What is the BIG question here? What is my character REALLY after? What will my story problem CHANGE about this character? What will it answer?
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Dec 18 2014
Caveat Venditor—Five Mistakes KILLING Self-Published Authors
All right, it’s about to be a brand new year and many of you are wanting to finally see your books published. ROCK ON! But, I am the friend who will tell you if there is toilet paper hanging out of your pants. Writing isn’t all glitter and unicorns and I want to warn you …
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Dec 16 2014
What Are the REAL Odds of Being a Successful Author?
Often it feels like we are the victims of fate, at the mercy of the universe, when actually it is pretty shocking how much of our own destiny we control.
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Dec 12 2014
Why Are Certain Stories Timeless? What Scrooge Can Teach Us About Great Writing
Ebenezer? Raise an Ebenezer? I needed to know more. Ebenezer is actually ??? ????, Even Ha’Ezer, which literally means stone of help or monument to God’s glory and is referenced in the book of Samuel.
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Dec 08 2014
Time is Precious—Are We Investing Wisely?
Whether it is a walk, meditation, yoga, reading, or however you get spiritually grounded, ALL things spring from our well. Is our well refreshed and flowing? Or is it stagnant, stinky and floating with bugs?
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