Markets, Submission Guidelines and Contest Deadlines for January 2012
Looking for a place to submit your articles, devotions, or stories? Are you interested in entering a writing contest or contributing to an anthology? Well, you’ve come to the ‘write’ place. Below is a 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, contests or deadlines? Feel free to leave a comment and I...
Read MoreChristian Authors & Writers on Twitter
This list of Christian authors on Twitter was originally posted on The Vessel Project on April 2, 2009 and titled Christian Authors to Follow on Twitter. Since the focus of this site is articles about web design, social media, marketing and other articles of interest to the Christian author, I’ve moved the list here. This list includes Christian authors and writers in all genre’s, so, click a link and check out the Twitter stream of one of your favorite authors or discover some new ones. If you would like to be added to the list, please leave a comment. Sur names ending in… —– A —– Stacy Hawkins Adams; Rachel Alkire; Christa Allan; Randy Alcorn; Tamara Alexander; David Alves; Andy Andrews; Mesu Andrews; Sandra...
Read MoreSocial Media & Marketing Tips for Authors: Simplicity in Blog Design
This article is part of Social Media & Marketing Tips for Authors series and addresses the specific needs of Christian Authors. When creating a web site or blog as your author site, it’s important to keep things simple. Your web site is your virtual property, your home on the web. Just as in the real world, your home or office address should be attractive and well maintained. Simplicity in the web design is key. In a recent CopyBlogger article The Amish Guide to Intelligent Web Design, Pamela Wilson describes “…how to achieve the kind of simplicity that leads to a sophisticated, ultra-functional website…” by contrasting web design with the ‘plain’ life of the Amish. She identifies the following key...
Read MorePrompt and Productive
Sometimes writers need to kick-start their muse. Creativity to writers is like fuel for your car. It is what takes us from here to there. Without a healthy gush of creativity now and again, we find ourselves stuck and unable to go forward. When you find yourself running on ‘creative’ empty, try using some of the following writing prompts. This is just a quick list and you may know of more. If you do, feel free to leave a link in the comments with your favorites. Online Prompt Generators and Sites Creative Writing Prompts - lists 346 writing prompt questions. Hover over a number to view the prompt. There’s a range of prompt questions here from “What is your greatest fear?” to 90 second observation drills. My take: Bookmarked Easy...
Read MoreFree Character Building Questionnaire
The Character Building Workshop is an independent study of your characters using these online questionnaires. The process of filling out the forms will help you, the writer, learn about your characters on a more in-depth level
Read MoreSocial Media Tips: Bitly
For those just entering the world of social media, I want to provide some helpful, free and easy resources available to you. One of these resources is bitly, a URL shortening service. It’s free, it couldn’t be any easier to use, and it offers the ability to track usage or clicks which can help you determine which types of your articles are most popular and which platform is sharing your links the most. There are dozens of other URL shorteners available (see Mashable’s list HERE) but my choice is bitly. Let’s say you want to share a rather lengthy URL on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or other Social Media Platforms. You don’t want the entire URL to appear in your status update because such long links are annoying and tend to turn...
Read MoreThe Writers View II
Are you a member of The Writer’s View 2 (TWV2)? Perhaps you should join. If you are a Christian writer or an emerging Christian author, TWV2 is an excellent resource offered free of charge. TWV2 is a group of authors, editors and publishers who serve as panelist to a member base of Christian writers. Each week, the panelist prompt discussion with new ideas and questions. The group members engage with their responses. A member can choose to respond to the weekly discussion topics or they can just read the responses of other members. TWV2 is very much like a FREE online writing conference. If you are an emerging author, I highly recommend joining TWV2 Yahoo Group. I serve as the Update Editor for TWV2 and offer lists of markets, writers...
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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.
Keiki also designs web sites for Christian authors and other organizations. For a complete list of her recent work, visit her portfolio page. Authors & Writers on Twitter
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