Nulla bibendum porttitor purus, in aliquet lorem bibendum eget. Nunc eu feugiat odio. Aliquam tempor risus a ex venenatis pellentesque. Vivamus ex justo, lacinia eu sollicitudin a, vestibulum eget nulla. Mauris vulputate fringilla mauris at ullamcorper. In nisi augue, pretium sed felis nec, feugiat eleifend nisl. Quisque gravida est nec sem aliquam, vel ornare diam … Read more
On a day-to-day basis, we are consumed with the here and now—what we have to write and publish today or this week. Expand your horizons and think not just about this week, this month, or this year. Go beyond even the next five or ten years. Think a hundred years into the future. How will … Read more
The writer Matthew Kelly said, “It is important to understand that you are not writing a story or a book, or a sentence or a paragraph. You are writing a body of work. Whatever you are writing today is just one small part of that body of work.” This helps take the pressure off because … Read more
A big challenge that we face in our creative work is simply the fact that we work alone much of the time. Even if you work with a team on projects that include editors, graphic designers, beta readers, maybe co-authors or collaborators, or marketing people, you are still spending a large percentage of your time … Read more
When I became a college professor in 2004, one of the courses I was assigned was Introduction to the Arts. It was a basic survey course covering visual art, architecture, music, theatre, and film from a Christian philosophical viewpoint. The area I knew the least about was architecture. I had always been fascinated by it, … Read more
We all wish for success… but sometimes we forget that it comes at a price. Take Harper Lee, for example. She published the classic American novel To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960 when she was just 34 years old. Considering that many successful authors don’t get started until their 40s, she was practically a baby … Read more
Most people don’t like the idea of being put in a box. We want to keep our options open and avoid labels. But if you want to be successful in your writing, you have to put yourself in the box of being a writer. You have to talk about it on social media. You have … Read more
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Nulla bibendum porttitor purus, in aliquet lorem bibendum eget. Nunc eu feugiat odio. Aliquam tempor risus a ex venenatis pellentesque. Vivamus ex justo, lacinia eu sollicitudin a, vestibulum eget nulla. Mauris vulputate fringilla mauris at ullamcorper. In nisi augue, pretium sed felis nec, feugiat eleifend nisl. Quisque gravida est nec sem aliquam, vel ornare diam … Read more
It’s tempting as a writer to think that “everyone” is your audience. But the reality is that your message is not for everyone. It’s a paradox that the more you focus on a very specific type of person, the more people will be able to relate to it. Specifically, narrowing down your audience will give … Read more