I love the whimsy and creativity of this chalk artist, David Zinn. What a way to brighten your day!
Below is another two minutes where the artist describes his process.
HT: Naomi Van Liew
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Planning Ahead
Conference season is coming to a close as we approach the holidays. Our local Lowes store had Christmas trees up last weekend. Does this mean I’m already too late for fall cleaning? Because a budget of time and money is involved in considering whether to attend any conference, it’s not too early to think about your travel in 2019. Don’t miss early-bird savings that conferences may offer. Another …
We Live in Amazing Times
I shared a table recently with six or seven others at a writers conference. The writer to my right (right?) leaned in my direction and directed a comment to me. “Please tell me something encouraging about publishing now.” Wow. Put me on the spot, why don’t you? But I thought I understood. After all, we were a couple days into the conference. And, as these things go, this writer had made new …
Competing for Attention
Everything in our world is competing for our attention. Where you finally give your attention is a combination of what you want to pay attention to and what caught your eye at the moment. No matter how you publish your book, either through a traditional publishing method or through some other author-controlled method, you are competing for attention with other books, products and events. For …
Integrity in All Things
The issue of integrity, or lack thereof, has reared its head within our community of Christian writers. (A link to the article “Sexual Harassment Uncovered at Christian Writing Conferences.”) It is a time of sorrow. Many have been hurt, and the heart aches to hear and read the stories. It is ugly, horrible, and that’s just about what we know. It is inexcusable. Innocent lives forever changed. Our …
Writers Jokes – Fun Fridays – September 21, 2018
The following are not original. Collected from the Internet with glee. Enjoy! Feel free to come up with your own in the comments below. There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a great writer. When asked to define “great” he said, “I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, …
Keeping Grounded
As I move in publishing circles, I notice that those in and out of our profession tend to grant some of us larger-than-life personas. Writers admire agents. Agents admire publishers. Publishers admire readers. Readers admire writers. With this circle of admiration, everyone should be happy, right? Maybe, but only in moderation. In His wisdom, God didn’t allow me to become an agent until I was …
8 Ways to Write Like Shakespeare (Part 2)
I started a post last week about how much I owe as a writer to Shakespeare. We never met, of course (I’m old, just not that old); but in addition to the four lessons I listed last week, I also learned these crucial and valuable lessons from the Bard of Avon: Do something new. Shakespeare started his career where others did—imitating Chaucer, Milton, Spencer, and others. He not only borrowed and …
The Myth of Foolproof Publishing
To be honest, it is a myth. There is no such thing as foolproof book publishing. In fact, publishing content of any type—books, Bibles, audiobooks, music, magazines, Gospel tracts or anything else—contains a level of risk, both financial and response wise. While there is no guarantee of publishing success, there is an absolute ironclad guarantee an author will not meet expectations if they don’t …
Checked Your Copyright Lately?
Have you checked your copyright lately? I mean, have you actually gone to the US Copyright Office web site and searched for your registration? You might be surprised at what you won't find. Here is the link to start your search.
Most publishing contracts have a clause that requires the publisher to register the copyright, in the name of the author, with the US Copyright Office. This is supposed …