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Fun Fridays – June 19, 2026

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Today is WORLD SAUNTERING DAY!

To saunter. To stroll, amble, meander, wander, or mosey.

Walk without a plot (like the way many try to write their novels!).

Confuse your step counters and productivity apps.

Don’t pretend you’re late for something.

Drift past signs without reading them. (You’ll forget what they said anyway.)

Walk as if your phone battery just died, and you’ve accepted your fate.

By the end of your saunter, nothing is finished, yet everything is somehow attended to.

Perfect for a summer day.

 

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A Writer’s Many Hats

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Writers write. That may seem just a tad obvious, but it’s true. We write. But—brace yourself—that’s not the whole story, at least not for writers who publish. Those folks wear many hats, so to speak. Some fit better than others, but we ignore them to our peril. Here’s a baker’s dozen of a writer’s many hats, mixed metaphor or not: The writing task requires editing skills, as even the most gifted …

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5 Questions Your Proposal Must Answer: Question 5

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Why Should You Write It? Why Not Someone Else? This is the most personal question of all. Writers often hesitate here, unsure how to present themselves without sounding self-promotional. But this is not about self-aggrandizement. If you cannot explain why you are best suited to write this book, a publisher cannot explain it to a sales team. Then the sales team cannot express it to a vendor. Then …

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Mixed Messages

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It can be rather confusing for attendees of Christian writers conferences or writers groups when publishing experts offer advice on craft, platform development, dealing with agents and publishers, or just about anything else. The reason for this confusion lies in the writer’s priorities and needs, rather than in actual conflicting information. An author needs to determine their objectives first. …

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Why Do You Go to Conferences?

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A great question was sent the other day, and I thought it would help explain the other side of the table, so to speak. Steve? Why do you go to conferences? You already have a big agency with a lot of clients. That is an excellent question and one that I get asked rather often at conferences! (Why are you here?) (1) Teaching I enjoy teaching and the opportunity to train writers in how this industry …

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Fun Fridays – June 5, 2026

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Supercalifragilistic Writing by Frank Ball (https://frankball.org/supercalifragilistic-writing/) reprinted with permission It started one day when I felt quite atrocious, My writing was messy, my grammar ferocious. I needed a spark that was bold and ambitious, A word so grand, something bright, and delicious. I thought and I thought. My words were explosious, When out popped a word that was highly …

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Yes, Write Your Memoir

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Do you feel deeply and passionately that you should write your memoir? Though I am not actively seeking memoirs, judging from the submissions my office receives, many people do. Please know this discussion does not include biographies. They are different from memoirs because not only are they written by a biographer, but the subject has been determined to be of great enough interest to warrant a …

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Monday Moments – June 1, 2026

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Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him. …

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Fun Fridays – May 29, 2026

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This video may have been created in 2014–well before Covid, Zoom, Teams, Meets, etc. became a vital part of our business life–but have things really changed? (Zoom now means something different than a cat or dog zipping around the living room.) Enjoy this blast from the past (present) (future). (If you cannot see the video, please click the title of the post to visit our site to view …

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