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Contest Winners
Great Openings Contest Nonfiction Runner-Up: Temper the Wind by Brenda Wilbee
Where are the trees? I shift into first, then bump slowly across the cattle guard into Meteor Ranch. I tap the brakes and stare in […]
Submissions
A Word for the Weary: Preparing to Submit Your Devotions to The Upper Room
So you’d like to get published, or perhaps you need a breather from writing a novel. Try writing “a word to sustain the weary soul” […]
Writer's Journey
Wonderloss: a Writer’s Malady
Have you ever sat at your computer with fingers curved over the keyboard watching the cursor blink and blink? As you wait for your brain to engage […]
Interviews
Crossing the Lines — An Interview with Jeanette Hanscome
Every nonfiction writer must identify their target audience when preparing a book proposal. Effective marketing requires authors to know their readers’ preferences and needs. Other […]
Spiritual Life
Living an Intentional Life
2020 for me is a year of intention. Living on purpose, for purpose and with purpose. With my new resolve, every action or word this […]
Marketing & Platform
10 Steps to Developing an Internet Presence
June 17, 2011
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Laura Christianson, the featured speaker at The Christian Writer’s Conference at Redwood Chapel this year inspired writers with great information. Here are some great tips from […]
Craft of Writing
Wasting Words?
How many times have we heard we are to make our writing tight? If you’re like me, it may be more than you can count. […]
Contest Winners
Great Openings Contest Fiction Equal 3rd Place: A Thief’s Honor by Jasmine Schmidt
You’ll never amount to anything. You’ll drag us all down with your foolish ways. It’s your fault your mother’s tired. It’s your fault your brother […]
Get Inspired
What Material Did You Acquire?
According to author Willa Cather, “Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.” Her words hit home […]
