Writing Craft

How to Write Cinematic with Deborah Raney

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon March 10, 2020
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Show Notes The biggest competition for authors is not other books. It’s movies. Movies often have scores of writers working together; and most people hungry for story prefer to watch a movie in the evening than read a book. Even many authors have subscriptions to Netflix.  The most popular books borrow writing techniques from Hollywood. If you want your book to be popular in the 2020s, …

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Category: The Writing Life

Choosing Your Character’s Name

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon March 9, 2020
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Choosing the name of a character in your novel is a bit like reading the book Where’s Waldo? You can search forever and never find just the right one. Creativity You want to be creative, but not too creative. You say, “It has to fit the person in the book.” That is a huge weight to place on your character. And what if you need to change the name later? Can’t Remind Me of …

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Category: Creativity, Writing Craft

Fun Fridays – March 6, 2020

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon March 6, 2020
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How to Ruin a Book Title with One Word Evidently, I am a fan of puns. I came across a fun exercise that played at changing one word or adding one word to a well-known title–and made it something quite different. I’ll start with some general-market titles and then shift to those found in the Christian market. Be sure to add your creative efforts in the comments below. To Cook a …

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