By Lynette Eason @LynetteEason Hi everyone, this is Lynette Eason here with my photographer hat on. You might have read the title of this post, and if you know what I write (romantic suspense), then you might have been a little worried. Well, let me put your fears at ease.…

By: Eva Marie Everson, Contest Director The 2022 Selah Awards finalists have been named! This year’s contest has been the most intense with the highest number of entries at the highest level of competition. With 440 entries, the competition was fierce to say the least.  The goal of The Selah…

@Tamela_Murray Each author is unique, so are proposals. This series doesn’t cover all possible categories but highlights many challenging components of book-proposal writing. My goal is to help authors know what editors and agents want to see and to offer tips on how to get out of the slush pile…

By Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted I recently corresponded with a writer who told me she attended a conference where pitching your work seemed to be “the thing,” but at the same time, there were no classes to help her learn how to pitch. This greatly disturbed me because, though pitching your…

By Twila Belk @TwilaBelk Are you familiar with the story in Numbers 13-14?  God told Moses to send one leader from each ancestral tribe to explore the land of Canaan. He emphasized that it was the land He was giving to the Israelites. So, Moses did as God commanded and…

by Alycia W. Morales   @AlyciaMorales Networking at a conference is one of the best things you can do for your writing career. But if you're new, you may not know where to start when you enter a room filled with a few hundred people. Especially if you're like most writers…