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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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Episode 131: Self Publishing Tips: How to Use Hashtags

Hey there, Indies!

I saw an ad for a car insurance policy the other night, in which the entirety of the plot hinged upon the confusion caused by hashtags. The premise was, “only people “of a certain age” have this issue; but the more we chat about hashtags on the podcast, the more the other hosts and I realize uncertainty abounds upon this subject among folks of all age groups*.

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Episode 122: Top 10 Productivity Tips for Writers

Dear Christian Indies,

After having Becca Syme on the podcast and realizing the potential of harnessing our top five traits, we four hosts were more inspired than ever to set and achieve goals for the podcast! So, we have a list of Top Ten Tips for Productivity to share with you on this week’s episode!

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Episode 120: Writing as a business – “I wrote a business plan – now what?”

Dear Christian Indies,

I don’t know about you, but after wrapping up the business plan episodes last week, I was about ready to wrap my head in vinegar and brown paper and, “surrender, Dorothy!” I mean, seriously – the amount of content we’ve poured into you in just a couple of weeks must be kind of overwhelming; in just a few hours, we’ve managed to cover so much – why you need a business plan, what you should include, but also all the many decisions which must be made before you are able to put pen to paper.

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Episode 117: Writing as a Business: Career or Hobby?

Hey there, Christian Indies!

I am here to woo you back!

It’s been a long time since we reached out to you all – but that’s only because we’ve been being holly-jolly with our friends and family.  (Can you blame us? I mean, you’ve seen Teddy.)  Now, I’m here to woo you over to your Friday “happy place!”  That’s right – The Christian Indie Writers are back on 1/08/2021, for another year filled with information, encouragement, support, (and shenanigans!), to accompany your journey toward publication! 

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Episode 114: T.G.I.O

Hey Christian Indies,

November is over, and that means National Novel Writing Month 2020 is officially in the books. It’s been a crazy thirty days for us on the podcast, and from what we are seeing in the chat, the same is true for all of you out there! In spite of it all, we have endured! Our word count goals? Not so much. Just kidding! We even have a couple of projected NaNo winners on the show as I compose this newsletter!
Tune in this week for our post-NaNo, 2020 report. You’ll Find out answers to questions such as:
Did Jen Finish her contemporary? 
Did Tina finish the first draft of her sequel to LOST? 
What was it like for Jen to host LIVE sprints (hint, she was able to connect us with some AWESOME new listeners)!
Did Tina survive hosting a BOOKLAUNCH during NaNoWriMo?

…and more! 

We also will be checking in with you, our awesome listeners/viewers! Whether you absolutely CRUSHED your word count goal or are just a few words ahead of where you started out on November 1st, we want to kno how National Novel Writing Month went for you! We’ve been cheering you on all month long and it will be so great to celebrate your success.

Looking forward to seeing you there,

Jamie
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