Today’s interview is with Chris Manion, author of God’s Patient Pursuit of My Soul. Chris has 30 years’ writing and speaking experience and is passionate about using her God-given talents to help audiences worldwide overcome obstacles to their relationship to God or their leadership skills. How do you keep yourself motivated to write? First, I…
Lately, I’ve gotten a lot of manuscripts to edit with incorrect formatting. Using the standard format for your manuscript for submission to a publisher or freelance editor is important. Do it incorrectly and you immediately tell that publisher you’re an amateur. Yes, we all start at the beginning, but there’s no need to let the…
by Ramona Wood Children’s book author Ramona Wood’s maxim is “Never stop learning.” Wood is a member of the SCBWI and has written and illustrated five children’s books that can be seen at Amazon.com and RamonaWoodBooks.com. Her latest, Manners & Tips for Caring Kids, has just gone live as her first print-on-demand publication. The Ns and…
Guest post by Jean Wise I love the freedom and creativity of brainstorming. I get excited with new ideas and energized with the positive spirit of possibilities. Most writers enjoy playing with words and crafting delightful sentences. I collect ideas all the time, but these notions gathered on my desk in a mass pile of…
We write books for various reasons—a niche subject we’re passionate about, a personal story to share with others, to inform, or even to simply entertain. For entrepreneurs, reaching a wider audience in order to help them in our area of expertise often prompts us to write a book. Such is the case for Kristen Krueger…
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…
I’m trying something new today: a recorded interview with Amazon best seller Karyn Almendarez. We’ll be talking about her book, Tragedy’s Treasures: A Mom’s Journey Through Grief and what Karyn did to reach the Amazon #1 best seller spot for her book. You can view the video or read the post that follows. The post…
I wrote earlier this month about the things that drive us to write the books we do. This is especially true for author Donna Whittaker, who this month reaches a milestone of sorts, 60 years of having myasthenia gravis (pronounced my-as-theen-ee-a grav-us). The word comes from the Greek and Latin words meaning “grave muscular weakness.”…