Please enjoy these resources for spiritual writers:
- Ongoing
- Book interviews – featuring many of our author partners and emerging authors
- Second Tuesdays Writer Discussion Group – free monthly interactive discussions with some of our author friends, on the Second Tuesday of most months. Each gathering has a different topic for discussion.
- Special events
- Essentials for Spiritual Writers – A free community discussion for spiritual writers, facilitated by Kate Rademacher. If you missed these online events, visit our YouTube site to view the recordings here.
General resources:
- Find Your Path – We are all at different stages in our writing journey. Click on the link to read stories from people like you. See which best describes where you’re at, and view a few suggestions for your consideration.
- Video recordings
- Writing for Your Life produces free online videos that feature leading spiritual authors and industry experts presenting on various topics in the areas of “how to write” “how to get published” and “how to market and build your platform.” Our speakers include a wide range of successful authors, publishing industry veterans, and marketing professionals – each an expert in their area of focus. These videos are more valuable and more plentiful than what you will find for sale at other locations.
- Book launch interviews – featuring many of our author partners and emerging authors
- Reading Hope in Trying Times – a series of 78 interviews with many of our friends, discussing how to deal with challenging times such as the coronavirus pandemic
- Faith, Hope, and Love During an Election – a series of 44 interviews, featuring prominent authors and activists
- “Removing Roadblocks to Getting Published” – featuring many of our author partners
- “First Fridays” – author interviews that deal with business aspects of being a spiritual writer
- Visit the Videos page to view video recordings of past presentations and webinars, all of which are free. You can also view many free videos on the Writing for Your Life YouTube channel.
- Free downloads
- Spiritual Writers’ Resource Guide includes articles and books on the following topics:
- About Writing
- Book Proposal Development and Getting Published
- Building Your Platform / Marketing / Book Publicity
- Self-Publishing
- Purchase many of these books at the Writing for Your Life Bookstore
- Directory of Literary Agents and Publishing Houses
- This list is in no way meant to be a comprehensive guide to literary agents and book publishing houses. It is simply a list of selected companies with whom Writing for Your Life has partnered in one way or another. But it gives you a sense of the layout of the spiritual publishing industry, and links to several highly regarded companies.
- How To Independently Publish – A Simple Guide
- You’ve made the decision to publish your book yourself (or perhaps you’re just exploring that opportunity) – in either case, here are the steps to take in order to make it happen.
- Nonfiction Book Proposal Guidelines
- This annotated template helps you know what agents and publishers are looking for in a project and in an author
- Reviewed and approved by respected agents and editors; like having a book proposal coach guiding your process!
- Courtesy of our friends at wordmelon
- Writing an Excellent Book Proposal: The 3 Big Roadblocks to Getting a Publisher to Say ‘Yes’ (And 1 Bonus Roadblock!)
- Courtesy of Margot Starbuck
- Getting the Most Out of a Writers’ Conference
- This checklist offers suggestions for before, during and after a writers’ conference
- DIY Book Launch Best Practices
- A detailed checklist for leading your own book launch
- Everyone Tells Me I Should Write My Story: Should I? by Margot Starbuck
- The Focused Writer
- Removing roadblocks through focus
- Courtesy of Lisa Crayton
- Inside and Out: Taking Your Text from Manuscript to Book
- Dealing with your interior book design, your book cover design, and uploading it to Amazon
- Courtesy of Rev. Adam Thomas
- How to Build Your Own Podcast Program
- Courtesy of Mike “Science Mike” McHargue
- Christian Writers Resource Guide
- Spiritual Writers’ Resource Guide includes articles and books on the following topics:
Resources from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Here is a directory of what SCBWI published members are making available online.
Best and Worst Self-Publishing Services Reviewed & Rated by the Alliance of Independent Authors
Resources from the WAC Clearinghouse (writing across the curriculum). WAC is dedicated to providing barrier- and cost-free access to scholarly work, including journals and journal articles, monographs, edited collections, conference proceedings, and professional and pedagogical resources).
- Nonfiction Writing Services
- Fiction Writing Services
- Design Services
Misc. resources
- Books & Such Literary Management blog
- Devotional Writing Tips by Xochitl Dixon
- How to Write a Novel by Jerry Jenkins
- Sensitivity Reader Services from the Embolden Media Group
- Write up is an agency connecting publishers and authors with sensitivity readers and a diverse pool of freelance talent. Learn more about their services by visiting their website.
Writing for Your Life is proud to co-sponsor the new book “How to Heal Our Divides: A Practical Guide” which is now available on Bookshop here, Amazon here and on IndieBound here!