Archive for the 'Useful' Category

12 Random-but-Pretty-Good Ideas for Selling Your Book

A lot of what I usually do here falls into the general area of intangibles. Craft. Meditations. Inspirational soap-boxes to pitch my nefarious positivity and that sort of thing. So I figured it’d be nice to apply some practicals to the discussion of spiritual publishing, particularly in the area of author marketing and publicity. And since there’s really no other
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Mary DeMuth: “Should Christ-followers Read Fiction?”

Be sure to check out Mary DeMuth's Breakpoint article, "Should Christ-followers Read Fiction?" She gives a great round up of the multiple benefits, especially useful for anyone facing the age-old objections from well-meaning religious-types. http://www.breakpoint.org/listingarticle.asp?ID=11853 

The One Rule for Writing Great

Let our minds be told all they need to know by the empathy of our hearts from the pictures you paint.

The 5 Secrets to “Inbox Zero” (condensed)

In my great job, searching for things that folks want to read, once in a while I come across an item that has the potential to fundamentally change the way I work. This is such an item. Everyone knows email is a big time-suck, the kind that can easily eat up your life, even if you aren’t one of those
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