This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. To reach your goal of becoming a successful published author, you must do more than write. You have to become a writer entrepreneur. You will have to wear a business hat. You are now in the publishing…
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Prayer Definitions Monday Are you familiar with intercessory prayers? They are prayers that we, as a person or group, offer on behalf of others. For example, when we hear that a family in our community has lost a child to cancer, we feel their pain and say to them, “I’m sorry. I will keep you in my prayers.” There are…
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Group Prayer Friday The concept of group prayer fascinates me. What do you think of group prayer? Is it possible for there to be some sort of universal definition of prayer that people can agree upon? For today’s prompt, we delve into one group’s idea of a universal prayer ? the concept of coexistence, which means that it is possible…
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Today’s guest post is written by Toni Robino of Windward Literary Services and is the second part of a two-part blog post. (Read Part 1 by clicking on this link.) You’ve identified your niche, made your prospect lists, set your professional fees and threw the right pitch to attract your first client. Now what? Step 5: Close the Deal Until…
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Approach to Prayer Wednesdays Did you know that people choose different approaches to prayer? Every person from every religion has a different way of praying. So long as people pray with sincerity and meaning, their varied approaches to prayer are all valid. One of the most exciting approaches to prayer I’ve ever witnessed is gospel singing ? in particular, the…
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Today’s guest post is written by Toni Robino of Windward Literary Services Imagine yourself buzzing with creative energy as you write blogs, manuscripts and social-media content from the comfort of your home or anywhere else in the world. With more writing jobs available than ever before, this scenario is not only possible but probable if you take the right steps….
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Prayer Definitions Monday During the month of March, we’ll discuss different definitions of prayer and how those definitions fit into your life. Today is all about form prayer, which is often referred to as pre-written or repetitive prayer. Frankly, I like to call form prayers “school prayers” because it is the stuff we learned at school and had to repeat…
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