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Crowd Funding Course for Authors
When I was at Mount Hermon, I met with Thomas Umstadt from Author Media. He did a presentation on how to use crowd funding platforms like Kickstarter or Indiegogo to finance independent publishing projects. This is an awesome new option for … Continue reading
Posted in crowd funding, Writing
Tagged crowd funding, indie publishing, Indiegogo, Kickstarter, writing
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My Experience with the Promising Beginnings Contest
I began working on the manuscript for A Wife of Valor: Your Strategic Importance in God’s Battle Plan back in December, 2012. The main premise of the book is that marriage is not just a nice human convention, but an … Continue reading
Paid in Full
The Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference was phenomenal. I attended the non-fiction mentor track. As someone with a bachelor’s degree in English and several years’ experience in freelance writing, I thought I knew what I was doing. Under the expert … Continue reading
Gratitude
Just before Thanksgiving, I wrote a post about jealosy. I was struggling with envy over all the ways God had been blessing other writers that I knew. Right now, I think it is only fitting for me to share all … Continue reading
Posted in God's Grace, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Thanksgiving
Tagged Gratitude, Jealousy
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Week 7—Combating the Influence of the Immoral Woman on our Attitudes and in our Marriages: Proverbs 9:17 and Proverbs 5:15-21
What Class Participants said they found most thought-provoking, challenging, or helpful: “Wow! It was all terrific. Recognizing that we are to be helping our husbands fight the enemy is central, and not always emphasized.” “That men’s visual nature was intended … Continue reading
Posted in Body Image, C.S. Lewis, Love, Marriage, Spirituality, Womanhood
Tagged marital bonding, spiritual strongholds
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Week 6–Exposing the Lies of the Adulteress: Proverbs 9:17 and Proverbs 5:15-21
What Class Participants said they found most thought-provoking, challenging, or helpful: “As a mother or young boys, I started thinking about age-appropriate ways to introduce these topics and help them guard against sexual temptation.” “I loved the discussion of the … Continue reading
Posted in Body Image, C.S. Lewis, Jesus, Kids, Love, Marriage, Mothering, Spirituality, Womanhood
Tagged Blue Like Jazz, Screwtape Letters, Temptation
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Week 5–Your Family Battleship
What Class Participants said they found most thought-provoking, challenging, or helpful: “It is difficult for a husband to lead when the troops are not lining up behind him or encouraging him.” “The analogy of the husband/wife relationship to that of … Continue reading
Week 4–How Sarah Learned to Hope in God: I Peter 3:1-7 and Genesis 17,18 & 20
What Class Participants said they found most thought-provoking, challenging, or helpful: “The nuances of this discussion have been very helpful in giving me what I have been seeking for some time…what does God REALLY want from wives?” “I am only … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Marriage, Spirituality, Womanhood
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Week 3–Manipulation and Control vs. Asking for Help: Case studies of Biblical Women
What Class Participants said they found most thought-provoking, challenging, or helpful: “The stories of Bible women showed how each woman’s choices affected her family, and future generations, as well as her marriage, some negatively and some positively.” “A noble and … Continue reading
Week 2–Unity in Diversity and Interdependence in Marriage
What Class Participants said they found most thought-provoking, challenging or helpful: “I want to have the wisdom to teach my daughter how to have the right attitude about being a woman, and not the attitudes I had. Our true value … Continue reading
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