Writing tips They learned Hemingway studied, as models, the novels of Knut Hamsun and Ivan Turgenev. Issac Bashevis Singer, as it happened, also chose Hamsun and Turgenev as models. Ralph Ellison studied Heminway and…
Writing tips Intensely private Three qualities make the genre of spiritual memoir unique: The spiritual writer uncovers, probes, and honors what is sacred in his or her life story; the writing process itself is…
Marketing tips Defining exactly what their customer wanted Recently a high-end resort hired us to help them clarify their message. Like many companies, they were experiencing an identity crisis. Their marketing collateral featured images of their restaurant, front…
Writing tips Wisdom: God’s Mind Coming to Us Wisdom enlarges understanding and sharpens viewpoints. Wisdom discerns between similar options. Wisdom builds a memory of examples to help guide us. Wisdom is God’s mind coming to us in tiny…
Marketing tips, Writing tips Who had convinced us that faith was a competitive sport and that only one team could win for all eternity? by Barbara Brown Taylor That first field trip opened a whole new folder of questions for me, both as a person and as a teacher of young persons. Is it…
Marketing tips Content creation success takes time from Mark Schaefer https://businessesgrow.com/2020/12/22/content-creation/
Publishing tips Path to Publishing Lesson 2: Don’t Lose your Words or your Hope by Kathy Izard http://womenfaithstory.com/wfs-blog/dont-lose-your-words-or-your-hope
Publishing tips, Writing tips Worth the Wait: How You Can Still Focus While Being Patient By Dr. Mollie Bond The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. Ecclesiastes 7:8 Have you ever been in a situation like this? You…
Writing tips Small Windows This sets up a weird tension between the small window of my classroom and the small window of my phone. Which is giving me a better picture of the real…
Marketing tips Customers are much more motivated to resolve their inner frustrations. Customers are attracted to us for the same reason heroes are pulled into stories: they want to solve a problem that has, in big or small ways, disrupted their peaceful…
Writing tips Writing Critique Checklists Following is an outline I use when preparing writers to critique one another. This outline breaks down the type of feedback according to the stage of the work. Of course…
Marketing tips Your personal branding process To improve their corporate reputation, my tech company client brought me in to train employee volunteers on the proven personal branding process I established in my book KNOWN: Accurately identifying…
Writing tips WHAT IF THIS WRITING LIFE? I was living alone in a house, and set up a study on the first floor. A portable green Smith-Corona typewriter sat on the table against the wall. I made…
Writing tips Attending to life’s submerged currents When I consider the value that Western culture places on material things; when I encounter advertising’s perpetual message that we need to change ourselves to be acceptable, happy, or loved;…
Writing tips That is not how it went for me Contrary to popular opinion, all religions are not alike. Their followers see the world in very distinct ways. Their understandings of the human condition proceed from different assumptions, leading them…
Marketing tips Within five seconds! There are three questions potential customers must answer if we expect them to engage with our brand. And they should be able to answer these questions within five seconds of…
Writing tips Finding the Right Criticism You need criticism almost as much as you need encouragement. Someone has to tell you what is in your work that hurts you or the work itself. You simply can’t…
Marketing tips How to be their amazing selves online An amazing young woman under contract to Adidas, Sasha DiGiulian, had a social media effectiveness score that was through the roof, even higher than the competitor athletes! What was going…
Marketing tips Don’t let marketing drive your values, let your values drive your marketing https://businessesgrow.com/2020/12/02/values/
Publishing tips Path to Publishing: Lesson 1 – Rebuilding that Brick Wall into a Brick Path by Kathy Izard https://www.womenfaithstory.com/wfs-blog/path-to-publishing-lesson-1-rebuilding-that-brick-wall-into-a-brick-path
