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014 How to overcome burnout, and discouragement with Erin Young and Karen Ball

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on February 26, 2019
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How can authors overcome burnout and discouragement? How can writing be restful and encouraging? These questions and more are what we will be discussing on this episode of the Christian Publishing Show.

Joining me today is:

  • Karen Ball is a best-selling author, professional editor and speaker
  • Erin Taylor Young: an award-winning author, writing teacher, and speaker.

They both host the Write from the Deep Podcast a podcast that encourages, refreshes and equips Christian writers.

Erin, Karin, welcome to the Christian Publishing Show!

  • Why is writing so hard emotionally?
  • Why do authors get burned out?
  • How do authors overcome burnout?
  • Ok, let’s talk briefly about exhaustion. How can authors write from a place of rest?
  • Let’s talk about discouragement. Why is writing so discouraging?
  • How do authors overcome discouragement?
  • What does it mean to write from the deep?

Now you both have a new course on the Christian Writers Institute, tell us about that.

Links:

  • Write from the Deep Podcast
  • Write from the Deep Patreon
  • Thomas’ Episode on Write from the Deep About How to Handle Haters
  • Thomas’ blog post the Confidence Crisis: Why Women Feel Unwanted and Men Feel Undateable
  • Episode 002: How to Find Your Courage as an Author

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Got Questions?

By Steve Laubeon February 25, 2019
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The intent of our blog and podcast is to help writers understand what they need to know about the publishing industry and to hopefully succeed with their books. Everything from craft to conferences to proposals and even to ISBN numbers. We’ve been attempting this for nearly 10 years and yet many writers still have questions. Some are answered in our archives; but it isn’t easy to …

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013 How to Grow Your Email List with Evan Gow

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on February 19, 2019
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Is email still relevant in a world of social media? If so how do you grow an email list and use it effectively? These questions and more we will be discussing with Evan Gow. Evan Gow is the founder of StoryOrigin, a community where you can meet other authors and set up cross-promotions to sell more books or build your mailing list. Questions: Is email still relevant in 2019? Why do authors …

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013 How to Grow Your Email List with Evan Gow

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on February 19, 2019
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Is email still relevant in the world of social media? If so how do you grow an email list and use it effectively? These questions and more we will be discussing with Evan Gow. Evan Gow is the founder of StoryOrigin, a community where you can meet other authors and set up cross-promotions to sell […]
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Seasons of the Writing Life

By Bob Hostetleron February 13, 2019
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Once upon a time, a writer spent his or her time writing. With a quill. At a desk. In a forest glen, surrounded by songbirds and burbling streams. And then, when a new book was released, doing a few public readings and book signings before going back to writing. Those days are gone. These days, I encourage writers to think in terms of writing seasons. Writing season When you’re planning and …

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012 – Is book promotion a sin? How should Christian authors handle success? An interview with Shelley Hitz

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on February 12, 2019
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Is book promotion a sin? How should Christians think about marketing? Joining us today to discuss these questions is Shelley Hitz. She specializes in helping Christian nonfiction authors write, publish and market their books through her online coaching program, Author Audience Academy. Shelley, welcome to the Christian Publishing Show! Questions: Let’s just cut to the chase. Is promoting your own …

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012 – Is book promotion a sin? How should Christian authors handle success? An interview with Shelly Hitz

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on February 12, 2019
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Resist the Urge to Explain Your Title

By Steve Laubeon February 11, 2019
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For fiction writers, there is an important self-editing technique called RUE (Resist the Urge to Explain). The problem occurs when an author overwrites a scene and explains every thought, movement, etc., or fails to allow the reader to fill in the details, thereby ruining the reading experience. The concept is described extremely well in Browne & King’s Self-Editing for Fiction Writers. …

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What’s Your Writing Playlist? (Part Two)

By Bob Hostetleron February 6, 2019
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I posted last week on this site about the responses to my Facebook invitation for writer friends to reveal what music (if any) they listen to while writing. Some replied that they don’t—or can’t—listen to music while writing. Donnalynn Davis said, “I need quiet to write, music muffles the voices speaking to me.” Many others said their writing soundtrack has to be instrumental music, like Donna …

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