We’re On TV!

 25 Days To Go What a surprise! The Peggy Denny Show at WGGS-TV 16 in Taylors, SC invited Write2Ignite! to tape an interview. Peggy is a delightful hostess. She made the event a wonderful experience.  The segment features Jean Hall and Vonda Skelton talking about this year’s Conference – especially our Teen Track. It will air on Friday, March 2, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. If you live in...

Wild Onions, Orange Popsicles, and Truth

Yesterday Joyce Hostetter and I brainstormed our upcoming workshop for theWrite2Ignite conference. We have presented “Using Life Experiences to Inform Your Writing” at other venues, but we like to tweak it each time to make it fresh. We introduce ourselves by each reading a passage that springboards from our own life experiences.  Previously, I have read from an article for adults in...

Carol Baldwin

  Drop in to Carol Baldwin’s blog for an interesting blurb about Write2Ignite! Be sure to leave a comment, please. Carol will be one of our three Key Note Speakers this year. Hope to see all of you March 16-17, at Write2Ignite! 2012, on the beautiful campus of North Greenville University near Greenville, SC. Get details by clicking on the Write2Ignite! 2012 tab...

Humility in the Marketplace

The world says, “Promote yourself!” The Word says, “Humble yourself.” How do we, as Christian writers, reconcile these two philosophies? I have struggled with this question; perhaps you have too.  When Jean Hall invited me to be a keynote speaker I decided to try and answer my own questions as well as to challenge Write-2-Ignite attendees. During my talk I’ll encourage all of us to...

Writers as Listeners

As literary agent I have seen a lot of book proposals growing out of an author’s experiences, usually really tough ones. At times I think Job would find them inspirational. The authors think their experience will help readers either avoid the negative experiences or learn from the positive experiences. While I have no quarrel with the validity of the writer’s experiences, they do not...

Does Your Character Have Character?

Do you want to write, but don’t know where to start? There is an easy solution… write anyway. Start at the beginning. Start at the end. Start in the middle. It doesn’t matter. Just write! No one can sculpt your scenes into beautiful landscapes and glorious escapes. No one can bring your characters to life and make them jump from the page and into our hearts. No one can write your story. No...

The Win Win of POD

I was at Lifeway Christian Store to get a song to sing Sunday and it was the first time we’ve used Lifeway’s new system to burn accompaniment tracks in house. Several thousand songs that you just look up and if they have it you can listen to it and then burn the track right there. Too cool. It immediately made me think that it won’t be long until books will be printed that way too. A number...

The Ripple Effect of Words

Carol Baldwin, a Write2Ignite! 2012 Presenter, freelance writer, and author of Teaching the Story, offered some words of affirmation for one member of the  Write2Ignite! Leadership Team, Donna Earnhardt. Carol forwarded the following encouraging comments about Donna. Of course, we wanted to share these ‘Apples of Gold‘ written about one of our Write2Ignite! leadership team members...

International Christian Retail Show

by Miriam Jones Bradley My mouth dropped open, my jaw nearly hitting my sternum. I didn’t know what to expect at the International Christian Retail Show (ICRS) in Atlanta, but it wasn’t this. When the doors opened onto the exhibit hall it was overwhelming. The room was huge. It wasn’t a room. It was an indoor football field. A football field completely covered with booths. I first heard...