FOR WRITERS•
on August 30th, 2006•
The members of the CAN (Christian Authors Network) Marketing blog entitled We Can! promote our books, formally welcome you to join our little corner of cyberspace.
Check us out at: http://canblog.typepad.com/canbookmarketing/
Twelve authors will be participating in this blog:
- Monday: Tricia Goyer and Gail Gaymer Martin
- Tuesday: Cyndy Salzmann and Allison Bottke
- Wednesday: Suzie Eller and Sharon Hinck
- Thursday: Susie Larson and Camy Tang
- Friday: Mary E. DeMuth and Kathi Macias
- Saturday: Jill Nelson and Susan Meissner
We want this blog to be the place authors go for ideas to promote, publicize and market their books.
We’ll approach this from many different angles, with many different voices. Some of us have many books out, while others are promoting their first. We’ve all had some level of success in our marketing endeavors, and some blunders too. We’ll share interviews, insights, and creative ideas with you with humor, candor and a dose of humility.
It’s our hope that you’ll tell your friends about this new blog, that you’ll dare to make a comment or two, and that you’ll walk away from this blog with many practical and insightful ideas. Hope to see you there! Cyndy
www.cyndysalzmann.com
Latest Release: Dying to Decorate! A Friday Afternoon Club Mystery
WIP Updates•
on August 30th, 2006•
Ok, the fact that I have not posted in a while has really been working my nerves. Why? I usually don’t like to check blogs that are not updated frequently. Well, hello, I’m not doing so great myself.
WIP UPDATES
I have reached the middle of my current work in progress. All books basically have a beginning, midde and end. James Scott Bell refers to these as ACT I, ACT II and ACT III in his book, PLOT & STRUCTURE. I will post a little bit more about this in a another post.
Over the past month or so, my wip has extended into a 3 book series, which seems to be very popular these days. I think either of the book ideas can stand alone, but there is a common thread among each of them. Plus I really like the characters. Two of the women who make their first appearance in my current wip, I really felt like they had their own story to tell.
A few posts back I was torn whether or not the book is a mystery or suspense. The more my writing style has developed, it definitely more of a suspense novel.
Speaking of suspense, I finished reading Violet Dawn and will be posting my review in a week or so. Brandilyn Collins kept me up almost all night again!!! Thank goodness for caffeine or I would not have gotten much accomplished at work. Talk about pulling the suspense cord…
Fiction, REVIEWS•
on August 28th, 2006•
JADE is the second book in the Shades of Style series. Readers met Lily Chau briefly in the first book PINK (my review). Lily, an Asian American, work as a pattern maker at Garments of Praise along with Chenille, Raya and Jean. Lily dreams about having her own line of clothes and a marriage proposal from her long-time boyfriend. Unfortunately, her boyfriend continues to drag his feet and taking care of her mother has grown strenuous for Lily. read more
Nonfiction•
on August 27th, 2006•
Dr. McKinley Johnson, the youngest of seven children writes in his book NATURAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, “The seed of leadership is sown in the heart of every person. However, a leader must be placed in the right environment for this seed to germinate properly.” Whether a leader in the home, church or a large company, McKinley explains that leadership must be God-initiated. read more
Bible Study•
on August 26th, 2006•
A Woman’s Walk with God
Growing in the Fruit of the Spirit
by Elizabeth George
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 NIV
Thanks to Sunday school, many of us know the fruit of the Spirit by heart. However, as we mature in Christ we realize that knowing the fruit of the Spirit is a whole lot easier than producing it within the context of our relationships with God and others. In A Woman’s Walk with God Elizabeth George will show you how rooting yourself in God’s grace and practicing the gracious habits of the Spirit will enable you to produce fruit that will last!
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TY's MIX•
on August 18th, 2006•
I’ve been writing fiction on and off during the years. I started writing book reviews in 2001. I fell into this hobby, when it seemed like all of sudden publishers ands authors discovered my site Faithwebbin.net. I had a very small section on the site about Christian books. Thanks to a client, Marina Woods, over at Good Girl Book Club Online, I took my reading to another level as I discovered the world of Christian fiction. I highlighted a few of these books each month. Someone noticed … actually several people noticed … and started sending me more books. Thus book reviewing has become a way for me to share good books as well as develop my writing.
After a while, the books became a little overwhelming so I sent out a request for book reviewers via the web. There are several ladies around the U.S. that help me review books each week. If you want to read our reviews for a wide variety of Christian fiction and non-fiction, check out Christian Bookshelf Reviews (CB Reviews).
Drop me a line if you are interested in becoming a CB Reviewer!
If you are a person who loves reading a great book series, we have lots of popular Christian book series listed on the site as well.
Fiction, REVIEWS•
on August 17th, 2006•
A few days ago I mentioned two books that I really loved reading this summer. The first book was Waking Lazarus by T. L. Hines. The second book is Murder, Mayhem and A Fine Man by Claudia Mair Burney (visit blog). The first book in the Amanda Bell series introduces readers to one sassy heroine.
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