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Letting Go of My Novel
I’ve reached a milestone in my journey. I received a stack of ARCs (Advance Reader Copies) in the mail last week for my very first novel, Ruby Among Us. The first thing I did when I opened the lid of the box was get all weepy. I bawled all over the covers! I was completely shocked by my reaction to…
My Take on POD
“Chick lit is dead, dead, dead,” the editor said with a villainous grin. Good thing I chose something else to pitch at the conference, I thought as I recoiled at the words I’d heard so many times before. First from a reputable CBA agent, then from other chick lit writers on various email loops and…
Parenting Power in the Early Years by Brenda Nixon
Growing up, as the middle child, in Ohio, Brenda worked as a nanny and preschool teacher following college. She moved to Missouri where she married, had her first daughter, earned a Masters Degree in Religious Education, had her second daughter, worked as a hospital chaplain, parent educator, and then served as the parenting expert on…
Study Notes & Download to Proposal Writing Seminar Available
If you missed Terry Whalin’s live teleseminar, you can still have instant access to this incredible information for only $20. Terry has rewritten the study notes (which are 65 pages of excellentcontent) and you can instantly download the complete teleseminar to your computer or iPod and listen to it over and over. Most people attend…
It’s Not Too Late to Learn Proposal Secrets
By Terry Whalin What in the world is Proposal Secrets? It’s an ecourse to answer the most frequent questions that would-be authors have about book proposal creation. I hope you will go to the website and check out every word on the page about the product. Notice an image of an audio postcard on the…
Deadly Exposure up on CBD.com
Yeah! I was exploring the web Saturday night in the middle of writing and discovered Deadly Exposure is up on www.cbd.com. I almost cried when I saw it there. This is the very first book I wrote when God finally whispered in my heart that it was time to start writing. Folks who read the…
Finding the Theme in Your Story
Let’s talk about story themes. Stephen King, in his book On Writing (Pocket, 2000) has this to say about theme: “Writing and literature classes can be annoyingly preoccupied by (and pretentious about) theme, approaching it as the most sacred of sacred cows, but (don’t be shocked) it’s really no big deal. If you write a…
Gift for an Aspiring Writer
First of all, if you are working on Christmas day, you really, really need to take some time off. But if for some reason you have found yourself passing through, I have a gift for you. Click Here: A gift for an aspiring writer Merry Christmas and may you have all the blessings of Jesus.…
My testimony
Sometimes you don’t always hear what the Lord is saying to you. It took several pushes to get me to where I am today, writing inspirational romances. For years I wrote in the secular market but hadn’t found what deeply satisfied me. In 2000 I was floundering, trying to find a direction in my writing.…
What is “Christian” Fiction?
Here’s a question that’s been running through my mind the past several weeks: What exactly is Christian fiction? At first glance, it may seem like an easy question, but look again. How do we define what is “Christian” and what is secular? The question surfaced in my mind in response to a novel I read…