Emily of Deep Valley
Yolanda M. Johnson-Bryant

Publicity - Everyone Needs It

Promoting Your Book During the Holiday Season

ABP—No, that doesn’t stand for all points bulletin. It stands for Always Be Promoting. It is important to promote your work year-round, but it is imperative to promote during the holiday season. According to Entrepreneur magazine, the holiday season starts after Halloween and ends New Year’s Day. It is most important to promote your work during this time of year...


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Angela Breidenbach

ACFW Happenings

The Legacy of Goals

Are you falling apart from fatigue as a go-getter? Deadlines, contests, jobs, families, and even volunteer commitments pull a writer from every side. What do you do when the many hours in front of a computer take their toll on your weary eyes and cause headaches? But you’re not a quitter! After all, your kids are watching. 


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Terry Burns

Heard It Thru Hartline

Answers From The Agent

What makes a Christian fiction book?”


I told them that it’s not what’s not in the book (language, sex, or gratuitous violence) that makes the difference, but what’s in it: some degree of faith content. There are also two types of Christian fiction: those that encourage and entertain the faithful, and those that are for...


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Wanda Dyson

Conference Corner

How NOT to Get Published

Laughter Alert! You have to watch this video!!!


It’s almost time to put 2010 behind us and look forward to a new year of writing, editing, and conferences. There are a lot of conferences to choose from, so which one is best for you? That’s something only you can decide, but here are some of the things to consider.


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