Tips from the Pros: Gail Gaymer Martin

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Greetings from steamy, summery (even before summer officially begins) but beautiful Mount Dora, Florida. Today, I have the privilege of interviewing a friend I’ve never met. Gail Gaymer Martin and I share several writing connections (including CAN) that have allowed us to pray for one another, as well as a “Gail” connection (her first name is my middle one). Gail is a multi-published novelist with lots of insights about marketing and promotion, so let’s get right to her encore interview. Welcome back to the CAN blog, Gail. How many books do you have published? What are a few of your latest…

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Pray, Write, Pray

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Hi Everyone, it’s Judith Couchman. My assignment for this year focuses on blogging about writing: technique, practical pointers,encouragement, and such. I hope this helps you.   If you want to improve your prayer life, try writing. If you want to improve your writing life, try praying. —Ed Cyzewski If any profession produces anxiety, it’s writing. Writers fret about deadlines, the quality of their work, if they’ll publish, whether readers will buy their books, or if they’ll earn income. Potentially, the anxiety can paralyze getting the work done. Two thousand years ago a writer working under duress suggested an antidote for…

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When the Flood’s up to Your Neck

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Dianne Barker here with encouragement. The Lord asked a penetrating question: “…who is he who will devote himself to be close to me?” (Jeremiah 30:21). He yearns for us to draw near, to know his heart, to walk with him in obedience, to put his teachings into practice.

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Novels With All-Important Hooks by Gail Gaymer Martin

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Welcome to the CAN Blog on Fiction Writing. I always enjoy stopping by to share with you my many years of writing Christian romances, romantic suspense and women’s fiction. You can find more about me and my books on my website at www.gailgaymermartin.com Today I want to talk with you about hooks. Hooks are an important technique to arouse a readers interest in a story and to keep them reading.  Reader or writers, these techniques are excellent for both. Who doesn’t want to read a gripping story that tugs you to the end? I think we all do.   Every novel…

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How to Pick Article Topics

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By Sarah Hamaker, reluctant marketer Last month, we talked about how writing articles can be a fantastic marketing tool and platform booster. Today, we’ll tackle how to figure out what to write about for both fiction and nonfiction authors.

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I Prayed My Husband’s Plane Would Crash

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Greetings from Kathy Collard Miller in the Southern California desert near Palm Springs. When Larry and I had been married for seven years, we were completely disillusioned with each other. I couldn’t understand why Larry didn’t love me anymore. He certainly was far from being the Prince Charming I’d married. Oh Lord, what’s wrong with him? I moaned. I thought we were going to have a perfect marriage because You brought us together. But now we’re such strangers, we might as well be divorced. If only he wouldn’t work two jobs and fly planes as a hobby, we could be…

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Editing Tips #54

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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 tips for writers based on the manuscripts I edit.

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Time for a Website Makeover

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Marketing Ideas From Cheri Cowell I did it all wrong. When I first became an author I was told I needed a website, and back then there were not very many options. So I spent a lot of money I had no business spending, got myself into a terrible contract, and ended up with a website that did not benefit me or my readers. Since then I’ve learned a lot and today I help writers with this process through our Marketing Coaching service. Here are a few keys from that service to help you avoid my biggest mistakes. .

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NEW RELEASE: MAY 2016 — ANCHOR IN THE STORM BY SARAH SUNDIN

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  Anchor in the Storm (Revell, May 3, 2016) For plucky Lillian Avery, America’s entry into World War II means a chance to prove herself as a pharmacist in Boston. She loves the wartime challenges of her new job but spurns the attention of society boy Ens. Archer Vandenberg. As Arch’s destroyer battles U-boats along the East Coast, Lillian uncovers a black market drug ring. Arch and Lillian work together on the investigation, but can he ever earn her trust and affection?  

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