Posts
Getting Yourself Ready for Conference!
Okay ladies. If you haven’t already, it’s time to schedule your manicures, pedicures, haircuts/color and facial hair waxing! Yes, it’s important to look your best at these writer conferences. While you’re beautifying yourself, don’t forget to make sure all your conference clothing is dry cleaned and pressed! Make a list of all the things you…
The Great Hope Maker
Two weeks ago, I posted about enduring hope. At the end of the article, I included this verse as part of a prayer. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans…
Confession Time
If you’ve noticed, lately my Sunday post (which should be about something spiritual) have been empty in the faith department. It’s not that I’ve lost my faith, but I haven’t had anything really profound to share. After my year of intense searching and inner spiritual reflection during my season of not writing, it seems the…
The Dead Whisper On by H.L. Hines
Tony is the author of the acclaimed Waking Lazarus. He has been an advertising agency owner/principal, a trade amgazine editor, and now a novelist. He has been a professional writer for more than 15 years with articles appearing in publications as varied as Log Homes, Conservative Theological Journal, and Travel & Leisure. He is also…
Getting Yourself Noticed Part II
Guest blogger, Camy Tang, the master of marketing oneself, is here to help us get ready for the ACFW conference in a couple of weeks. For Seniors: By this stage, you’ve met several agents/editors and feel comfortable talking with them. You don’t have that Oh-my-gosh-you’re-an-editor/agent look or I’m-naked-in-front-of-a-crowd look when you talk to them. This…
Sushi For One
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Sushi for One? (Zondervan, September 1, 2007) by CAMY TANG ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Camy Tang is a member of CFBA and is a loud Asian chick who writes loud Asian chick-lit. She grew up in Hawaii, but now lives in San Jose, California, with her engineer…
Learning the Craft
What better way to learn the craft of writing than to have it come straight to your inbox from some of the best in the field of publishing, writing and agenting. Here are some blogs I subscribe to and you might want to as well. Chip MacGregor, MacGregor Literary, Check out his post on Proposals…
Motivating Talented Kids
Chris has always been a gifted singer. At an early age, I noticed he had a gift for singing and enrolled him in Kindermusik. His pitch and tone amazed me, especially since I can’t sing and always wanted to. At the age of 6 he would mimic the Lion King’s “I just can’t wait to…
14 Days…
I’ve got 14 days to get ready for ACFW which included cutting my 24 page synopsis down to 3 pages. ACK! I thought writing the synopsis was hard. This is even harder! And it’s only one thing on my list! So much to do, so little time!!! UPDATE: I’m down to 5 pages! Now I…