Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
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Helping to Change the World Word by Word
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.
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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 …
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’ …
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, …
How to Write Cinematic with Deborah Raney
You can listen to this episode How to Write Cinematically with Deborah Raney on Christian Publishing Show.
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 …
How to Ruin a Book Title with One Word Evidently, I am a fan of puns. I came across a fun exercise that involved 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 …
A reader asked me to write on handling criticism, hence this blog post today. I’m fond of saying that if you want to find out who your friends are, throw (or be the star of) a bridal or baby shower. People you think won’t respond will come through amazingly, while a couple of people you were sure would come through remarkably won’t bother to send an RSVP. Likewise, through my involvement in …
Most holy and merciful Father: I confess that I have sinned by my own fault in thought, word, and deed; by what I have done, and by what I have left undone. I have not loved you with my whole heart, soul, mind, and strength. I have let the idea of being a writer distract me from devotion to you. I have made myself busier with words than with your Word. I have been consumed by my writing plans and …
Every year, millions of people set out to write a memoir; and every year, most of them fail. Memoirs are hard to write and even harder to sell to publishers and readers. And yet, every year, millions of readers buy and read memoirs. So how do you write a memoir worth reading? To help answer that question, we will be talking with a New York Times bestselling author who has helped write a number of …
