Writing tips The Writing Mentor: Frederick Buechner by Sophfronia Scott I’ve never met Frederick Buechner—let’s start there.In case you don’t know him, here’s the quick rundown from his website: Frederick Buechner (pronounced BEEK-ner) is an American writer…
Writing tips The Work of Learning to Love “You can fall in love with your first draft,” the poet and memoirist Jorie Miller likes to say, “but don’t marry it.” We enter mature and lasting relationships with creative…
Publishing tips How a Publisher Thinks / Vinita Wright – Part 2 ... a series of excerpts from Vinita's Writing for Your Life webinar presentation What constitutes authority: what credentials in the author will the reader respect? In mainstream publishing, for…
Publishing tips Mistakes Publishers Have Learned the Hard Way - by Vinita Wright 2018 The publisher and author cannot tell a reader what she needs. The reader knows already what she feels that she needs. She sees her need…
Publishing tips What Is a Literary Agent? - by Tim Beals, Credo Communications A good agent is more like a coach or mentor than a leader or manager. They are there to guide and encourage, not…
Writing tips If we are unwilling to be moved, there’s no way our readers will be moved. Any discussion of revision points us to a hidden, tender intersection between craft and the human heart. The wisest words about writing I’ve ever encountered come from an introduction by…
Publishing tips When Do You Need a Literary Agent? - by Tim Beals, Credo Literary Agency Look for a literary agent when you are in the process of writing a book and have prepared a well-written book proposal that…
Marketing tips Engagement is the Glue Engagement is the glue that connects you to your fans and drives them to that “inner circle.” Here are five tips to rouse engagement with your audience: End your blog…
Writing tips You’re Not In Control When you choose to participate in creativity by trusting the process and allowing the flow to do what it will, you are making a crucial step as a creator and…
Writing tips “Interestingness” Genuine, openhearted engagement—what Brenda Ueland calls “interestingness”—is the basic ingredient of a fruitful creative process. Because of this, stories are essentially egalitarian in nature, meaning that each and every one…
Marketing tips Building Your Audience Through Twitter Here are five ways to build your audience through Twitter-related tactics: Mine Twitter Lists. Once you’re on Twitter for a while, you’ll notice that people place you on public…
Marketing tips Forming Content Partnerships If you want to expand your content pipeline, consider partnering with another pipeline. This technique is commonly called brandscaping. For example, the insurance company Geico ran a series of commercials…
Publishing tips How to Find a Literary Agent - by Tim Beals The hardest part of the entire process can be identifying the best agent for your work. But there is no shortcut. Do your research, starting…
