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  • An Interview with Jenn dePaula

    Mountainside Marketing Conference is thrilled to have Jenn dePaula from Mixtus Media as part of our 2019 faculty. While visiting with Jenn, I posed a few questions, and I think you’ll enjoy her answers. Tell us a little about yourself. I live in Franklin, Tennessee with my husband of 13…

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  • traditional publish Why I Waited for a Traditional Publisher

    by Cindy Sproles @cindydevoted You've heard it, and I’ve said it a hundred times. What’s your rush to publish? I, better than anyone, know what it’s like to wait. I know how hard and frustrating it can be. My writing journey to publication took seven years. I get it. When…

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  • Writer, God Has A Time for Us

    by Sarah Van Diest @SarahVanDiest When I was a young, romantic, teenage girl, I learned to play the theme from Romeo and Juliet on the piano. A Time for Us echoed through our living room walls and out our windows many dreamy evenings. In my mind, there would someday be…

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  • invisibility authors Discover Your Writing Superpower: Invisibility

    by Aaron Gansky @adgansky You hear writers often mention the “fictive dream.” John Gardner called it a “vivid and continuous dream.” It’s a term used to describe a simple principle: no one wants to read a book. There, I said it. Man, it feels good to get that off my…

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  • mountainside marketing conference 2019 Announcing the Second Annual Mountainside Marketing Conference

    We are excited to announce our second annual Mountainside Marketing Conference. This was the first Christian marketing conference for authors. Because of the overwhelming response from last year, we’ve added an extra day. So join us January 18-22, 2019 (over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend) for a time to…

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  • online readers 8 Ways for Writers to Grab Online Readers’ Attention

    by Brad Bloom Faith and Fitness When I first started Faith & Fitness Magazine nearly fifteen years ago, I had an advisory board member (who did print advertising for CCM Magazine) tell me, “Brad, whatever you do, don’t do print!” I was like, “Oh, come on, really? It’s going to…

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