Three Tips to Writing Productively
You are working on a project, sort of. You are on the computer a lot. You’re writing words. Yet when Friday rolls around, you admit that another week went by and you didn’t write that proposal or query...
Continue Reading Balancing Social Media and Writing
We need social media. We need to write. How do we do both? We don’t.
Today’s Tuesday Tip is perhaps the simplest tip I’ll ever share.
It changed my writing forever. When...Continue Reading How to Get the Most out of a Writers’ Conference
Did you know there are several major Christian writers’ conferences around the nation? Attending a conference in your area or traveling to a major conference holds many benefits. You will connect with other writers. You will learn more...
Continue ReadingFour Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Published A Book
How to handle tricky comments, trolls and tirades
It’s exciting to create a community where you and your readers connect. . . until the conversation goes south. May I share something with you? It’s going to happen. The larger the platform, the more vulnerable...
Continue Reading What If My Writing Dreams Don’t Come True?
We have a special guest post on the COMPEL Training blog from Kimberly Henderson! Kimberly is a fellow writer who serves on-staff at Proverbs 31 Ministries as Lysa TerKeurst's Content Coordinator. Today, she is sharing with us a...
Continue Reading How to Jump Start Your Writing
One way to chip away at writers’ block is to engage in a writing exercise. There are hundreds of writing exercises, but in today’s Tuesday Tip, we’ll share three to help jump start your writing.
Exercise #1: Memories
Describe...
A Great Way to Support Someone Called to Be A Writer
One of the hardest things about being a writer at times, especially a Christian nonfiction writer, is helping people understand the call on your life to do so. Not that friends and family don't want to support us...
Continue Reading Setting Goals that Make Sense (Part 2)
In last week’s COMPEL blog post, I shared how to brainstorm goals for the next six months and how to determine which you should delegate, defer, do, or delete. In today’s Tuesday Tip, we’ll share what to...
Continue Reading Are your ready to begin your publishing journey with confidence and readiness?
“Just tell me where to start,” she said. Suddenly my friend’s words took me back several years. I remember attending my first writing conference. Writer and agents and editors mingled. I felt like a wannabe. It’s not that I didn’t...
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