By Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted I honestly never thought I’d need to address this subject, but as I grow older and experience the ups and downs of aging, like bad knees and high blood pressure, it becomes increasingly vital that we stop and take note. It seems the writer in us…

By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites Agent’s and publishers scan the Competitive Analysis section of a proposal to see if your book is similar enough to published books, yet different enough to grab those reader’s attention. It provides information on how well your book might sell. Publishers and agents love to a…

By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites “She loves my book but I need to build my platform.” A conferee said after she left the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference appointment room. “Tell me about yourself,” I said. After I asked my new friend a few questions I said, “Now you can…

by Lindsey Brackett @LindsBrac One of my most-often asked questions when I post about books I’m reading is “Can you teach me to read like a writer?” While it’s not always necessary to read with a writer’s mind—after all the comparison trap and the what if? trails can derail you…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Hey, suspense writer, have you ever been asked why anyone would read Christian suspense? Isn’t suspense a taste of reality, gritty, and violence runs through page after page? How can you manage the genre expectations in a Christian book? If that question hasn’t been posed to…

by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel Some people think of Jerry Maguire and his fast-acting athleticism as a sports agent and his exchanges with his client who is known to have said: “Show me the money!” Is a literary agent anything like a wheelin’ dealin’ sports agent? We deal with a lot…