Can Anyone Be a Published Author?
Can anyone be a published author? The short answer: YES!!!! I’m a published author and I started out knowing nothing about this career. Zip. Nada.
5 Steps to Research When You’re Not an Expert by Master Class Teacher, Annette Whipple
5 Steps to researching nonfiction texts.
Finding the Higher Purpose for Our Creative Work
Michelangelo was a super star in his own day, but as a Christian, he knew his work had a higher purpose.
10 Ways to Use Mentor Texts to Write Better Devotions by Guest Blogger, Tammy Brown
10 ways to use mentor texts when you’re writing devotionals.
Book Coaches, Pt. 2
Take a careful look at the painting below. Would you hang that in your home? Neither would I—and I painted it. That’s my artwork I created at a Painting with a Twist party. Can you tell I copied a “masterpiece.” To get better at painting, I’d need an instructor. Obviously, I need to learn the […]
Greater Love Hath No Man by Gail Cartee
A Memorial Day devotional that points to Christ.
Bronco and Friends: A Party to Remember by Guest Blogger Michelle Weltz
Everyone likes a good party, especially one that gives you a personalized invitation in the shape of a puzzle piece. This is how Tim Tebow’s debut picture book, “Bronco and Friends: A Party to Remember,” begins. The animals in the story each receive their own unique puzzle piece with the invitation stating: “Come find our special […]
Leaving a Legacy
Six years of upstairs and downstairs entanglements and drama. Six years of pomp and circumstance. Six years of loyalties and betrayals. Six years of secrets and celebrations. All ending in 2016 at the end of season six. But it didn’t end there. Downton Abbey, the movie, released in 2019. And another Downton movie releases this […]
Just in Case You Missed These Posts
Our Devotional Master Class has come and gone, but you can still access these posts about writing Devotionals for adults and children. Jarm Del Boccio started us out by writing Tips for Writing Kids and Teens Devotionals. Ava Pennington wrote about her devotional, The Names of God, that refuses to die. Jarm reviewed Reflections on […]
What did You Learn at the Devotionals Master Class? by Gail Cartee
I have written a devotional blog for several years but that doesn’t mean I can’t learn a thing or two or maybe three about writing devotionals. Karen Whiting’s class had three sessions and each one was packed with information that we put into practice during the breakout sessions. The first session helped me understand how to […]