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Overcoming Story Obstacles

January 12, 2022 By Dani Pettrey

Happy Wednesday, friends! I hope your New Year is off to a great start. I thought it would be fun to answer a variety of reader questions I’ve received in my next few posts. Two questions I often get are: “How do you stay inspired to write?” and “How do you overcome writer’s block?” I’m mentioning both questions because I believe the answer is the same, and I found it in a book that I read years … [Read more...]

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My Happy Place: Time with Writers

July 25, 2019 By Cara Putman

This week I've been in Nashville with several of my author friends at an author summit at our publisher, Thomas Nelson/Harper Collins Christian Publishing. This has been a great week to connect with my buddies, editors, and marketing team. I have been geeking out on the big picture and learning so much. As authors, writing the book is only one piece of the process. Then we have to figure out … [Read more...]

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Suggestions for the Off-Deadline Writer

June 14, 2018 By Cara Putman

The last two and a half weeks I have been a page proof and writing queen.  I spent a week giving Delayed Justice its last read -- what we call the page proof stage. Now that novel is on its way to the printer preparing for its October release date. I'm getting excited and nervous about this book's release. Just part of the life cycle of a writer. [Tweet "Have a writer in your life? @cara_Putman … [Read more...]

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