Have You Met My Friend Renee Ann Smith?
Love books? Love writing? Love reading? Well then, you should meet my friend Renee Ann Smith. She’s a high school teacher by day and inspirational fiction writer by night. Her blog is filled with inspiration like Book Reviews, Blogging Helps, Quotes, Kindle Freebies and a passel of great resources to Be Inspired. Renee shares all this plus devotion and stories of inspirational folks on her blog Doorkeeper (www.reneeannsmith.com). Reading through her blog, you discover the inspiration for creating it came from the men and women who muscled through some challenge or problem in life, and then beckoned her through the door they had opened, calling, “I found the way. Follow me.” Renee is also a member of The Kindred, a sweet little group of Christian book...
Read MoreHappy Birthday, My Son
Hard to believe that my son turns 32 today. Harder still to believe that he will be getting married in just a few weeks.
Read MoreBe Careful Not to Miss This
It’s been a very busy week. Sometimes, when there is so much going on, we can get lost in the enormity of life’s distractions. We get lost in the busyness of life and begin to feel insignificant and unimportant. “You are not being careful. And you are missing it.” ~Moira Banning, from Hook the movie If you haven’t seen the movie Hook, I highly recommend it. The quote above is from Moira Banning, the wife of the grown up Peter Pan. She is trying to get her husband to stop the maddening busyness and enjoy their children. That line from the movie Hook has been floating around in my mind ever since. I don’t want to miss it. I don’t want one single day of my life to be without wonder and awe. Life’s busyness can rob...
Read MoreWhy You Should Be Blogging
Designing websites and blogs for Christian authors and writers is becoming a passion for me. I meet so many genuine people this way. They are passionate people. God has blessed them with some incredible stories and lessons and they are bursting to share them. I get such a thrill when an author or writer sees the result of our collaboration together. Their website is their personal property on the world-wide web and I am happy to help them homestead it, if only for a while. Authors and writers often ask me why they should blog. There are a multitude of answers to that question. Search Google and you’ll find the answers vary by industry or purpose. For instance, companies need to blog for an entirely different reason that non-profit organizations do. The...
Read MoreMarkets, Submission Guidelines and Contest Deadlines for February 2012
I might be a bit late in getting this monthly update out. My apologies. It’s been a very busy month. Since I am already compiling this list for an online writers group, I’ll be adding the monthly conference information here as well. Below is this month’s list of open submissions with deadline dates and links to the information pages of the markets or groups accepting submissions. Read further for a list of markets that are continually accepting submissions. Check back each month for a new list. A huge thank you to Sally Clark who compiles and updates these lists each month on her site for Christian writers (http://www.christwriters.info/). Follow Sally on Twitter (@auslande) for the most recent news or updates. Know of any other markets,...
Read MoreWhat NOT to Bring to a Writer’s Conference
Attending a Christian writers conference is both challenging and exhilarating. Conference season is right around the corner and Christian writers everywhere will be working on elevator pitches, editing their proposals and reviewing schedules and workshops. Instead of presenting you a list of what to bring to a conference, I’d like to offer my advice on what NOT to bring. The one thing you don’t need at a Christian writers conference is fear. Fear is debilitating. It binds and enslaves. It creeps into your mind and divides your thoughts leaving you feeling overwhelmed and full of self-doubt. Writers, as well as any other creative thinkers, get pummeled (almost daily) with self-doubt. If we allow that doubt to overwhelm us, we are participating in...
Read MoreThe Story of St. Valentine, X’s and O’s
For this Valentine’s Day, I’d like to share with you an excerpt from Bill Federer’s American Minute. William J. Federer is a nationally known speaker and president of Amerisearch, Inc., a publishing company dedicated to researching America’s noble heritage. If you are familiar with Bill Federer, learn more about him visiting his website, American Minute, or find him on Facebook using this LINK. I highly recommend signing up for email updates from this site. You’ll receive rich stories of unique historical moments. Today’s post was, of course, about St. Valentine. As I read it, I realized that mercy given to those who persecute you is powerful. Read the story of St. Valentine below to understand why. ...
Read MoreAbout Keiki
Keiki Hendrix writes bible studies, devotions, and non-fiction books for women. She has a passion for discovering wonder.
On her website The Vessel Project, a website for those who love Christian books, she publishes author interviews from both published and emerging authors, book reviews, new releases, free resources and news about Christian publishing.
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