In several previous posts I’ve discussed the need to wear both a business hat and a writing hat if you want to become a successful author. (You can find those posts, which are part of my new book, The Author Training Manual, being blogged here, by clicking on this link.) If you feel resistant to putting on a business hat,…
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Approach to Prayer Wednesday The act of confession typically involves the telling of one’s perceived sins to a religious official, like a priest or another who has the power to forgive. In my opinion, confessions are controversial because they put the power of forgiveness and healing into man, when such power is best left to God himself. Others may feel…
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This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. To reach your goal of becoming a successful published author, you must do more than write. You have to become a writer entrepreneur. You will have to wear a business hat. You are now in the publishing…
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Prayer Definitions Monday Are you familiar with intercessory prayers? They are prayers that we, as a person or group, offer on behalf of others. For example, when we hear that a family in our community has lost a child to cancer, we feel their pain and say to them, “I’m sorry. I will keep you in my prayers.” There are…
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Group Prayer Friday The concept of group prayer fascinates me. What do you think of group prayer? Is it possible for there to be some sort of universal definition of prayer that people can agree upon? For today’s prompt, we delve into one group’s idea of a universal prayer ? the concept of coexistence, which means that it is possible…
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