The secret of making a video go “viral.”
Oh. Did I mention what day it is today?
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Miracle
by Tamela Hancock Murray
This time of year, Christians contemplate the marvel that is the resurrection of Christ. Such an event seems magical, though God is never a genie, ready to grant our every wish. Even Jesus was not granted His plea in the Garden of Gethsemane as He asked the Father to take the cup of death from Him. But was there any other way? No, there was not. How else could have …
The Beauty of Community
As I write this blog, I’m sitting on a bench beneath towering California Redwoods. There’s a gentle breeze blowing, carrying with it the fragrance of evergreens and sunshine. But it carries something else. Something wondrous…
The sound of community.
All around me, people are walking and sitting and standing, and as their voices drift past me I hear a number of things:
Excitement
Shared …
News You Can Use – March 26, 2013
Is Baby Boomer Lit the Next Hot Genre? – Yet another parsing of the genres. What do you think about this one?
The Economics Behind the Big Publishing Mergers – Eoin Purcells explores some of the big picture considerations.
Author Intuition – Roseanna White writes a great article. I appreciate her words “Don’t mistake pride for intuition.” Well said.
An Amazon Bestseller Earns the Author …
When Your Agent Makes You Speed Up
by Tamela Hancock Murray
Since I wrote last week about when your agent may make you slow down, I thought this week it might be fun to write about why your agent may make you speed up. Now, speeding up is never, never to occur at the risk of writing less than your best. Story craft, along with care and attention to detail, are always musts for fiction and nonfiction. But there are times …
Refine Your Focus
Let’s talk about Focus.
I like Webster’s definitions:
Focus (noun)
a : adjustment (as of the eye or an eyepiece) for distinct vision
b : the position in which something must be placed (as in relation to a camera lens) for clearness of image or clarity of mental perception
: a central point: as
a : a center of activity or attraction or one drawing the greatest attention and …
News You Can Use – March 19, 2013
MyBookTable WordPress Plugin – Do not wait another minute. Go right now and sign up for this KickStarter program by Thomas Umstattd and Author Media. It will make your web site so much more efficient when it comes to selling your books via your web site. At least watch the four minute video.
Care for a little debate about blogging? Read these two entries and decide:
Author Blogging: What’s …
Fun Fridays – March 15, 2013
A visual demonstration of what a multi-tasking agent seems to do every day.
And then someone comes along and yanks all support.
Why Your Agent May Slow You Down
Your agent may slow you down.
And this is good!
And, why is that?
I've been a writer myself, so I understand the frustration you must be feeling as you read my words. Who wants to slow down? Believe me, when I was waiting for my first book to be published, I only half-joked that it would be released posthumously. So I understand that writers don't want to wait another ten minutes to see …