Writing devotions with excellence is what Cindy Sproles and Linda Goldfarb help us understand in this episode of Your Best Writing Life.

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Are your devotions written effectively?

Writing devotions with excellence is what Cindy Sproles helps us understand better in this encore episode of Your Best Writing Life.

Cindy Sproles is an author and speaker. She is the cofounder of Christian Devotions Ministries and the cowriter of the popular He Said, She Said Devotions written with her cofounder, Eddie Jones. She is a novelist and best-selling author. Cindy’s devotions and articles are published in Christian newspapers across the eastern seaboard, including having been used to represent legislature for the protection of the elderly. She is a speaker at women’s conferences, addressing not only the heart of women but also their biblical responsibilities to their families. As a teacher and speaker for Christian Writers Conferences, Cindy teaches writing skills and how to write placing God in the forefront.  She is a contributing author to CBN.com and is the Executive Editor for www.christiandevotions.us, and a freelance editor for Ironstream Media. Cindy has served in the past as an acquisitions editor and also a managing editor for publishers, and she now uses that experience to mentor and coach new writers through her mentoring service, WRAMS (Write Right Author Mentoring Service) she shares with Lori Marett. She is the director of the Asheville Christian Writers Conference, held each February at the Cove, the Billy Graham Training Center, Asheville, NC. She is a certified life coach and mentor, an eldercare specialist, and a special needs advocate. Cindy is an Appalachian-born and raised mountain girl, and her novels strive to show life in the mountains during the 1800s. Cindy is a best-selling, award-winning novelist, with her books having been named Novel of the Year multiple times. She is the mother of four adult sons and lives in the mountains of East Tennessee with her husband. Cindy can be contacted at www.cindysproles.com or by emailing cindyksproles@gmail.com.

In this encore episode, Linda and Cindy Sproles discuss the concepts many preachers use in preparing their sermons: Hook, Book, Look, and Took.
Find out how asking questions in your devotion can lose readers.
Everyone shares stories, but the reason telling a story in devotion is so important may surprise you.

Did you know that asking questions when writing devotions can lose your readers? Find out how to prevent the loss of readers. Share on X
Learn how to perfect your devotion by submitting it online to Christian Devotions.

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