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4 Ways a Writers Conference Can Help You Become a Better Writer
Guest Blogger: Josh Mosey (joshmosey.wordpress.com) Whether you have just started writing or have ten bestsellers under your belt, you have something to gain from a writers conference. Here are four ways a writers conference can help you become a better writer. 1. Encouragement Writers conferences by their very nature are designed to affirm your passion […]
Over at Savanna’s Place…
A little while back blogger and fellow ReWrite Conference (@ReWriteConf) attendee Savanna Hartman asked me to do a guest post for her. She asked for a piece on how younger folks (think Millennials) can discern their vocation. Here’s how the piece begins: Despite all beliefs to the contrary, God has been working in each of […]
I Want to Be Your Book Proposal Coach
I have decided to switch things up for the remainder of this series on how to write a book proposal. A number of you have encouraged me to use specific examples of things to do or not do in a book proposal. I would like to do this, and I do think it would be […]
How to Come Up with a Great Book Concept
A Simple Two-Step Process
Let me start with three reasons working on a book with a lousy concept is a bad idea: Beautiful, compelling writing is terribly important to publishers, but if your beautiful writing is in the service of a concept that no one will buy, publishers will have a hard time getting excited. A far-reaching platform is […]
The Not-Very-Sexy Essential to Your Book’s Mind-Blowing Success
I had just done my best to present a proposed book, and now I was sweating it. This has to be one of the most nerve-wracking duties of an acquisitions editor—presenting book projects to pub board and then responding to colleagues’ onslaught of comments and questions. All fifteen or so people in the room understand […]
Over at Cynthia’s Place…
Had a lot of fun in this interview with novelist Cynthia Herron. Check it out.
The Necessity of Mentors and How to Find One
May I start with the obvious? I don’t know it all, and neither do you. We all could use the help and wisdom of someone who’s further along in life and career. Recently I heard business expert and master networker Peter Strople talk about the importance of having a personal “board of directors,” which is […]
Over at Rachelle’s place today…
Pleased as all get out to be a guest blogger at Rachelle Gardner’s blog today. The post: 13 Ways to Write with Urgency. Hope to see you over there!
Why the Destination Isn’t Everything . . . Not Even Close
In 1977 NASA launched two spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. Their primary mission was to collect data in interstellar space, but they had enough power to continue on to the end of our solar system. Now, 35 years later, they appear to be getting very close. When they escape, it will be the first […]