This short and sweet post highlights ALL my digital writing products. You'll get them all for a heavily discounted rate for one week. Yep, just until next Tuesday August 8th. Here's what you'll get: Learn how to strategically launch your book--a checklist of nearly...
When our youngest, Julia, was two, she broke her arm, thus inaugurating her era of arm breaking. The first break involved a corncob. She sat on her big girl chair, vice-gripping said corncob like it was gold, and she a hungry prospector. Butter dripped between her...
After much angst and prayer, I've decided to bring my writing intensive to the states! (I've only done these overseas!) I'm opening this up in response to several of you who have asked for it. So if you're writing a book and you'd like intensive mentoring, consider...
I awoke from the dream with the words red tape and red carpet floating through my mind. I couldn't remember my dream, but the words lingered in the dawn. As I readied myself for the day, it all made sense. For far too long, I've been living a red tape life, as if...
"We want to be like the nations around us." 1 Samuel 8:20 8 words. Spoken by the Israelites who looked around and saw something they didn't have: a king. All the other nations had one, why not them? Isn't that where our discontentment starts? We want to be like the...
I wonder... if people who want to share a Jesus-message have mentors who will steer them toward the kingdom of God rather than the kingdom of the way things work in this world. I wonder... if perhaps we're chasing after advice that seems to be logical but emaciates...
He is counterintuitive. When He builds His kingdom, He uses the strangest items: mustard seeds (so small), water (so pedestrian), remnants (clothing castoffs), leaven (not the bread but the bubbles that expand it), salt (elemental). And yet, we think that to serve...
I’m a speaker. I make a living sharing about Jesus in a wide variety of ways—teaching classes, keynoting, shouldering weekend retreats. Because of this, I’ve also connected with many speakers and watched their lives and presentations. I’ve been able to see what makes...
So grab a piece of notebook paper. I'm going to share with you something that truly changed my life. I did this exercise a few years ago at the prodding of a wise business coach. In the moment it helped me form a giant AHA, but its repercussions stay with me today,...
This is a guest post by Susan May Warren, my awesome novelist friend, to celebrate our compilation BARGAIN book on writing. If you're an aspiring writer, longing to be published, pick up your awesome purchase of 99 cents here! So, here's Susan! Oh and here she is: me,...
Last month I asked if you'd be willing to take a survey to help me understand how I was helping you in this crazy journey of life. I'm grateful for over 200 people who gave amazing feedback. Here are some fascinating things I learned from you. How I Help You Most of...
Recently I was asked on a podcast episode whether it was taxing to be sharing so openly. Did I grow weary of it? My answer? Yes. There are times when I want to be quiet and anonymous and small, wearied of the disclosure. There are times when I think, why can't I be a...