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Profanity in print?
May 03rd, 201212:14 AM ETThis is a topic of conversation with writers all of the time, particularly Christian writers. Many believe that strong emotions simply cannot be shown without it, or that really bad men can’t be portrayed without it. I agree, bad men use bad language, and I show that all the time. But I never use the language, I simply show them doing it. People ... -
Why Do You Want to Write? By NY Times best-selling author Cecil Murphey
April 30th, 201212:57 AM ETWhy do you want to write? What pushes or compels you to keep on writing even though you receive rejection after rejection? Those are the two major questions I’ve often asked writers at the more than 250 conferences where I’ve spoken or taught continuing classes over the past thirty-five years. The conferees’ responses vary, but the first on... -
Writers write… period!
April 26th, 201212:44 AM ETWhat does it take to be a writer? Apply the lower portion of our anatomy to a chair and start producing words. That’s it. A writer is someone that is committed to writing, and actively doing it. What does it take to be a published writer? Get our words out into the marketplace where they are readily available to the reading public. The “readil... -
Targeting submissions
April 19th, 201201:08 AM ETMany years ago I was the host at the Panhandle Professional Writers conference for NY agent Donald Maass. Nice guy. That meant I was with him for the whole conference. I also had an appointment with him late in the conference. By the time of the appointment I knew I wasn’t a good fit for him as a client. I also knew that pitching an agent or an e... -
So many ideas…So little time…
April 10th, 201212:10 AM ET“I don’t know what to write about. I don’t have anything to say!” How many school teachers (and college professors) have heard this pitiful cry while giving out a writing assignment? A terrible predicament it presents when one isn’t enthusiastic about writing in the first place. But the dilemma is more painful for the one with the write... -
A New “SPIN” on Fixing Your Manuscript
April 03rd, 201201:11 AM ETThe setting: Once upon a time, a village lay at the tiptop of a curious kingdom. The plot: A village maiden's life is in peril if she cannot perform magic. The subplot: Her firstborn will be taken from her if she cannot solve a riddle. The conflict: Her father, the local miller, has boasted that she can turn straw into gold. The King orders her t... -
Fiction & Fact: Why I Wrote Field of Daisies
March 28th, 201212:07 AM ETI have written articles that appeared over the years in a variety of magazines. In the 1990's Huntington House published my first full length work, Don't Touch That Dial. A research book in layman's language, it contained the findings of the country's top 25 researchers on the harms of sexual and violent media on children and the family. It was at ... -
Humbling My Heart: A Work in Progress
March 22nd, 201201:59 AM ETI wanted it so badly I could taste it. I had studied the guidelines, examined the reader profile, and scanned back issues. I was ready. Setting fingers to keyboard, I delved into writing an article for a well-known Christian magazine—my first major break into the market. The editor had accepted my query, and now I meticulously crafted each word t... -
I Hated to Read. Now I Write Books.
March 20th, 201201:14 AM ETWhen I was growing up, I hated to read. But now I'm an author. My ninth-grade teacher would drop her jaw in shock if she knew. Frankly, the transition shocked me, too. Twenty-five years ago I was in a major car accident that laid me up for about three months. At that time I turned to reading. After reading a lot of books, with strong conviction I ... -
Launching Dreams
March 16th, 201210:24 PM ETEver since I can remember, I've been passionate about launching others' dreams. It all started when, at 8 years old, I discovered a yellowed quote in a magazine that is still, more than four decades later, taped in tattered form above my desk: "I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do ever...
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