Writers Chat, hosted by Brandy Brow, Norma Poore, and Melissa Stroh.
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Achievement Addiction and Breaking the Cycle
Is it the sum total of successes our identity? The accolades and achievements attained along the way? At what point does writing consume us to become the addiction, and how do we break that cycle? In this episode of Writers Chat authors, Ben Cooper and Britt Mooney share where our identity comes from as writers and how to use that to hone our focus and break the cycle of achievement addiction.
Watch the February 17th replay.
Ben Cooper is an author, writer, speaker, educator, and beekeeper. He is the author of All Nature Sings: A Devotional Guide to Animals in the Bible and his children’s rhyming picture book series that includes Created Critters with Wings and Created Critters with Fur. Ben is a contributing author for All God’s Creatures, an animal-based daily devotional from Guideposts for the past five years. He often speaks at churches, youth groups, camping ministries, and online about God’s wonderful creation. Contact Ben by email at cooperville@breezeline.net.
Britt Mooney believes Great Stories Change the World, so he endeavors to live and tell great stories. A fiction and nonfiction author, he has a passion to teach churches, nonprofits, and business leaders how to leverage their stories to engage and inspire others. He lives on adventure in Suwanee, GA with his amazing wife, three teens, and a dog.
Come Write with Us: Scripture Prompts
In this episode of Writers Chat, Brandy Brow led us in another engaging Come Write with Us session! This time, we wrote from prompts drawn directly from scripture. If you’re in need of an inspirational writing prompt, then this exercise is for you.
Watch the February 24th replay.
KDP: Doing it Right the First Time with Stefanie Hutcheson
In this episode of Writers Chat, author, Stefanie shares how to navigate Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. Though the process of self-publishing involves much more beyond this tutorial, you’ll come away with the basics to get you started with KDP, and build confidence through that process.
Watch the March 3rd replay.
Stefanie Hutcheson is the co-founder and frequent facilitator of the Foothills Writers Group in Lenoir, NC. Currently working on her tenth novel, Stefanie has been writing all of her life and feels that writing is her therapy. When no one else listens, the paper allows her to speak–and sometimes wishes she’d just be quiet!
Writers Conference Season: Open Mic
In this episode of Writers Chat we engaged in an open mic discussion on Writers Conference Season! The co-hosts and members of the Writers Chat community shared their experiences, favorite takeaways, and tips that they learned from conferences they attended. You’ll learn about the options available to you as a writer, be it in-person conferences, virtual, hybrid, specialty, summits, workshops and more.
Watch the March 10th replay.
Disclaimer: The opinions and viewpoints presented by the cohosts and guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and viewpoints of Writers Chat or Serious Writer, Inc.
Writers Chat is hosted live each Tuesday for an hour starting at 10 AM CT / 11 AM ET
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