Maureen Pratt is an award-winning playwright, journalist and author, as well as a sought-after speaker and patient advocate. Her new book, just out in Spring 2016, is Don’t Panic!: How to Keep Going When the Going Gets Tough (Franciscan Media), a faith-filled, very personal work that tackles important and timely issues of stress managemens and emotional and spiritual resilience in the face of any of life’s inevitable crises. Don’t Panic!… is also the first of her books that Maureen has narrated for the audio book format. Her syndicated column, "Living Well," is in distribution through Catholic News Service and has…
Month: July 2014
This is our archive pageTension and Conflict Part 3 – Kinds of Conflict
Here it is July already and so I’m back again with another part of Tension and Conflict. Hi from Gail Gaymer Martin. Most authors can name the two kinds of conflict talked about most in fiction, internal and external. Both of these are important to any novel, but don’t lose sight of two more that you may not have considered—inherent and extra-external conflict. These additional kinds of built-in conflict can add extra excitement to your fiction.
PrincessPRAYERs
Four prayer cards to print and cut
Timely paper management
Tips on handling papers fast and efficiently
Princess Prayer Cards
Four cards to print and cut apart for girls to pray throughout the day!
PrincessPRAYERs
For The One Year My Princess Devotions, download little prayer cards for girls
ESCAPE THE LIE By Marti Pieper
Escape the Lie shares powerful truth that enables readers to escape the lie that says they don’t matter to God and move into abundant life. Author Marti Pieper is an author, collaborative writer, editor, and popular conference speaker. She shares her love for teens as contributing editor for Sisterhood Magazine. www.martipieper.com
Proofreading Pointers #34
Hi! I’m Kathy Ide. In addition to being a published author, I’m a full-time professional freelance editor. For CAN, I’m blogging about “PUGS”–Punctuation, Usage, Grammar, and Spelling … tips for writers based on the most common mistakes I see in the manuscripts I edit. These are excerpts from my new book, Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors, which reveal how multi-published authors proofread their manuscripts to avoid typos, inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and PUGS errors. (The book is available from Amazon.) If you’re interested in working with a freelance editor (or know someone who is), e-mail me through the contact page of my website. Or go to the Christian Editor…
Tips from the Pros: Shelly Beach
Greetings from Sarah Sundin in California, where summer has struck full force. What better way to usher in summer than with an author named Beach? No groaning please. Today I’m pleased to interview Shelly Beach, nationally known speaker and Christy-Award-winning author. Her ministry of encouragement to the hurting will inspire you—plus she has gobs of free ministry resources on her website! Shelly, how many books do you have published? What are a few of your latest titles? I have ten published books, including Love Letters from the Edge: Meditations for Those Struggling with Brokenness, Trauma, and the Pain of Life…