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
Uncategorized Someone has to make clear to us that homes are not meant to be lived in – but only to be moved out from. When I say that you will enter the second half of life, I don’t mean it is a strictly chronological way. Some young people, especially those who have learned from…
Uncategorized Twitter ‘to lose 32m users in two years after Elon Musk takeover’ Forecast predicts people will leave platform over technical problems and spread of hate speech https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/13/twitter-lose-users-elon-musk-takeover-hate-speech
Uncategorized When trust is low, speed goes down and cost goes up Consider another example, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in the U.S. in response to the Enron, WorldCom, and other corporate scandals. While it appears that Sarbanes-Oxley may be having a…
Uncategorized Why ChatGPT will profoundly transform every marketing career, starting now By Mark Schaefer You may not want to hear this, but you need to... (Most of the article is unedited transcription, so pardon the mistakes) FYI: Mark Schaefer is the…
Uncategorized “It’s not at all what we expected to see” “Let’s take a few moments to review the initial MRI findings,” she said. “I believe Ravi’s compiled a handout with the new results.” Our team had used Myrna’s multigenerational sample…