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Attend the 2025 Write to Publish Conference

By Steve Laubeon December 16, 2024
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If you are thinking about attending a Christian writers conference in 2025, I’d like to encourage you to consider Write to Publish (WTP), held in June in Wheaton, Illinois. This conference has been in operation for over 50 years.

Our agent Dan Balow (who lives in Wheaton) continues his directorship responsibility for WTP and has put together a stellar group of faculty members.

Registration for the June 10-13, 2025 event is open at the link below. (Take advantage of the least expensive early-bird registration discount available through December 31!) Maybe consider making this a Christmas gift for someone.

The 2025 event will feature many top-level industry experts.

The morning plenary speaker is pastor, author, blogger Tim Challies. Evening keynotes will be pastor and author Eric Redmond, authors Tim Shoemaker and Saundra Dalton-Smith, and a special closing message from Becky Antkowiak on Friday.

In addition to thirty workshops over the three days, we will have five morning continuing tracks, each a three-part exploration.

Ann Kroeker – Publishing 101
Zena Dell-Lowe – Master Screenwriting for Hollywood
Saundra Dalton-Smith – Crafting Impactful Nonfiction
Kimberly Woodhouse – Fiction Writing
Becky Robinson – Achieving Book Marketing Success
Athena Dean Holtz and Carol Tetzlaff –  Independent Writing Bootcamp

We have commitments on faculty from Tyndale, David C. Cook, Lifeway, Crossway, Our Daily Bread, Focus on the Family, The Author Conservatory, and Decision Magazine. Plus many literary agents and other highly skilled industry experts.

Each evening, Tuesday through Friday, conference attendees will have an extended time after the evening session to casually sit and talk (and eat snacks) with anyone they want. We will have a dedicated space for our conference attendees, a great place to hang out with one another and with faculty. This has become a favorite part of WTP.

As you may have heard, after eight years of owning the Christian Writers Institute (CWI) and two years operating the Write to Publish conference, I found new long-term ownership for both in Becky Antkowiak, who operates the 540 Writers Community and has been a long-time supporter and servant to the Christian writers community at many conferences. I sold both CWI and WTP to her this last summer and now serve as President Emeritus.

Don’t worry, both Dan and I will be there, having one-on-one meetings, and I’ll be teaching a workshop as well. We look forward to seeing you in June!

If you have any questions, email Dan Balow at dan@christianwritersinstitute.com.

 

NOTE: Don’t let financial limitations prevent you from learning. Check out the information on available scholarships.

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Category: Christian Writers Institute, Conferences

How to Become a Better Novelist With Brad Pauquette

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on December 10, 2024
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Imposter syndrome sometimes tells you the truth. Sometimes, you really do need to get better at the task in front of you to succeed. Many gurus will tell you that you already have everything you need. You just need to pay them money so you can be successful. But in the real world, success requires the hard work of improving your craft. Now, it’s true, sometimes imposter syndrome lies; but …

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Category: Craft, Writing CraftTag: Writing Craft

Point of View #5

By Lynette Easonon December 4, 2024
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We’re back and still talking about point of view because, let’s face it, it can be a hard thing to grasp. So, in review, last time we talked about: Get rid of “distance” words—words that can disconnect the reader from the story. Use strong, vivid verbs, not passive verbs like was and were. Ditch tags like “she thought,” “he pondered,” “she mused,” and so on Now, let’s continue the list: …

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Category: Writing Craft

The Anatomy of the Publishing Cycle

By Steve Laubeon November 25, 2024
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If you ask an editor or an agent, “What’s hot right now?” you are too late with the question. The nature of the publishing business is that what you see selling today are books that were conceived, written, published, and marketed over the past couple of years or more. That is why we, on this side of the table, avoid making pronouncements on current trends. In some ways, the agent and the …

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Category: Book Business, Branding, Career, Creativity, Indie, Marketing, TrendsTag: publishing, The Publishing Life, Trends

Point of View #4

By Lynette Easonon November 13, 2024
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Last time I talked about Deep Point of View. Now, let’s jump into some practical tips for application. Eliminate “Distance” Words Eliminate “distance” words like “saw,” “heard,” “felt,” “thought,” “wondered,” “noticed,” and so on. Is there ever a time you’d use those? Of course, but for now, let’s try not to use them. I call them “distance” words because they distance the reader from …

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Writing Out of Your Mind

By Dan Balowon November 6, 2024
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To be a successful working author, at some point in time you need to write about things that don’t already exist in your mind. Even Christian writers are not immune to this. If you write about something in the Bible and never learn the context or study the actual meaning of the text, you might be missing something important. Relying on memory or thinking, I know this stuff, can be dangerous. …

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Developing Characters’ Inner Conflicts

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon October 30, 2024
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My husband and I just read The Pursuit of Christian Maturity: Flourishing in the Grace and Knowledge of Christ by A. W. Tozer, compiled and edited by James L. Snyder. Steve Laube represents a portion of Tozer’s literary estate. The book offers many excellent points and is worth reading. An overarching lesson on obstacles to a fulfilling relationship with God made me think of writing about the …

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Category: Craft, Writing Craft

Why Does It Take Editors and Agents So Long to Read My Proposal?

By Steve Laubeon October 28, 2024
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Recently, a writer posted this question: I submitted a proposal to a publisher 6 months ago. The guidelines said that a response would be provided at the end of 4 months. At the end of 5 months I sent an email query to confirm that they had actually received the submission–still no response. Now I am at the end of 6 months.…Do I give up? I wish I had a magic wand to solve this problem for …

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Category: Agency, Book Business, Book Proposals, Common QuestoinsTag: book proposals, Rejection

Point of View #3

By Lynette Easonon October 24, 2024
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I’m back to talk a little more about point of view, continuing to build on what I talked about in the last post. If you’ll remember, last time I dissected POV into three different types—the ones most often in fiction. Today, in this last post on point of view, let’s dig a little deeper and talk in depth about deep point of view since this is the preferred POV in fiction writing. Someone asked why …

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Category: Craft, Writing Craft

When Characters and Settings Go Wrong

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon October 10, 2024
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A few months ago, I didn’t finish a general market book because of the setting and characters. Here’s what I believe happened: The author did not want to write about where she lives, but she needed: A police force allowing a crime scene to be contaminated, along with other sloppy police work. A police force with corrupt and adulterous officers. A remote vacation spot. A coffee shop within walking …

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Category: Rejection, Writing Craft
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