Volume 7 • Issue 2 • March/April 2008  
 

"Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts."
~ Zechariah 4:6
   
 

Celebrating Six Years of Serving Writers Around the World!
March 2002 — March 2008


 
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Writers Devotional  
We all know that the written word is powerful for those who take advantage of it. (READ MORE...)


A Step Beyond
I found the Writers Mentoring Clinic with Cecil (Cec) Murphey that I recently attended to be a step beyond the traditional writers' conference. (READ MORE...)


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Review: Writing the Christian Romance
Aspiring Christian romance writers will want to add this ground-breaking book to their Must Have list. (READ MORE...)


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The Christian Writers' View

Join 19 diverse panelists, moderators, and advanced and professional Christians who write, in focused panel discussions. For advanced and professional writers in the Christian market. Panelists and Moderators include:
Julie Barnhill
Wally Bock
T. Suzanne Eller

Sandra Glahn
Tricia Goyer
Janet K. Grant
Dennis Hensley
Lin Johnson
Ellie Kay
Cindy Kenney
D'Ann Mateer
Susan Titus Osborn
Don Otis
Tim Riter
David Thomas

Lynn Vincent
W. Terry Whalin
Karen Whiting
Kathy Carlton Willis
You can find more information by visiting The Writers' View or by emailing Mary DeMuth.

The Christian Writers' View 2

TWV's sister-group for beginning to intermediate writers. Panelists and Moderators include:
Brandy Brow
Lisa Crayton

Mary DeMuth
Sharon Durling
Pam Halter
Beth Jusino
Yvonne Lehman
Carmen Leal
Cecil Murphey

Sally Stuart
You can find more information by visiting TWV2 or by emailing Mary DeMuth.


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Are You Hidden in Hebrews Eleven?
Part of being a writer is having the opportunity to impact and encourage readers and the desire to see one's name in print. Faith is the key to making these dreams a reality. Hebrews chapter 11 mentions people who relied on faith despite roadblocks. (READ MORE...)


A Delicate Dance: Writing About Mental Health
By writing fiction, nonfiction, books, articles, stories, poems, and songs that address mental health, we take a stand toward the recognition of mental illness as socially acceptable and treatable. By doing so, we help readers seeking information and/or empathy.
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Fiction/Non-Fiction

Answers to Questions Regarding Writing Contests
I always had questions about contests and to find out the answers about them I asked my husband, who was a former editor. He used to judge contests and knew all the answers.
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A riveting story of good and evil… Social commentary, historic reflections, a brave new world of science, mixed with wit and one-liners. A truer-than-fiction peek into a future headed our way. ~Highlands Today (Sebring, FL)

A very good science fiction thriller that entertains and challenges. ~Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR)

The Business of Writing

Writing on a Theme
Many publications publish their theme lists and seek freelancers adept at writing on specific topics. Some of these same publications often print an entire issue on a single theme. In other cases, publications provide a list of themes or topics that they would like to receive on an ongoing basis.
(READ MORE...

 


Meet Our Publisher!

Our Publisher, Lisa A. Crayton, will be teaching at various writer's conferences. Lisa would love to meet SPIRIT-LED WRITER visitors, or SLW-Update subscribers. Visit her website for a current schedule, and email Lisa if you're attending one of the events. Also visit her personal website to read her testimony or browse other relevant information.



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Poetry Potpourri  
Poems based on Scripture are meaningful not only to the Christian reader but to others as well. We can find many Bible verses that provide thoughts and themes for our poetry by thinking in terms of Scripture-based poems. (READ MORE...)


Inspired Romance
Trying to be original in a genre that produces the largest number of popular paperback books in the country is difficult, but you can work to find a new way and new phrases to express the character's emotions. (READ MORE...)



Writing for Teens: Let Emotions Run High
Tap into your emotions and you have entered the realm of the teen. My teenage years are a thing of the past, but the intensity I felt about things at that age is much the same as what I feel now. (READ MORE...)


The Parent Muse
How do you feel about your family's privacy? Most Christian writers today use their full names in all marketing materials, including websites. Yet is it safe to publish your children's real names? (READ MORE...)


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Effective E-books
As a contracted author at a publishing house, you don't worry about setting the price of the book you've written. But as a self-published e-book author, understanding what the market will bear when it comes to pricing your e-book is crucial.
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Treat Your Body Write!
Writers seem to live in states of anticipation and dejection, interspersed with small moments of happiness. It's the whole submit, rejection or acceptance cycle the publishing world casts on us—and we accept—as we don the title "writer." (READ MORE...)


Helping Hands: Manuscript Critiques
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