How truthful are you?
We’re fiction writers. We haven’t taken an oath to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. In fact, we have…
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Romance or No?
The two titles I’m addressing this month are Miracle At the Higher Grounds Café, by Max Lucado with Candace Lee and Eric Newman; and The…
7 Ways to Go From Boring Book Signing Event to Memorable Book Launching Party
By William Ballard (Author of the Rule of 5 for Writers) Have you ever seen a lonely author at a book signing table—rearranging his stack…
In the eye of the bookholder
Listen to the audio version here: How do you decide how your characters should look? This question from a fellow blogger intrigued us. How…
The Cross Gardener
I recently reread this book to refresh my memory, since it had stood out to me from my first reading of it several years ago….
Show Don’t Tell
Let’s talk about showing vs telling. It’s the one thing that can mess up any writer and drive him or her nuts. This can also…
Two Christmas Stories
This month I’ll look at two Christmas stories that illustrate how subtle a presence Christian observance can have in material regarded as Christian fiction. The…
How One Article Can Turn Into One Hot Information Product That Brings in 6 or 7 Figures a Year
By William Ballard (Author of the Rule of 5 for Writers) I’ve recently completed my Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and wrote an exclusive article…
Do you love your characters?
Listen to the post here: When we first began writing together, we wrote romances. Correction, we attempted to write romances. The results were dismal….
How Long Should a Poetry Book Be?
The biggest suggestion one of my beta readers had for me was to cut the book in half – release half of it now and…