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Charting a Writer’s Career Plan

October 13, 2024 //  by Wendy Lawton//  3 Comments

Note from Wendy: This is a blog post I wrote just weeks before Covid 19 changed the world as we knew it. It made the possibility for writers to chart a career plan all the more challenging. But as I

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Your Publishing Experience Is Not Everyone’s Experience

October 22, 2023 //  by Janet Grant//  7 Comments

wWriters talk to writers. Pretty much all the time. They share what each step of the publishing experience is like for them. Other writers listen. And the more renowned an author, the closer newer writers lean in. I’m sure newbies …

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PR=Publishing Relations

July 30, 2023 //  by Janet Grant//  4 Comments

Writers soon learn that to be a successful author one needs to be one’s own PR staff, communicating regularly and engagingly with potential readers. But some authors never figure out that they have an equally important audience to communicate with–also …

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Spiritual Warfare and the Ministry of the Christian Writer

November 13, 2022 //  by Debbie Alsdorf//  25 Comments

“What kind of books do you write?” my neighbor asked. I told her a little of what I’ve written, smirking she said,”Oh, you’re a Christian author.”

Afterwards I kept thinking of those two words, Christian author. I remembered  penning words …

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When a Tulip is Called a Rose–What IS Traditional Publishing?

October 9, 2022 //  by Janet Grant//  16 Comments

Let’s call things what they really are, shall we? No euphemisms or mislabeling, okay? What exactly is–and isn’t–traditional publishing?

I’ve noted an uptick in new publishing entities entering the market lately that describe themselves as “traditional publishers.” But when you …

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What Happens after a Book Launches?

April 10, 2022 //  by Janet Grant//  11 Comments

This week I received an email from one of my clients, Chase Replogle, whose first book, The 5 Masculine Instincts: A Guide to Becoming a Better Man, released on March 1.  I’ve asked his permission to share our email thread …

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Looking Back to Help Others Move Forward

February 20, 2022 //  by Debbie Alsdorf//  16 Comments

I still remember the day a California Bay Area newspaper featured an article titled “Accidental Author Shares God’s Word.” I smile remembering that it was in the front section of the paper as if this was news. It was true, …

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Finding Inspiration

February 13, 2022 //  by Janet Grant//  13 Comments

What causes an author to write about a subject from a different perspective? Where does that idea come from? Knowing what inspired an author in turn can help you in finding inspiration–and cause you to listen to your own internal …

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Sacrificial Writing

March 28, 2021 //  by Wendy Lawton//  82 Comments

Today is the start of Holy Week. I think it’s an important time to talk about sacrificial gifts. Here is a blog I wrote five years ago. I can’t think of a more fitting one for this week.

Many years …

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What Does an In-House Editor Do for You?

December 2, 2020 //  by Janet Grant//  11 Comments

Some publishers have chosen to downsize the number of in-house editors but instead to rely on freelancers. That decision raises the question, What does an in-house editor do for you?

Having been such an editor, I have personal insights into …

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