It’s contest season. Again. I don’t know about you, but I approach it with a combination of excitement, anxiety and fear. I’m excited about the possibility the story I feel …
Give yourself a split-second marketing boost
Okay, okay, “split-second” might be a bit of an exaggeration. But I do want to talk today about a few ideas for upping your marketing game…without spending gobs of time. …
Extreme Character Makeover: Nailing the Character Change Journey
I watched Into the Woods this weekend. It’s a musical – who knew? (Clearly I didn’t read the reviews). It’s a twisted take on all the Grimm Fairytales that combine into …
I Found My Hurricane
Friday afternoon I was marathon editing/rewriting because I had to get to a certain page number before leaving for a worship set. As I worked through the scene, I realized …
Weekly Spark: 6 Terrible Books by Ron Estrada
Of the many useless statistics that I carry around in my noggin, this one has stuck with me: novelists complete an average of six novels before writing one worthy of …