How To Reach Your Audience During the Holidays Without Losing Who You Are as an Author
I love scrolling through social media during the holidays. Posts about the birth of Christ during Christmas or articles about how to stay thankful amid Thanksgiving tend to be some of my favorites to happen across....
Continue ReadingHow To Make Gratitude a Way of Life
Do you keep a record of God's faithfulness in your life? I bought my first Godstops journal in 2011; the “stop” is an acronym coined by Beth Moore for “Savoring the Observable Presence.” It wasn't anything...
Continue ReadingWhere Influence Is Born
As writers, we’re natural consumers of all manner of reading material, pages and screens alike. Yet as we see other writers doing things we long to do, we can become discouraged by what...
Continue ReadingWhen You Want To Write a Book but You Don’t Know Where To Start
“It was a dark and stormy night.” These opening words by the character Snoopy in Charles Schulz’s famous comic strip Peanuts convey the struggle of starting a book. The cartoonist Charles...
Continue ReadingThe Holy Purpose of Networking
“Hi! I hope it’s OK I’m reaching out; I just had a few questions about your publishing journey and experience as a writer … I’m so excited to be obedient to God’s call on my life...
Continue ReadingWhat’s Working To Grow Your Email List Right Now
In the online writing world, one piece of advice persists: grow your email list. Maybe you’ve done all the backend tech work — you have an email provider, you’ve created a free opt-in, and...
Continue ReadingWhat Success Looks Like as a Christian Writer
Do you remember how you started writing? What was your motivation and highest desire? What were your goals? How did you picture your success as a Christian writer? Perhaps you have envisioned having a website; publishing...
Continue ReadingWhen you feel called to tell your story, but you don’t know how…
Podcasting Through the Holiday Season
The holiday season is upon us, and as podcasters, it's an exciting time to connect with our audience in unique and meaningful ways, but this can be difficult to navigate during such a full time of...
Continue ReadingThe Basics of Building a Platform
Sitting in my first publisher appointment at the conference, my sweaty palms revealed the imposter syndrome surging through my brain that was chipping away at my confidence. Back then I just had my blog and...
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