An oldie, but a goodie! Silent monks “singing” Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus.”
Makes me smile every time I see it.
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Tag, You’re It!
One of the most common habits I see burdening stories is overemphasis on conversational tags, which goes hand in hand with not making good use of action tags. Here's an example I just made up:
"No," she exclaimed. She looked at the the pot of stew bubbling the stove and saw red juice splattering. She began to stir.
Unable to resist multitasking, I demonstrated several bad habits in the above …
Who’s Your Book For?
A critical part of writing a good book—and a good pitch or proposal for a book—is defining your book’s audience. We all know, of course, that you shouldn’t try to write a book “for everyone.” But your book’s audience can be an elusive target. I suggest three distinct and mutually exclusive phases for the process, which apply primarily to nonfiction but could also be kept in mind for various forms …
053 Where to Find Mentorship for Your Publishing Career
Announcements My wife and I are expecting our second baby in a couple of weeks! We have entered the “any time now” phase of waiting for our Christmas baby. So the podcast will be airing some re-runs and pre-recorded episodes over the next several weeks. This episode first aired on my other podcast, Novel Marketing Episode Introduction Do you ever feel alone in the writing journey? Or perhaps you …
053 Where to Find Mentorship for Your Publishing Career
Do you ever feel alone in the writing journey? Or perhaps you are not sure what to do next. You don’t need to! In this episode, Thomas talks about 10 different places to find mentorship and the pros and cons of each.
You can listen to this episode 053 Where to Find Mentorship for Your Publishing Career on Christian Publishing Show.
How Do You Measure Success?
by Steve Laube
A few years ago while talking to some editors they described an author who was never satisfied (not revealing the name of course). It this author's latest book had sold 50,000 copies the author wondered why the publisher didn't sell 60,000. And if it sold 60,000 why didn't it sell 75,000? The author was constantly pushing for "more" and was incapable of celebrating any measure of …
Fun Fridays – December 6, 2019
Today’s video is a long one (11 minutes) but is the perfect break from your busy day … to learn how this man folds amazing paper airplanes for world records. You finished your Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping. You finished NaNoWriMo (if you are a novelist). You deserve a break. And by the way, at the 2:30 mark, the fellow has a book too. So he is a fellow author. Enjoy!
A Different Perspective
When I was in grade school, a nosy neighbor decided my parents were too conservative, so she loaned me some of her old books by Helen Van Slyke. My parents let me read anything in book form, so we were good to go. Helen was a divorced New York City career woman with views unlike those I would encounter in my hometown. Today, as I cull my book collection, I am revisiting some of those titles with a …
Are Libraries Still Relevant for Writers?
I recently asked my editor and writer friends on Twitter and Facebook if public libraries are still relevant for writers (and by their reply to give me permission to quote them). Well, that opened a can of words (see what I did there?)—so many that I can’t use them all—but here are some of their responses: __________ Brooke Jones Keith said, “I research online but I take inspiration from …
052 The Joyfully Organized Writer with Susan May Warren
Over the last ten years, I have worked with a lot of successful authors. From New York Times bestsellers to successful indies who are making small fortunes with their writing. One of the things nearly all of them have in common is a system of organization. They don’t all have the same system, but they all have something. In today’s episode, we are going to talk about how to stay organized, how to …