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Interview with Laurie Sibley: Why Aspiring YA Authors Should Write for Magazines

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    A3 Author Book Release: The Key Collector’s Promise: A 1980s Suspense with Romance at Our House on Sycamore Street

    From the Publisher When young real estate agent Sandra Lejeune rece​ives an anonymous letter threatening her family, she leaves…

    September 21, 2024
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    Writers Chat Recap for September Part 1

    Writers Chat, hosted by Johnnie Alexander, Brandy Brow, and Melissa Stroh, is the show where we talk about all…

    September 20, 2024
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    Building Your Creative Space

    Creating a Productive Writing Environment: Tips for Setting Up a Distraction-Free Zome

    Keeping some measure of focus is so important as a writer that you should even try to avoid distractions…

    September 14, 2024
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    Marketing Sense

    Sell a Paid Program Using a Free 21-Day Challenge

    Serving Your Audience for Free Always Opens the Door to Opportunity You’ve created a paid program. “Now all you…

    September 13, 2024
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    Kids Lit

    Our Most Important Sentence

    Once the dream book is finally contracted, the most important writing starts. Essentially what we write in preparation for…

    September 8, 2024
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    A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life

    An Expiration Date . . . For Writing?

    Do you pay attention to expiration dates? They seem to be on everything these days, from perishable foods to…

    September 6, 2024
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    Devotions for Writers

    Dishes and Despair

    Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 1 Corthians 10:31 (NIV) What do dishes and…

    September 4, 2024
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    Writers Chat Recap for August Part 2

    Writers Chat, hosted by Johnnie Alexander, Brandy Brow, and Melissa Stroh, is the show where we talk about all…

    August 31, 2024
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    Healthy Habits For Writers and the Disabled

    Recently I talked with an acquaintance who has an epileptic family member. Lately,  their family member suffered from intense…

    August 29, 2024
  • Writing for YA

    Avoiding Burnout: Interview with YA Author Gillian Bronte Adams

    Burnout. It’s a consequence of producing books that authors don’t always consider. Today’s authors must juggle multiple roles, and…

    August 27, 2024
  • Book Proposals

    A Practical Example at Getting Endorsements

    Last month I told you about how you can gather high profile endorsements for your book proposal. Check this…

    August 26, 2024
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    Award-Winning Author Interview with Maureen Miller

    Can you share a little about your recent book? Renewed Christmas Blessings, Compiled by Michele Rayburn. In this collaborative…

    August 24, 2024
  • Romancing Your Story

    A Trope with a Twist

    Readers, particularly romance readers, love stories that feel familiar—shorthand for they use tropes—but also seem new and bring a…

    August 23, 2024
  • The Picky Pen

    Use of Transition Words or Phrases

    Do all of your sentences sound similar, or are you having difficulty transitioning from one scene to the next?…

    August 22, 2024
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    History in the Making

    Behind the Doors of the Grocery Store: The Early American Era

    For writers, opportunities wait behind the doors of the grocery store! A plethora of plots. Character reveals. Centuries of…

    August 20, 2024
  • Building your creative space
    Building Your Creative Space

    Comfort and Creativity: Making Your Writing Space Work for You

    When you finally get time to write, you want to work in a space that is conducive to clear…

    August 19, 2024
  • Writers Chat Recap
    Writers Chat

    Writers Chat Recap for August Part 1

    Writers Chat, hosted by Johnnie Alexander, Brandy Brow, and Melissa Stroh, is the show where we talk about all…

    August 16, 2024
  • Kids Lit
    Kids Lit

    Is That True??!!

    I heard comments/complaints in a writer’s group recently that “it is impossible to get your book into the library”…

    August 8, 2024
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    A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life

    Happy Days Are Here Again

    A few years ago, I got to the point where I could not watch the evening news. It was…

    August 6, 2024
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    Devotions for Writers

    The Parable

    A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path;…

    August 3, 2024
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    Writers Chat

    Writers Chat Recap for July Part 2

    Writers Chat, hosted by Johnnie Alexander, Brandy Brow, and Melissa Stroh, is the show where we talk about all…

    July 31, 2024
  • Writing with a Disability (Different Ability)

    Be Disciplined

    After I hit my head earlier this year, it took me a few days to get back to my…

    July 30, 2024
  • Uncategorized, Writing for YA

    Setting the Stage for Historical YA

    It can be tricky to grab a reader and plunge them into a different world, and even more so…

    July 27, 2024
  • Book Proposals

    How to Get High Profile Endorsements

    Do you know a well-known person who will agree to write an endorsement or foreword for your book? Resist…

    July 25, 2024
  • Building your creative space
    Building Your Creative Space

    Boosting Creativity: How Clean, fresh Air Can enhance Your Writing Space

    Staying creative is essential for life as a writer. Even for those who consider themselves endlessly creative, there can…

    July 18, 2024
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