Writing tips Living By Lists I list a lot. And I’m not alone. In the course of many kitchen-table conversations, I’ve discovered that we keep lists for a variety of reasons. People make lists to…
Marketing tips The Importance of Branding When Susan Cain published her book about introversion, she had a very specific audience in mind: introverts. This was also a traditionally underserved audience, which is even better from a…
Publishing tips What Should be Included in the Platform Section of Your Book Proposal? - by Christopher Ferebee Everybody hates talking about platform. We get it. We do too. But the reality of…
Writing tips A Good Question What makes a perfect question? Ironically, the best questions are not questions that lead to answers, because answers are on their way to becoming cheap and plentiful. A good question…
Writing tips A Whole New Devil By the time a writer considers rewriting, the work of composing is familiar: a blank page, a tentative start, the splash of gladness when words arrive, the adrenaline rush of…
Writing tips Books Like These – by Frederick Buechner The following meditation is from a talk on the occasion of the presentation of the Whiting Writers' awards: THE WRITERS WHO get my personal award are the ones who show…
Writing tips Read Your Work Aloud I recommend you find places to read your work aloud. A chance to teach, lecture, lead a retreat, speak…
Publishing tips What Should Your Book Outline Include in Your Proposal? by Angela Scheff As you’re developing your proposal, it’s important to include information about your manuscript, but what exactly…
Writing tips Whether or Not It Has An Audience Creative work is also worthy whether or not it has an audience. Much of the work you do will be more for your personal development than for anyone else’s needs.…
Writing tips The Greatness Myth Writers like to hold up the myth of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road as a paradigm of possibility: He wrote it in three weeks! It was perfect! It’s a great…
Writing tips Bach’s Secret Weapon from “Adorning the Dark” by Andrew Peterson I remember lying on my bed in high school with two cabinet speakers on either side of my head, listening to Pink…
Writing tips Not a Moment, But a Way of Life The Bible’s idea of carpe diem, “seize the day,” or “redeeming the time” is sharply different from the direction to which most people take the ideal—toward the selfish, the short…
