COMPEL Director Tracie Miles and Bethany House Publishers Fiction Acquisition Editor, Raela Schoenherr, chat about what’s happening in the world of fiction writing. Raela discusses what kind of Christian fiction books are most successful and how to grab...
Karen Kingsbury is a #1 New York Times’ best-selling novelist with more than 25 million copies of her award-winning books in print. As a mom of six, she’s no stranger to balancing her work as a writer with...
All writers want to give their readers something to remember, whether it’s a story that uplifts, a truth that transforms, or a message that heals. Denise Hughes will discuss six secret ingredients inherent in all great writing that...
You’ve been writing for a while, but you are still not comfortable calling yourself “a writer”. Using her experience of transitioning from writing for a hobby to writing as her work, Lynn Cowell shares 6 points that will...
In this lesson, author Amy Carroll teaches you how to switch to a ministry mindset so your writing adds value to your audience before, during and even after your writing time. Amy also shows us...
Bible study author and teacher, Wendy Blight, talks about our calling as Christian writers, which is to understand the privilege and honor of our calling, break open the Word of God for His people and do it to...
If we don’t know the why behind what we do, it’s challenging to share it with others. We may lead in with our what, our how, or our when, and yet never convey what we are really trying...
Does your overwhelming to-do list keep you from writing? Proverbs 31’s Executive Director of Communications and author of Taming the To-Do List, Glynnis Whitwer, chats with Lisa Allen about the practical techniques Glynnis has learned to effectively manage...
In this lesson, Lisa highlights a few ways we can identify those harmful habits and gives you practical ways to replace them with helpful habits.
Kelly Balarie was a COMPEL member for two years before receiving a two-book contract with Baker Publishing. Kelly talks about walking in obedience to God’s call on her life to write, her struggle with insecurity, how she finds...