Lydia's Charm
Yolanda M. Johnson-Bryant

Publicity - Everyone Needs It

To Buy Or Not To Buy

Congratulations! You’ve set up a great-looking Website for your books and writing. Last month we talked about the key reasons for having a Website. Now let’s talk about a key component of your site: e-commerce. You didn’t think you would get viewers to your site just to gawk at the pretty colors and graphics, did you? Now that you have a Website, why not use it to make money? You’ve enticed potential buyers to browse your goods and services, now sell them.


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Angela Breidenbach

ACFW Happenings

The Carol Awards/ He Said/She Said:
 Part 3

Rich in significance, the Carol Awards ceremony highlighted brilliance in Christian fiction while honoring a pioneering heroine in the industry, Carol Johnson. Mrs. Johnson attended the ACFW conference in Indianapolis to receive the first Life Time Achievement Award ever presented by the American Christian Fiction Writers. She also honored...


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Tamela Hancock Murray

Heard It Thru Hartline

Answers From The Agents

Why do agents ask for so much in their submission guidelines?


We have to know who you are as a person; we need to know something of your education and your background. Have you been published? Do you have a platform? Then we want to know what you are willing to do to promote the book. Are you willing to spend some money to get this book out, are you on Facebook...


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Wanda Dyson

Conference Corner

Conference Wrap-up

Well, the ACFW conference is over. Months of building up in anticipation, four days of rushing around, and then suddenly you’re on a plane headed home. You have pictures in your cell phone as a reminder that you really were there and you really had a great time, but you’re just too tired to think.


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