“If you simply manage to write in spoken language, you’ll be ahead of 95% of writers. And it’s so easy to do: just don’t let a sentence through unless it’s the way you’d say it to a friend.”
Source: Write Like You Talk by Paul Graham
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Elisabeth, Merianna, and Sam talk about the commodity of content and how authors should disseminate that information. They advise authors that they shouldn’t help the rich get richer, but help build their own audience.
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Elisabeth and Merianna talk about their upcoming conference and why they continue to work in the field of publishing. They also talk about what makes you an expert and when you can call yourself an expert. Elisabeth reminds them both that: “That’s what we do, make it possible for people to get published.”
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Last night at a meeting in Lexington, I had a glass of ice water for first time in two weeks.
We don’t have drinking water available in our home or at the office here in Columbia. We still do have a house with all of our belongings and memories, though. We also have bottled water.
I can’t express how much I now prefer a glass of iced water to a bottle of water.
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Elisabeth and Merianna talk about building audience and expanding your market as a solopreneur. They talk about the stresses and joys of owning your business. They also talk about the progress in their own writing projects.
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Elisabeth and Merianna talk about developing the place as you write a manuscript and the dilemma of floating characters. They also discuss the stalling or need to take a break that comes after pressing send and how to overcome that and continue to write!
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“I am tired of apologizing! As much as I know I should just listen to the Frozen soundtrack and just Let It Go!, there comes a time when letting it go is consent! No more! Mike Huckabee, if you want to claim to be a Baptist, a minister, even a Christian, please take some time to read the Bible!”
Source: I’m Tired of Saying “I’m Sorry!” | Didn’t Make the Sermon
Amen. It’s time for us to stand up and (re)claim what it means to be a baptist.
If you get upset when people mispronounce Suetonius, you should listen to Thinking Religion with Thomas Whitley and me.
We love you and we feel your pain.
“We were never commissioned to demand that secular culture reflect biblical principles. We were commissioned to reflect biblical principles in the middle of secular culture, pointing to God’s redemptive story.”
Source: Christians Shouldn’t Be Culture’s Morality Police | RELEVANT Magazine
Good article that I wish more people of faith would read. There’s no shame in actually following Jesus and his example of communing with those who disagreed with him and who were labeled as “bad folks” in his culture.
Thanks for passing on, Merianna.
