Meet Aiden—exuberant and full of imagination If you're just joining us, you'll want to catch up by reading Step One: Assemble the Team and Step Two: Complete Storyboard. Step Three: Meet the CharactersWhile I worked on the... Read More
At the Write to Inspire Conference, August 26, 2011, twelve chosen writers will pitch their manuscript to Literary Agent Karen Ball. If you are one of these people, do you have a plan? Here are a few “tricks of the trade:” Plan... Read More
After one look at the conference agenda, I couldn’t find one reason why I should pass up the opportunity to attend the 2011 Write to Inspire conference in Elk Grove, CA. But, I found 10 reasons why I couldn’t risk missing it! 10... Read More
Inspire Christian Writers proudly announces the winners of the 2011 Write to Inspire Conference Writing Contest: Here are all the finalists with Karen Ball and Ginny Yttrup. From left to right: Jennifer Sienes, Karen Ball, Susan Gregory and... Read More
I completed the draft of the storyboard for The Prisoner of Carrot Castle and sent it to Nur (developer) for comment. Once we settled on the storyboard, it went on to Kate (illustrator) so she could get started on the scene art and come up... Read More
I have a confession to make. Last week I was so plagued by self-doubt and insecurities that I almost canceled my registration for the ACFW conference in September. Who am I to think I’m ready to attend a writers conference? My book... Read More
I read a blog post once and I’d love to give the author credit, but for the life of me I can’t remember where I saw it. The takeaway from the post, however, was genius, and went something like this: Debut authors have no idea how to... Read More
Today we have a special treat for you--an interview with Ginny Yttrup, celebrated author of Words and guest speaker for the 2011 Write to Inspire Conference. We wanted to let you get to know Ginny a little before the conference. We know you'll... Read More
This has been a year of firsts for me. I began my first blog. I was a keynote speaker for the first time. I saw my first client as a marriage & family therapist. I attended my first writer’s conference. In July, I had the opportunity to... Read More
I am marching forward with my plans to make my picture book, The Prisoner of Carrot Castle, into an iPad app. I researched how to put this all together and thought readers of this blog would find following the project helpful. We are working... Read More