Try this Honda Speed Reading Test. (Then try the one below it and you will be reading at 500 words per minute.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8VlX4Ekk80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MJcWEeft10
Try this Honda Speed Reading Test. (Then try the one below it and you will be reading at 500 words per minute.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8VlX4Ekk80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MJcWEeft10
I am blessed to work with many talented authors with great ideas. Recently one of my clients, Renee Andrews, submitted a wonderful chart outlining her characters’ conflicts. You may have seen similar charts before, but I especially like the way Renee laid hers out: [Character Name] INTERNAL EXTERNAL Goal — What? Motivation — Why? Conflict — Why not? Renee is a very successful author at the …
American culture sends mixed messages. On one hand it tells us that we can be “anything we want to be,” but then if we don’t rise to the top of whatever we pursue it tells us we are failures or at best we should be disappointed in ourselves. There are winners and losers and we are either one or the other. But that is simply not true. A great mayor of small town is not a failure when he/she does …
Some might think this question is silly and antiquated since we know that 100% of all books are sold by Amazon and that no one buys physical books any more, and least of all in physical bookstores. Why? Because there aren’t any more bookstores! They have all closed. Oh wait. That myth is what appears in press releases written by Amazon. (I’m making a joke in case you are wondering.) …
Llamas on the Lloose in Phoenix! Enjoy the Llama Drama, set to very appropriate music. Reminds me a Llittle of that Llost writer at the Llast ACFW conference trying to find their cLlassroom. HT: Trissina Kear
In my current stage of life, I find it freeing not to feel compelled to share my opinion about every topic and to defend that opinion to the verbal death. I don’t feel the urge to prove my rightness through verbal sparring. Joy, indeed! In everyday life, a friend may ask any number of questions. “What do you think of this dress?” means you should say, “Wow! You look …
In case you missed it, last week the Family of Christians Worldwide declared Chapter 12 Reorientation under the authority of God Almighty who made Heaven and earth. The Details Hundreds of millions of Christians looked around the world, read the news headlines and decided that the Twelfth Chapter of the book of Paul’s Letter to the Roman’s would be a better way to live in a world of turmoil and …
Last week we discussed the details of the Family Christian Stores (FCS) Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Since then I have spoken to numerous publishers and both industry and outside experts. Much new information has surfaced. What I’m writing here is based on those conversations and on a number of public news reports. Who is Going to Get Paid? FCS owes more than $40 million in unpaid …
I want to shop at this specific store (Owosso, Michigan – store #2772). They make me want to build something! HT: Dick Malone
Sound familiar? Even most unpublished authors wouldn’t envy the published author this type of pressure. But over the course of a career, the likelihood is great that one or many events will throw off a writer’s schedule. There are times when work has to take a temporary stop. No doubt about it. When major stress hits, be sure to pray and meditate each day. You don’t have time not …