Don’t Miss a Divine Appointment
© 2020 Tracy Crump Have you ever attended a conference that offered appointments with agents or editors and declined the opportunity because you were too afraid to talk to a…
Moving from a Fiction Writer to a Nonfiction Author
© 2018 Susan Day Moving from fiction to nonfiction was something I wasn’t sure I could do as a writer. Over the past seven years, I had written fifteen children’s…
Divine Grace and Human Imperfection
© 2018 Jon Woodhams I tell people that one of my claims to fame is that I was the proofreader for Jan Karon’s first Mitford book. It’s true—back in the…
How to Write a Bible Study
© 2017 Crickett Keeth Are you thinking about writing a Bible study but not sure where to begin? Here are some steps to help you get started. Step 1: Decide…
Writing for The Upper Room Magazine
© 2017 Andrew Breeden Part of my job as acquisitions editor for The Upper Room magazine is to travel across the country teaching workshops. The approach I take is pretty cut and…
Writing Our Griefs
© 2017 Toni Lepeska My 93-year-old uncle fought the aftereffects of a stroke and then contracted pneumonia. My earliest memories included him. I knew he might die as my folks…
Gotcha! Catchy Headlines Cause Readers to Slow Down, Take a Look
© 2017 Beth Gooch You’ve put the finishing touches on a blog post or an article, but your work isn’t complete until you’ve topped it with a headline that tempts…
Writing Online: Remember Your Reader
© 2017 Gaye Clark Hundreds of media outlets lure writers online to get their work “out there,” with a promise of reaching millions of readers. Facebook users alone share 2,460,00…
How to Create a One Sheet
© 2017 Bethany Jett When I first heard that I had to take a one sheet to a writers conference, I thought, “A one sheet of what?” My book was…
Putting on My Research Hat
© 2017 Cara Putman Several years ago when my writing bud Nicole O’Dell asked me if I wanted to be part of a novella collection with her, my initial reaction…