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Marketing & Platform
Michael Hyatt’s Platform Launch Team
May 18, 2012
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Last week I was selected as a member of Michael Hyatt’s Platform Launch Team. Along with an incredible group of writers, speakers, bloggers and other […]
Craft of Writing
Do Your Characters Want to Steal the Show?
March 10, 2011
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Invite the characters of your present work into a room and ask them who the most important person in your novel is. Go ahead, I’ll […]
Marketing & Platform
My Tongue is a Pen (Part 1)
According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. However, authors can’t use fear as an excuse to opt out because speaking […]
Writing Tips
Track It! How to Use Character Charts
What color were her eyes again? How long has he had this job? When did she break her arm, and is she out of her […]
Spiritual Life
What’s In Your Hand?
Not long ago, I spent a week at the Oregon Christian Writer’s Conference. I flew from Portland straight to San Diego, where my husband, Mike, […]
Craft of Writing
Whatcha Doing to Improve Your Craft?
The editor scanned the first three pages of my book manuscript. Then she peered at me over her reading glasses and asked, “What are you […]
Writer's Journey
What Inspires You?
Inspire: To fill with animating, quickening, or exalting influence. To take into the lungs in breathing; inhale Every writer knows writing is a solitary endeavor. […]
Getting Published
Throw Your Spaghetti!
January 11, 2012
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Parents are known for their one-liners, and mine were no exception. “Do it once, do it right, then forget about it.” Wise words imprinted on […]
Writer's Journey
Tales from the Script
We all have them. Those horror stories. The daggers stabbing at us, zombies chasing us, those freaky clowns riding that squeaky tricycle around and around […]
