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Fun Fridays – December 10, 2021

By Steve Laubeon December 10, 2021
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Today’s video is a wonderful seven-minute discussion of “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” and why it has become so iconic during the Christmas season.

The last minute of the video is a commercial for its sponsor. Be forewarned!

(If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.)

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Publishing in the Dark

By Dan Balowon December 9, 2021
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The story of the elephant and the blind man is told in many religious traditions. Even business seminars have found value using it to make a point. As the story goes, depending on what part of an elephant a person touches without seeing the whole, that forms their opinion of what the entire animal looks like. This same process could be applied to many things. A customer’s one-time experience with …

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New Year’s Resolutions

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon December 8, 2021
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New Year’s resolutions already? But we’ve only just finished the last of the turkey noodle soup, turkey tetrazzini, and flaming turkey wings from Thanksgiving! And we’re in the midst of deciding whether or not we need to make a run out to the Hallmark store to buy more gift wrapping paper and greeting cards. Stop the madness! Yet we are less than a month from January 1, when many people resolve …

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How to Write Deep Point of View with Karen Witemeyer

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on December 7, 2021
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If you want your readers to connect with your writing, you need to immerse them deeply into the mind of your characters. Your readers need to hear, see, and experience everything that your character experiences. But how do you do this? The answer is deep point of view. We have a guest on the show […]
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How to Write Deep Point of View with Karen Witemeyer

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on December 7, 2021
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If you want your readers to connect with your writing, you need to immerse them deeply into the mind of your characters. Your readers need to hear, see, and experience everything that your character experiences. But how do you do this? The answer is deep point of view. We have a guest on the show […]
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Fun Fridays – December 3, 2021

By Steve Laubeon December 3, 2021
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Today’s video kicks off the Christmas season with something word related: “An Anagram Christmas.” Enjoy! Below the video are some fun anagrams to enjoy. Can you come up with more? (If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.) Statue of Liberty = built to stay free Debit card = bad credit …

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The Happy Writer

By Guest Bloggeron December 2, 2021
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Today’s guest post is by Courtney Ellis, author of the recently released Happy Now: Let Playfulness Lift Your Load and Renew Your Spirit. Courtney is one of Bob Hostetler’s clients and lives with her husband and three children in southern California. Follow her on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. ____________________________ There’s no cliché for a cheerful writer. We all know the …

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The Writer’s Senses (a Writer’s Prayer)

By Bob Hostetleron November 24, 2021
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Gracious God, thank you for the smell of pencil shavings, the tactile elegance of a good fountain pen, and the click-clack of ancient typewriter keys… for the intoxication of creative juices, the sweetness of a well-turned phrase… for the creak of the office chair, and the surprise of a catch in the throat and the salty track of a tear on the cheek… for the hum of a computer, the …

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How to Create Compelling Secondary Characters for Your Novel with Angela Hunt

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on November 23, 2021
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We have had episodes about protagonists, the characters who want something that drives the plot forward, and antagonists who get in their way. But stories do not live on protagonists alone. Side characters, or supporting characters, play a vital role in your novel. But how do you craft characters that are believable and compelling? How […]
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How to Create Compelling Secondary Characters for Your Novel with Angela Hunt

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on November 23, 2021
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We have had episodes about protagonists, the characters who want something that drives the plot forward, and antagonists who get in their way. But stories do not live on protagonists alone. Side characters, or supporting characters, play a vital role in your novel. But how do you craft characters that are believable and compelling? How […]
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