Uncategorized Writing for Your Life: Highlights from 2023! We are grateful to everyone who has been involved with the Writing for Your Life community this year! In case you missed any of our recordings, here are our TOP TEN most-viewed…
Uncategorized Event: What is “thought leadership”? Friday - November 10 at 12pm ET Free online community gathering. Registration required here. Overview: What is the goal of publication? For many faith-based writers, writing itself is a spiritual…
Uncategorized Event: Discernment for spiritual writers Our series, "Essentials for Spiritual Writers," continues with our next online community gathering on October 6 at 12pm. ET. In this session, facilitator Kate Rademacher will share several practices that can…
Uncategorized What did you learn (about writing) during your summer vacation? Our series, "Essentials for Spiritual Writers," continues this fall with an online community discussion on Friday, September 8 at 12pm ET. During this session, facilitator Kate Rademacher will share several things she…
Uncategorized Event – The true meaning of ‘platform’: An online discussion for spiritual writers Publishers typically expect authors to be responsible for building their own platforms and promoting their own writing. During this session we will discuss fundamentals of platform-building for spiritual writers. (Hint:…
Uncategorized Event – Community Discussion: Writing for Money, Ministry…or Both? What does it mean to be a writer and an entrepreneur? What does it mean to approach your writing as a part of your ministry? In this interactive session, we…
Uncategorized Event: Community Discussion – What is Essential as a Spiritual Writer? It has never been easier to create and share content. As such, the world has become a very noisy place. As you discern what content you are being called to…
Uncategorized Why great content matters Excerpt from Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing Your Book by Tim Grahl "Readers join an author's email list because they want to learn something interesting and…
Uncategorized Special announcement: Joyce Dinkins to serve as new director of Publishing in Color Writing for Your Life’s new director Kate Rademacher, former director Brian Allain, and Joyce Dinkins announce that Joyce Dinkins Publishing, LLC will own and direct Publishing in Color (PIC), effective…
Uncategorized Social Media & The Algorithm of Fear Excerpt from article by Kaitlin Curtice published in The Liminality Journal "It’s been a while since I’ve felt the very real effects of stress pulse from my body in the middle…
Uncategorized Why Silence? “Behind writing, behind words is no words. We need to know about that place. It gives us a larger perspective from which to handle language. In a silent retreat, our…
Uncategorized How to Build a Successful Business with Facebook Groups “A great way for organizations of all kinds to engage with interested people is to join and participate in a Facebook group. Facebook groups are a place to communicate about shared interests…
Uncategorized View recording: Special online event with Brian McLaren & Joyce Dinkins On January 11, we gathered for a special online event with Brian McLaren and Joyce Dinkins. Participants heard more about several exciting updates and shared input regarding priorities for the coming year. We…
Uncategorized The four core personality traits of people with the exceptional persistence needed to create momentum In her seminal book Grit, Angela Duckworth describes the four core personality traits of people with the exceptional persistence needed to create momentum over time: Love of the work: Success…
Uncategorized The demands of truth-telling These are some of the demands of truth-telling. Caring for words is a high calling, but not one that should be relegated to professionals. We are all called to be…
Uncategorized No morally serious person can minimize the gravity of these questions I think of two people I’ve met, one born in a Mainline Protestant family in the United States, the other born in a Lutheran family in Germany. After learning the…
Uncategorized Spirituality has a clear impact on our mental health and thriving Today we have evidence-based research and imaging technology that show the effects of spiritual engagement on the brain, mind, and body. In scans and data we can now see the…
Uncategorized Publishers Weekly’s 2022 People of the Year: The Defenders Recognizing the librarians, booksellers, authors, publishers, and allies standing tall in the face of an unprecedented attack on the freedom to read. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/91155-pw-s-people-of-the-year-the-defenders.html
Uncategorized A Lifetime of Christian Publishing: Dwight Baker https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/religion/article/90879-a-lifetime-of-christian-publishing-dwight-baker.html
Uncategorized A Tech Worker Is Selling A Children’s Book He Made Using AI. Professional Illustrators Are Pissed. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisstokelwalker/tech-worker-ai-childrens-book-angers-illustrators