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Marketing is All About People
Remember the 1980ās movie āField of Dreamsā with Kevin Costner? He plays a farmer who is roaming out in his field one day, and he hears a voice. āBuild it and he will come.ā He has no idea what the voice means until...
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The Introverted Writerās Dilemma
There are many advantages to being an introverted writer. You enjoy being alone, which is a big benefit when trying to get your writing done. Youād mostly rather spend your time with books than people, which can help...
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Melissa Bloom on Moving Past Fear, Doubt, and Overwhelm
Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Writer. For a while now, Iāve been wanting to do a series of conversations focused around mental health for writers. Everybody knows mental health is important, and we see...
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Becky Kopitzke on Making Money and Serving God with Your Writing
If youāve been listening to this podcast for a while, youāre probably familiar with my story. I used to be a pastor, then I was a teacher at a Christian college for a long time before I made ghostwriting and coaching...
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Fundamentally Trustworthy
Much has been written about the voice that lives in every writerās head. We normally think and talk about this voice as a bad thing. So, itās not a surprise that we think of that voice as untrustworthy. But if you...
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How to Instantly Multiply Your Ideas
John Steinbeck said, āIdeas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.ā Writers are known for their creativity, but the truth is that the well sometimes runs...
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Be a Person of Value
Every writer talks about wanting success, but what does success actually mean? How do you measure it? Is it even a worthy goal in the first place? Those are valid questions, but they arenāt what we should be asking...
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Are You Listening to Your Life?
Author and teacher Parker Palmer wrote a profound little book calledĀ Let Your Life Speak. In the book, he writes, āBefore I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.āĀ Ā ...
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Make Your Own Luck
The greatest superhero movie ever made is 2008āsĀ The Dark Knight. The movie is admired for many reasons, the biggest of which is Heath Ledgerās amazing performance as Batmanās arch-nemesis, the Joker. But one of the...
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Whose Advice Are You Taking?
One of the most fascinating aspects of being a writer is that lots of people are eager to give you advice. In fact, there is a giant industry of books, conferences, retreats, coaching, and podcasts (this being one of...
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Writing The Go-Giver Marriage (with John David & Ana Mann)
Picture this: You are the co-author of an enormously successful business book series. You want to write another book in the series, but itās on a very different topic than the others. You also want to write it with...
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From the Shelf to the Stage: Hosting a Powerful Live Event (with Phyllis Jenkins)
Iām excited today to feature a conversation with my good friend Phyllis Jenkins, who is here to help authors get a handle on how to put together a powerful live event that can impact lives. Phyllis is a...
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