Writing tips Reclamation work The pleasure of savoring words cannot be attained without some reclamation work. Words have to be “taken back,” brushed off, and sometimes healed. The business of reclaiming words from erosion…
Writing tips A good book is measured by the response it evokes A good book is measured by the response it evokes from the reader. It captures the heart of the reader. The goal is to help the reader understand and stay…
Marketing tips, Publishing tips, Writing tips Innovation through the strength of weak ties In the late nineties, a Stanford Business School professor named Martin Ruef decided to investigate the relationship between business innovation and diversity. Ruef was interested in the coffeehouse model of…
Writing tips The more writing practices you have, the better Ample practices of engagement I really love how prayer can happen in so many different ways. If traditional prayers with words offer no sense of connection, then maybe centering prayer…
Uncategorized Five things I would do differently if I were starting over by Mark Schaefer https://businessesgrow.com/2022/02/07/starting-over/
Marketing tips, Writing tips Combining boxes Plan a brainstorming session with at least 10 diverse people. Really shake up the diversity in every way you can. And the more people involved the better. I’ve done this…
Marketing tips, Writing tips Be sober, be watchful Those of us who preach and teach and minister to each other need to focus on words more explicitly, intentionally, and caringly as part of the practice of our trade.…
Marketing tips, Writing tips The simplest composite of my audience One of the things I do, even in editing, is google the topic I am working on and see who is saying what about it. Then I check out who…
Writing tips Are there in us? In 2007, an English professor named Dale Brown became the Director of the Buechner Institute at King College in Bristol, TN. The institute’s aim was to further the conversation of…
Marketing tips, Writing tips A highly developed discourse of justification Because of the immense influence that English wields around the globe, those of us who speak English have tremendous power and consequently tremendous responsibility. The legacy of the English Bible…
Publishing tips Everyone Tells Me I Should Write My Story: Should I? by Margot Starbuck Have friends and family told you that you should write a book about your story? If you have a very unique and compelling life story, it’s possible…
Marketing tips, Publishing tips, Writing tips Who are you writing this book for? Many times, when we discuss our writing projects, we verbally articulate who we are writing for, but when we take a closer look, sometimes it’s hard to match whom we…
Uncategorized Collisions Shared environments often take the form of a real-world public space, what the sociologist Ray Oldenburg famously called the “third place,” a connective environment distinct from the more insular world…
Writing tips Help from others If you’re trying to write all alone, you’re already in trouble. If you’re trying to make the spiritual journey alone, you’re already in trouble. It doesn’t matter what kind of…
Writing tips A Love Letter to COVID Authors from Kaitlin Curtice https://kaitlincurtice.substack.com/p/a-love-letter-to-covid-authors?r=1ewbq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Marketing tips, Publishing tips, Writing tips Bumping into something I once had the opportunity to interview the great writer and historian Walter Isaacson. He has written incredible books on intellectual giants - Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin -…
Writing tips Our language practices in this culture are unsustainable So what are the alternatives? Market language and war language are the dominant idioms of the culture and the currency of much public conversation. By way of an answer, let…
Writing tips The Writers Guide to Imposter Syndrome by Hannarich Asiedu What is imposter syndrome, by the way? Impostor syndrome (IS) refers to an internal experience of believing that you are not as competent as others perceive you…
Writing tips Be sure about these nine things Without being very sure of the following nine things, your book project will not go very far. This is my “first thing first” plan to get you started: Why are…
Writing tips At Montreat in 1973 How did Tony Abbott hear about the works of Fred Buechner that gave him such pleasure, such hope? It was by meeting Lou Patrick, Goldie Stribling, and Betty McLaney in…
