Tips from the Pros: Becky Harling

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Greetings from Marti Pieper in almost-fall Ohio! I’m visiting here for a few weeks as I help my mom clean out and pack up in preparation for her move to a retirement community. So in the midst of not-so-normal days, I’m grateful to have the opportunity to introduce someone who’s one of those friends I’ve never met. Becky Harling and I have traded prayers, reviews, support and encouragement online for a few years now without yet meeting in person. I read and loved her 30 Day Praise Challenge and am thrilled to re-introduce Becky to our CAN readers. Praise and…

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WRITERS WHO SPEAK – QUOTING FEES

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It’s football season in Texas — Friday Nights Lights for real! And here in Waco, the big news has been Baylor University’s new McLane Stadium, and the nationally ranked Baylor Bears. As Baylor alumnae, my husband and I are enthusiastically following our beloved Bears, even though the first game saw temperatures of over 100 degrees. But then the next Saturday we shivered in a brisk wind on a 58 degree Saturday morning watching our great-grandson make a touchdown in Little League Football. The result of hard workouts and practices. It’s also the season for booking retreats and speaking engagements, and…

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Song of the Prairie by Vickie McDonough

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  A music teacher’s dream of being an opera singer fades when she flees Boston with her deceased cousin’s newborn son to protect him from his cruel father. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Vickie McDonough is the best selling author of more than 30 books and novellas. Her awards include the Book Sellers Best, Inspirational Readers’ Choice, and she’s an 8-time finalist in ACFW’s Carol Awards.   New Releases are posted by Christine Lindsay, Award-winning-author of the series Twilight of the British Raj, Shadowed in Silk, Captured by Moonlight, and soon to be released Veiled at Midnight.

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Tension and Conflict Part 5 – Methods to Create Tension

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Happy Friday from Gail Gaymer Martin Each post from me these past weeks has been focused on Tension and Conflict. Today you’ll hear about ways to create tension Earlier I described the difference between conflict and tension. Conflict is the action of two opposing forces. It is the butting of heads between ideas, needs, desires and wants, or it can be a single individual wanting two opposing things. What makes conflict important is the tension it creates. Tension creates the emotional response to the conflict. Without it, the conflict would not have much impact on the reader.

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Lane P. Jordan

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Lane P. Jordan is a best-selling author, national speaker, seminar leader, recording artist, Bible teacher, and certified life coach. She attended Auburn University, where she studied Fashion Merchandising and Marketing. She then transferred to Georgia State University and graduated with a BA degree in Journalism and Broadcasting. Lane was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, in a family of seven children. As a child, she enjoyed gymnastics, cheering, piano, and scouting. Now that she is an adult, along with her love for reading, writing, and singing, Lane enjoys sports, especially tennis, golf, swimming, walking, and hiking. Lane served as the…

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Retailers & Librarians

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Welcome Retailers and Librarians! Thank you for visiting the Christian Authors Network. Please enjoy using the following resources: Retailer and Librarian Tools Ministry Topics to help meet a need Resources with downloadable/printable PDF files for readers, both adult and children.

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Tips from the pros: Sarah Sundin

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Hello, CANners and others who enjoy this blog. Davalynn Spencer here, honored to host our own Sarah Sundin, whose lovely visage we often see bringing us news of other authors. But today we hear from her about her personal writer’s journey. Sarah – welcome to the other side of the interview! Tell us, how many books do you have published, and what are a few of your latest titles? My sixth full-length novel, In Perfect Time (Revell), was released in August 2014, and Where Treetops Glisten (WaterBrook), a Christmas novella collection I wrote with Tricia Goyer and Cara Putman, is…

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