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Going into All the World with the Gospel

Advice for Christian Fiction Writers Part 1: The Spectrum of Readers for a Christian Novelist Before his ascension, Jesus Christ told his disciples: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation” (Mark 16:15) and “Go and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). To any serious follower of Christ, these are […]

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Prolific Novelists on How It’s Done

Caroline Hiley Writing one novel is hard enough. But how about 50, 100, even 500–all of them published, and with more to come? We asked six super-prolific writers for their secret and were unsurprised to learn that there is none. It’s all about work and passion. For each of these authors, writing is a calling […]

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Little Details Can Make a Big Difference

Every so often, a novelist should make it a point to remember that most readers have about 54,000 other things they could be doing instead of reading a book. A novel will only hold your reader’s attention ahead of all those other things if it’s truly worth reading. Aside from all the various mechanics and […]

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7 Ways To Save Money On Your Edit

7 Ways To Save Money On Your Edit

You can save money on your edit. I have received literally hundreds of manuscripts. Every one is its own universe. An edit cannot be a flat rate depending on word count (or, in the old days, page count.) Some manuscripts are submitted with, for example, a lot of...

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Short Story Submissions

Fellow writer William Shunn provides the classic format for short story formatting here (ignore at your peril). Eventually, this will become such a habitual format that you won’t have to think about it, and any other will look odd to you. Well, suppose you’ve finished your epic story “Wrecker of Ten Million Galaxies,” it’s in the proper format, […]

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Why Every First-Time Author Should Self-Publish

Why Every First-Time Author Should Self-Publish

What first-time author doesn’t dream of landing a lucrative book deal with a big publisher, complete with a six-figure advance, a book tour, media spots, the works? As lovely as this sounds, the sad reality is, these days such deals are about as rare as global warming skeptics at a meteorological convention. Unless you are […]

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The 3 Rules of Writing and Publishing Novels

The 3 Rules of Writing and Publishing Novels

These are the primary facts of life about writing and publishing a novel: ---It’s your story, your voice, your work. ---Writing is a craft as well as an art. ---Once your book leaves your hands, it becomes a product. Remember these facts, and you will have little...

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Beta Readers For Writers

Beta Readers For Writers

You’ve just completed your first novel. You’re convinced it’s the next great American classic, your Catcher in the Rye, the book that is so big and important you’ll never have to write another, content to spend the rest of your days as an eccentric recluse instead. Better yet, you’re certain that as soon as news […]

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Using Your Senses To Write Well

How to incorporate the five senses into your writing.  See, taste, touch, smell, hear. I wrote these words on a sticky note and put it on my writing desk until I absorbed them. The five senses are how we perceive the world, and through them writers translate experience to a reader. Without the senses, you cannot transmit the […]

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How Do Authors Find Time To Write?

I enjoy working with authors no matter how they approach the task of writing, whether it’s with bubbly joy and passion or steely grit and determination-or, more typically, a combination of both. In any case, these authors have done something that many other wishful writers have only talked and/or daydreamed about: they finished a book, […]

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