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Gone Schnitzeling

June 2, 2016 By Karen Witemeyer

This week, I've been blessed with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to Germany, and boy, am I leaning heavily on the Lord's leadership on this one. Fellow author, Lisa Wingate, and I were invited by our German publisher to visit their wonderful country, participate in a book tour promoting our latest German releases, and culminating in a large book festival in Marburg on June 4. (I'm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Writing Tagged With: A Worthy Pursuit, German Book Tour

Weird Things Writers Say (and What They Really Mean)

May 27, 2016 By Becky Wade

Those of us in the publishing profession have developed a lingo all our own.  If you've spent any time at all interacting with authors on social media, then you've probably been treated to it.  And if you're a reader and not a writer type, some of it may have struck you as peculiar and/or baffling.  Thus, I thought I'd offer a writer-civilian translation guide.... "I'm on deadline." First of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Writing Tagged With: #AmWriting, novel writing, publishing, weird things writers say

And How Do I Really Feel About Deadlines?

May 25, 2016 By Robin Lee Hatcher

Let's just say that deadlines keep me writing, but I also think they might kill me before I reach the end. My work in progress (an April 2017 release) is due to my editor in a couple of days and I've got lots of writing left to do. So you know what that means. It means you are getting a very quick, very short post, focusing on a couple of my books I want you to know about. If you loved … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading, Writing

The Husband Maneuver

May 19, 2016 By Karen Witemeyer

Earlier this month, my Dead-Eye Dan novella, The Husband Maneuver, released as an e-single. I've written four novellas to date (one yet to be released), and I think Dan and Marietta's story is my favorite. I just had far too much fun writing the dime novel scenes. For those of you who might not have read A Worthy Pursuit, the novel that introduced Dan and Marietta as secondary characters, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading, Writing Tagged With: Kindle novellas, The Husband Maneuver

Lessons Learned on Igniting Passion

April 28, 2016 By Cara Putman

Yesterday, Purdue University had a massive fundraising event. It was only the third year, but this event (Purdue Day of Giving) raised more than $18 million from close to 13,000 gifts. As you'll see from the photos, I kind of had fun with it. [Tweet "What can authors learn from #PurdueDayofGiving? @Cara_Putman shares. #amreading"] Through out the day there were different competitions. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: #PurdueDayofGiving, Activating Readers, Book Launch, cara putman

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