So many thoughts rummaging around in my head these days, but one that has emerged in some state of cohesiveness to ponder with you all is about marketing. And yet it also isn’t. Let me explain. I was reading a fantastic article about marketing by author and writing coach K.M. Weiland recently. (Or, more accurately, IContinue reading “Serving vs. Selling”
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The Jonah Within
There are few Bible personalities I really connect with. You know: Ruth was so good, and Esther was fearless and beautiful, and Mary was amazing. Paul is hard for me to get my head around, and the disciples, well, they were interesting and funny, but relatable? Well, maybe not so much. But start talking about Jonah, andContinue reading “The Jonah Within”
One Part Calling, Another Part Compulsion
Not long ago, someone asked why I chose to pursue writing. Responses for how, when, and where came to mind, but why was more elusive. After a moment’s consideration, the only way I could describe it was: “It was one part calling, another part compulsion.” Eric Liddell, portrayed in the film Chariots of Fire, said, “I believeContinue reading “One Part Calling, Another Part Compulsion”
To Outline, Wing It, or Both?
It’s said there are two types of writers: those who work methodically off an outline and those who write by the seat of their pants, guiding their characters into the unknown with pen, paper, and intuition their only provisions. Another type that is commonly overlooked is the hybrid. In a world of logical classification, they areContinue reading “To Outline, Wing It, or Both?”
No Choice in the Matter
“What made you choose that?” The question made me smile. The gentleman next to me didn’t ask it in a rude way. Maybe because I don’t seem like someone who’d be interested in the textile mill industry in late-1800s Philadelphia, he genuinely wanted to know why I’d chosen it for the background of my story.Continue reading “No Choice in the Matter”
The Color Red: the Brighter Side
When I counted every person who had critiqued the chapter I blogged about last week, I calculated twenty. Never before have I had that large of a critique group, and never before has my writing changed so drastically from start to finish. Over two months ago, before another pair of eyes had seen that chapter,Continue reading “The Color Red: the Brighter Side”
The Color Red
Recently, three authors whom I admire gave me a crash course in the color red. Two told me red symbolizes pain, anguish, and bloodshed. The other author showed me. He took a sample of my writing and projected it against a wall for the class and me to study. First came the untouched opening of a chapterContinue reading “The Color Red”
You’re Probably a Writer If…
Can you identify with writers’ perspectives, quirks, or various forms of madness? Go on–see how you compare. No one need know. You are probably a writer if: You can provide, offer, suggest, recommend, propose a minimum of five synonyms for any word. Your blood tests prove that for every part blood, there is one partContinue reading “You’re Probably a Writer If…”
Meagan Briggs 