WHY YOU MIGHT NOT GROW AS A WRITER By Jeff B Miller I skied for three days last week in Colorado. I was excited to do this, because when I was 18 I skied three days in Colorado and grew exponentially in my ability. That was 33 years ago, and since then, I have …
How To Love Life As A Christian (Writer) I Love Life I can’t help it. I love life. My (beautiful) wife tells me I was born with the theme song: “Always Look On the Bright Side of Life.” Saturday was my 50th birthday and I told someone that I hoped to live …
You are a genius. You won’t make use of your creative power, though, unless you optimize your mind by the power of rumination. I was discussing rumination with my mother-in-law the other day, and she made the comment, “I wish you would use some other word besides ‘rumination.’ That just reminds me too …
My Monthly Attempt To Make Ghostwriting Normal When I became a ghostwriter I wasn’t focused on the fact that my clients wanted me to write a book and put their name on it. I was focused on the fact that I got to write for a living and when I considered I didn’t get …
Want to see the coolest Bible verse for Christian Writers? Here it is: 1 I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. 2 And the …
When potential clients reach out to me, I ask a lot of questions. I want to know what they are writing about and why. I want to know who the book is for, meaning, who do they think is the ideal reader for their book. But one other question I’m asking is: Do they need …
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How did this happen? How did I end up ghostwriting for a living? I don’t mind telling you that it was an accident. Stumbling on this Constant Contact blog post on the topic has me reflecting and I wanted to reverse engineer my process. There are probably lots of ways to get into ghostwriting, but …
Find your Niche By CGW Staff Writer Why You Need a Niche It is hard to enter the arena of writers in the world today. The goal is relatively simple: you have something to say, and you want people to come to hear it. The goal may be simple, but as you likely know …
Jennifer Lockman wrote a helpful article at https://justpublishingadvice.com/10-lessons-to-learn-from-prominent-writers/ about specific things you can learn about writing from prominent writers. Here, I want to break down more generally how to make learning from other writers part of your routine. Believe it or not, learning from the best authors can help you not only improve your …
Lola, at https://christianediting.co.nz/believable-christian-fiction/ has written an excellent article on how to write a Christian Novel. She highlights, writing about what we know so that we will be authentic, engaging in prayer as the foundation of our writing, refraining from judging other writers, particularly in other genres, and the age old, but still needed advice of …