Step Two – “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore our writing to sanity.” What is sanity? My definition of sanity has always been in the form of a negative. In other words being sane meant not being ‘insane.’ And to me insanity came with images […]
The Twelve Steps to being a Spiritual Writer
Step Two – “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore our writing to sanity.” Do you believe in God? Do you really believe in God? You may bristle about the question, but there are so many layers and levels to faith that it seems like an […]
The Twelve Steps to being a Spiritual Writer
Step One – We admitted that we are powerless over our human desire for fame, wealth, and power – that our writing life had become unmanageable. Now that we have been truthful with ourselves about the dreams and longings that are natural and have looked at how Jesus handled temptation, […]
The Twelve Steps to being a Spiritual Writer – Step One
Step One – We admitted that we are powerless over our human desire for fame, wealth, and power – that our writing life had become unmanageable. For the last two weeks we have been looking at step one of the twelve steps necessary to becoming a peacefully successful, and emotionally […]
The Twelve steps of being a Spiritual writer – Step One
Step One – We admitted that we are powerless over our human desire for fame, wealth, and power – that our writing life had become unmanageable. One night I had a dream. I dreamed that my latest novel hit the best seller list. I dreamed that movie moguls from Hollywood […]
The Twelve Steps of being a Spiritual Writer – Introduction
Is it hard to be a spiritual writer in a world that is becoming more and more hostile to Christianity? The only true answer is yes. For a long time we have been spoiled. We have had the blessing of living in a country that not only guaranteed religious freedom, […]
Putting Marketing in its Place
Over the last few months we have been talking about marketing. It is a necessary evil, but don’t let the evil take over. Each writer has to decide how much and what kind of marketing they are willing to do. Look to your strengths. Do you enjoy public speaking? Do […]
Marketing – The social rules of Twitter
Now that we have gone over the rudiments of Twitter, let’s talk about the expected behavior of those who use twitter. There are certain expected ‘rules’ of behavior on twitter. I have tried to list them here. I also try to use them. Other people on twitter expect them. The […]
Marketing – How about a Party!
So you finished your book – I bet it took quite a lot of time and work. Most novels and book length manuscripts take more than a year to finish because an author bleeds his heart onto every page. You got up early each morning or missed sleep each […]
Marketing – Understanding Twitter!
I have to admit that the whole concept of a twitter account confused me. How important or helpful could it be? As an older woman, I didn’t see the value of tweeting anyone! As a long-winded novelist who couldn’t write a short story if my life depended on it, I couldn’t […]