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Writing During The Holidays
by Lynn Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn Holiday writing can be tough. Okay, that’s a huge understatement. Holiday writing can be BRUTAL. There. That’s more accurate. As someone who has been on a deadline every holiday season for the past four years, let me share some words of wisdom for those of you who…
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How do we write with today’s reader in mind?
by Julie Zine Coleman @JulieZineColeman Today’s reader is not your mother’s reader. If a devotional seems to go on forever, chances are they will never finish it. If they can’t easily see you heading somewhere, readers quickly lose interest. They want to know: what is in this for me? How…
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Writing First Chapters
By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky For the most part, a good first chapter does the same thing as a good first page to a deeper extent, there are a few more considerations when writing your opening chapter. While most of the answers to these considerations depend largely upon the genre and…
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Can You Get Published if You’re a “Nobody”?
by Maggie Wallem Rowe Last month in this space, we talked about the problem of platform – will a publisher be interested in your work without a big one? (For a refresher, click here.) But before you even begin to build a platform, you need to establish your identity as…
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Sneak Peek at 2024 BRMCWC Faculty
Take a peek at just some of the amazing faculty that will be attending and teaching at BRMCWC 2024! Have you registered yet? No? Now is a great time. Also a great gift suggestion for the writer who has everything! Follow this link for more information, FAQs and ways…
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Writing Decisions Matter
by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Though taken out of context here, I think the words from Romans can apply to us in any situation. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. (Rom. 7:15 NIV) Every writer…
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