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Eight Questions to Get to Know Your Audience Better

March 21, 2022 //  by Barb Roose//  11 Comments

Who is your book for?  

While this isn’t intended to be a trick question, the quizzical looks that I often receive from writers during pitch sessions suggest otherwise.

After a few moments of chin-tapping or staring into space, here are …

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Unusual Distractions and the Writing Life

January 13, 2020 //  by Michelle Ule//  15 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Sitting in for Rachelle

In the course of writing a book you often have to write with distractions demanding your attention.

It’s the nature of life in general, but sometimes unusual events intrude.

(Death, birth, fire, natural …

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Life Is Research

October 18, 2017 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  38 Comments

Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

Life got in the way of my writing today.

Have those words crossed your mind lately?

Interruptions. Intrusions. Disrupted plans. Upheaval. Kids. Grandkids. Aging parents. Work. School. Volunteer responsibilities. Ordinary and relentless home maintenance…

Memories, good and …

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Handling Writing Distractions: 6 Tips

June 26, 2016 //  by Michelle Ule//  16 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Sitting in for Janet Grant who is attending the International Christian Retail Show this week.

In the course of a professional writing life you have to write despite distractions.

I experienced that situation recently myself. A series …

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Count the Costs Before Writing a Project

September 17, 2015 //  by Michelle Ule//  15 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Filling in for Mary Keeley currently at the American Fiction Christian Writers Conference in Dallas.

“For which of you, desiring to write a book, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has

…

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#Am Writing? A Day in the Life of a Writer

August 11, 2015 //  by Michelle Ule//  38 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Sitting in for Wendy Lawton who is at the Oregon Christian Writer’s Conference.

I am living the dream writer‘s life this summer.

I’m on hiatus from the church choir, Bible study teaching and my part-time …

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Summer Tips: What’s a Writer to Do?

June 28, 2015 //  by Michelle Ule//  27 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Filling in for Janet Grant who is at the International Christian Retailer’s Show in Orlando, Florida.

Summer’s here and if you’re a writer with children, visitors, spouses, or other interruptions, how are you supposed to keep working …

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Tools of the Trade

June 9, 2015 //  by Wendy Lawton//  56 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Every tradesman treasures his tools. We writers are no different. Several years ago, one of my children asked me, “If we had a fire, what would you grab?” I answered without hesitation. My computer. My kids have …

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The Excitement (and Commitment) of Novel Research

April 2, 2014 //  by Michelle Ule//  48 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule, substituting for Rachelle Gardner who is on the road today

(Note: Some readers will think all the Books & Such Agents are fanning out across America to clean house as per the April 1 post. Joke! The …

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Researching When You Can’t Experience It

November 7, 2012 //  by Rachel Kent//  78 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

In my opinion, the best way to do research for a book is to have first-hand experience. Traveling to a location allows for a thorough knowledge of that place. And sharing the experiences that your characters go …

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