Helping Writers Go from Unpublished to Published
A lot of publishing options for getting your book baby out into the world exist in today’s market.
Finding the answers can be time-consuming, confusing, and paralyzing. To help you navigate these troublesome currents, I created [Read more…] about What are today’s publishing options and which is best for me?
The year is drawing to a close and 2018 looms ahead. When I was a kid, 1980 seemed futuristic!
This is the time of year I usually look back through my year to see what I’ve accomplished and compare it to the previous year. Invariably my growth surprises me.
Perhaps you’ve had a bad year. Or you haven’t met your goals. I understand!
Most of us have a bad day here and there, or a bad week, or sometimes even [Read more…] about Stand on God’s Promises–All Things Are Possible
It would seem God is telling me something about myself through my recent interviews and guest posts: to take a different perspective on the chronic illness I battle.
I expect many of my readers battle a chronic illness. I pray today’s guest post ministers to your heart and encourages you to continue to reach for your dreams of writing and publishing.
Guest post by Chris Morris. [Read more…] about You Are Enough – Guest Post by Chris Morris
As the first Monday of the month, my focus is marketing.
I struggle with marketing like many authors do. I’ve purchased 1 or 2 marketing books, but they were only a little helpful.
So today, I’d like to hear from you.
What book(s) on marketing have you found most helpful and why? Please leave your response in the comments below so all my readers can read your choices and maybe find a book that can help them.
Thank you, and happy marketing!
Writer’s conferences are one of the best places to get your work in front of agents and acquisitions editors. While you can find conferences happening the year round, spring and summer have the most to offer.
Now, while you still have time to rearrange your work schedule and purchase plane tickets at a reasonable price, is a good time to look at what’s ahead, and what will meet your needs.
Here are several questions to consider as you study the conferences. [Read more…] about 7 Writers Conferences to Attend
Today continues my 4-part series on principles I learned as a Marine that can be applied to our lives and to our work as writers. Click Teamwork to read part 1.
Marines have the well-earned the reputation of being the toughest fighting force of the US. Hard work, not laziness, laid the foundation.
Boot camp was grueling. Day after day we drilled, ran, and marched for hours under the unforgiving summer heat of Parris Island, South Carolina. Would my muscles ever stop aching?
I realized the full extent of the physical change I had undergone at boot camp only after I came home on leave (that’s military speak for vacation) after boot camp graduation. The daily physical demands of training had [Read more…] about 4 Life Principles I Learned as a Marine – Part 2
Today I’m pleased to interview Charlene Harris, though she prefers to be called Charlee. She’s both an artist and writer, and previously wrote for a local newspaper, reading and critiquing books by established and new authors.
Many moons ago, Charlee was the first female basketball official for her section of the Eastern conference in Alabama. But her dream has always been to be an author.
Her favorite quote is by Cyril Connolly who said, “Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.”
Charlee, at what point in writing your book did you begin to look for publishers? [Read more…] about Charlee Harris on Publishing
I’m celebrating a birthday today—the 240th birthday of the US Marine Corps. Yes, the Marine Corps really is one year older than the United States. Today is also an anniversary of sorts for me. On Nov. 10, 1977, I was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps.
I never realized how much I learned about life by being a Marine until one day when [Read more…] about 4 Life Principles I Learned as a US Marine