Are you home from the ACFW conference? Finally unpacked? I hope you came home filled with encouragement and new ideas on how to make your writing breathtaking. Now what? Conferences …
Pitch + Premise = Spine
Maybe you first heard of the “story spine” from Stanley Williams’ book, The Moral Premise. But I actually thought of the concept all by my lonesome the winter of 2011 …
Before You Submit a Proposal
You can’t help it. It’s time. Really time. You’ve been writing and rewriting this book for eons. Or at least it feels like eons. You want to submit it, get …
Cover Letters and Marketing Plans…sell your novel CONCEPT
So….you’ve polished your story, the agent is breathlessly waiting for it…time to send it in, right? Nope. First you need to write a proposal. A post-conference, request proposal …
Now What? Post ACFW Conference Chalk Talk
Are you home from the ACFW conference? Finally unpacked? I took a terrible head cold home with me from the plane (thank you coughing guy sitting next to me). But, …