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A Year in the Life, Week of April 23, 2012

The ACFW course on managing social media for the writer wrapped up this week. It was a great course presented by Edie Melson. Edie’s blog, The Write Conversation, is packed full of information on this subject and is a great resource for writers whether your focus is Facebook and Twitter, …

COTT Clash of Leading Ladies

This week, COTT is featuring a Clash of Leading Ladies. But just how are interesting characters born? Here’s one author’s experience. Welcome Carol Moncado. Do you ever wonder how authors come up with their characters? I’ve heard of authors who fashion their main characters after a barista at their favorite …

The Widow of Zarephath

Elijah and the Widow The record of this incident in I Kings 17 almost seems like a side note to the ongoing struggle between Elijah, the man of God, and Ahab, the king of Israel, who provoked the LORD more than any other king. It is the first in a …

When 100 Followers is Better than 1,000

I’d like to welcome C. Hope Clark to Homeward Bound. Hope is the author of the recently released Lowcountry Bribe. She is also the editor of the FundsforWriters newsletters. You can sign up to receive the weekly newsletters, FundsforWriters or FFW Small Markets,  at http://www.fundsforwriters.com. The newsletters are free and …

Tips on Trimming Unnecessary Words

Whether you’re already published, about to begin the submission process with your first novel, or are still grinding out the words, you should be interested in word count. Namely, in keeping unnecessary words to a minimum. But how to do that? Rachelle Gardner published an excellent post on that subject …

a2z Puzzled

I considered a number of subjects for this week’s a2z meme. Painting because that’s my day job. Plot and plotting because that involves writing. Plotting is one of my favorite parts of writing and a quick peek at the dictionary provided plenty of opportunity for a play on words with …