Greetings from Sarah Sundin on a warm September day in California. I’ve entered a new phase in my life as my husband and I moved our oldest son into the dorms for his freshman year of college. New phases make you consider the future – what if the future involves caring for your parents? Did you know 25 percent of Americans are caring for an aging parent? Today I have the honor of interviewing Candy Arrington, a speaker and prolific writer of magazine articles. Her most recent book is When Your Aging Parent Needs Care: Practical Help for this Season of Life from Harvest House….
Month: September 2010
This is our archive pageMinistry, Money, and Marketing
Aloha from Karen, the treasurer of CAN, As Christian authors we all have a heart to minister to people, but the reality is we also need to make money and market the messages we write. One way to help build passive income, market, and write is with online writing. There are various ways to get paid for online writing, we can usually link from our blog or website to articles we write online, and we can write content that reflects our message.
Waiting
Hi there! Sherry Kyle here, writing from California. There are a lot of exciting things happening in my writing life, one of which is joining this wonderful group of like-minded authors at CAN. I’m so glad to be a part. Another wonderful event is the release of my new book, The Christian Girl’s Guide to Style, for tween girls on September 30. I can’t tell you how much I’ve been looking forward to its arrival. But something else besides writing and books has been consuming my thoughts. Family. Husband. Children. Siblings. Parents. Let me backtrack just a little.
Refresher Course
Hello, from Jeanette! First, let me say how much I appreciate everyone who reads this blog. Your comments always encourage me.
Tips from the Pros: Rhonda Gibson
Hello from Sarah Sundin in northern California.Today I have the privilege of interviewing award-winning author Rhonda Gibson, who writes Christian romances – contemporary mysteries and historicals. In 2009, A Connecticut Christmas, a novella collection she contributed to, received the American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year Award, and in 2007, her novel To Trust an Outlaw won the Heartsong Presents Favorite Historical Novel award. Rhonda, how did you get into writing? I started writing when I was young; it was my love of reading that led to writing. I know that’s the normal answer and it’s true for me, too. How many books do…
Marketing, Step One
As you may have heard, your book is not likely to sell itself. Marketing and publicity is hard work. The whole secret is to determine who your target readers are and how to get in front of them (in a non threatening way, of course). So, even if your book isn't out yet, you should start promoting now. As I blog about marketing and publicity, I'm going to share everything I've learned in my experience over the past few years. I’m far from an expert, but I know my efforts have made a difference in the success of my novels….
CAN Book Review by Diana Brandmeyer: A Wealth Beyond Riches by Vickie McDonough
I love sequels and this one–A Wealth Beyond Riches–follows The Bounty Hunter and the Bride. It is Jimmy’s story. His world is spinning after rescuing a beautiful woman who disappears. He’s surprised when she appears at the very place he has been hired to build a house. Sasha’s world is turned upside down in the first few pages. She discovers she’s not who she thought she was and heads west to look for her uncle and finds a way of life she’d never imagined. McDonough is a great storyteller. Her plots and characters stay with you after you finish the…
Story Part III: The Premise
Hi from Gail Gaymer Martin at www.gailmartin.com – or visit my writing blog at www.writingright-martin.blogspot.com Writing is a lonely business and needs concentration, hard work, and constant honing. So as always it’s my pleasure to share some writing types with you. I’ve begun a series of blogs on Creating Story – and this is the third in the series. When developing story, premise is another factor that happens early in the planning as you build your story. Premise is hypothesis of your novel, the assumptions that come from the basic idea. From the way you build your story, readers…
I’m Planning a Party – Part I
Hi, all – Ava Pennington here. I love a good party, don’t you? And I’m planning a special party in October – a launch party for my first book! If you’ve ever hosted a party, you know there’s a lot that goes into the planning. When we add the launch of a book to the mix, it’s not just another item on the list. A book launch party has its own peculiar nature. In this post, I’ll touch on the various logistics we need to consider for a successful launch party. Since I’m planning my first book launch for…
When You Feel like You Have Nothing to Say
Happy Tuesday from Jeanette, your CAN President! We’ve all been there. (At least I hope I’m not the only one.) The calendar says it’s time to post something on a blog and we have absolutely nothing insightful, intelligent, or new to say. Or after meeting a series of deadlines we finally have time to work on the novel that we’ve left on the back burner for far too long and now that the free hours are available, the creativity just isn’t there. Again, nothing to say. What do we do?
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