Mary Ann Diorio—Podcasts for Writers

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Write Your Heart Out! Podcasts for Writers, MaryAnn Diorio The Heart of the Matter: How to Put Heart in Your Writing Your Writing Attitude Is Showing A Moment With MaryAnn Tips for Achieving Success in Life, MaryAnn Diorio Have You Learned to Love? You Can Conquer Worry Making Your Dreams Come True Are You Building Your Life on the Right Foundation? Are You Afraid of the Future? Winning With The Word MaryAnn Diorio Wonderful, Incredible You! You Are What You Think You Are The Power of the Spoken Word The Power of the Dream You Can Conquer Worry Where Will You Go…

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Chocolate-Inspired Humility

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Hello there from Kathy Collard Miller in the desert of Southern California near Palm Springs. But don’t worry, it’s a dry heat. Talking with a women’s ministry director at a conference, I hoped she would invite me to speak at her women’s retreat. As we sat in the lounge of the convention center, I enjoyed one of the freshly baked chocolate chip cookies set before us. When she asked my opinion on some important ministry issues, I spoke with forceful and confident tones. I was thrilled to see her staring at my mouth, obviously waiting for every word I said….

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A Writer’s Spiritual Well

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Jan, writing to you from my desk in the foothills of the California Sierras. As I’m enjoying a cooler day after an unseasonably warm weekend, I’m thinking about the writer’s spiritual wells. When I hover my mouse over my word-processing icon on my computer desktop, it says, “Abide in me and I in you for apart from Me you can do nothing”–from John 15:5. Sometimes I chase ahead in my busyness without abiding; it’s not long before I feel the drain. As writers we fill our wells in many ways. Over the years, I have either bought or been given books that help fill my…

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