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BOOK OF DAVID, pt 1: How To Encourage Those Of Faith Without Losing Sight Of Your Own Beliefs

March 4, 2019 by

The real post title is Book of David and how I encourage those of faith without losing sight of MY own beliefs. I went second person plural in the title to create community, so it’s not all about me all the time. That’s my secret. Most writers don’t pull back the curtain back that. You’re […]

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WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID. IT’LL BE FUN, 2

January 18, 2019 by

    What is the goal of writing a book? To get readers to turn the page. Such a modest goal. Should there be any other? I call it a building block, that’s what I call goals. What happens when you achieve your goals, when you have readers turning to the next page. Write another […]

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WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID, IT’LL BE FUN

January 17, 2019 by

    Long form writing is like a walk in the woods with no map. In the dark. With animal noises. And cliffs on both sides of the trail. If that isn’t a picture of adventure, what is? And all you need to do is sit down and write. And stay down. For a long […]

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AUTHOR PHOTOS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS? Pt.3

March 18, 2018 by

    Demonstrate how a book works?   You can hold it, turn pages, but a book works in other ways.   They hold doors open, shine light, give hope.   An author thinks they’ve done one thing, but a reader takes it another way, which is the magic of book. We get to make […]

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WHO NEEDS A BOOK TRAILER?

June 11, 2016 by

It starts with a book, then a book trailer. A book trailer is a preview, like the movie previews you watch before the movie you paid to see. Tonya Hamilton wrote a book, Wrestling With The Devil. A review of her book made it to BoomerPdx. We like books around here, the idea of books, […]

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