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Episode 153: NaNoWriMo: Tips for Pantsers

Dear Christian Indies,

We’ve had lots of interest in our episodes about writing craft, by which we mean the process of making your writing better. After all,it is one thing to have a beautiful cover and an excellent blurb to entice the reader to pull the trigger and give your book a chance, but it is also nice to fulfil the reader’s expectation for a well-written book.

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Writing Sprints Inspiration: Jenifer

If you missed last week’s episode, you missed a great one. You can watch the replay here.
As always, the ladies of the podcast created some great pieces of writing from this sprint prompt. This week, the prompt was: Autumn leaves. We really enjoyed Jenifer’s take on the prompt, and we think you will as well! Enjoy, and make sure you reach out to her to let her know you want her to finish this story!

Autumn Leaves

The brittle crunch of the leaves, long ago fallen from their original home but left unattended by the homeowners that lived in the “city” of the tiny town I grew up in will forever be a memory etched in my mind.

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Episode 151: NaNoWriMo: Prepping for Preptober

Dear Christian Indies,

I moved to Florida three years ago, and this time of year has caused a bout of homesickness to overwhelm me each and every time the calendar moves from August to September. In my home state of Michigan, the leaves are turning color, the temperatures are falling, and the squirrels are getting plump as they prepare to hunker down for the long, cold winter.

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Episode 149: Self-Publishing Tips: SEO for Authors

Dear Christian Indies,

This week, we’re talking SEO.

Any guesses as to what this might be?

A model of car?
An abbreviation for a corporate position?

No, SEO stands for “Search Engine Optimization,” a phrase which may intimidate many. For one thing, many beginning writers may not even know what is meant by the term, “search engine.”

This week on the podcast, we are delving into the mystery that is Search Engine Optimization, with the intent of giving even the newest writers the fundamentals they need to improve their website traffic and grow their author platform.

See you there,

Jamie

Episode 145: Writer’s Life: Superstitions: Writing on the Wall

Dear Christian Indie,

We are so excited to be celebrating Rhonda’s birthday on the upcoming podcast; iIt is helping the superstitious among us to deal with the fact that a Friday the 13th is going to be upon us!

Dun, dun, dunnnn!

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Jen’s Picks of the Week

Hello fellow writer!
Can you believe July is almost over? It has been a beautiful summer here in Michigan where I live with my family and our ever growing population of animals. And because the weather has been so fantastic, I have been spending a lot of time outside working on projects. Okay, more like supervising my husband work on the projects I come up with, but hey…I’m still outside!I love to listen to stuff while I work outside….music, podcasts, my children playing. And I hear a lot of great stuff that I think you’ll find beneficial (not my kids playing. They’re cute, but not sure you’ll gain anything from listening to them argue over who gets the tree swing next.) 

So, here is a list of what I listened to the past week that I think you might find beneficial…

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Episode 138: Self-Publishing Tips: How to Choose a Narrator for Your Audiobook

Hey Christian Indies,

When Christina Cattane set forth to choose a narrator for her number 1 bestselling book Lost in the Land of the Midnight Sun, she was determined to get a voice as authentic to her narrator voice as possible.  She didn’t think her odds were great – there were many dialects represented in the audiobook world, but not too many who claimed to read with an authentic Alaskan dialect. 

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Episode 136: What is Acceptable to Christian Readers?

Dear Indie,

We’ve talked in the past about the challenges of writing about your faith, but there is more to pleasing a Christian reading audience than writing specifically within the Christian genre. In fact, there are a whole host of genres wherein a Christian can find readership. Thus, the dilemma – how much is “too” much of the “world” to sprinkle into your writing?

We’re going to take on this meaty subject. You won’t want to miss it.

See you there,


-Jamie

Episode 133: Essential Writing Tips: Get to Know Your Characters

Hey Christian Indies,

We’re kicking off a new series this week entitled, “Essential Writing Tips.” With this series, we hope to really dig into the “first things first” elements of writing. This week, we’re starting with getting to know your characters. 

You might wonder, “how am I supposed to get to know an imaginary person?”  or, “why would you bother to do so?”

In response, I offer this challenge; think about your favorite character from a book. Now, imagine you learn the author is planning to kill that person off in the next novel.

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