Mary Kay Moody

Writers Tips

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Here you’ll find writers tips I wish I’d known before I started writing fiction.

Links to helpful sites and just plain FUN!

Writing is first heart and art.

Pour your story and your heart onto the page before you scrutinize your creation for editing.

Writing is secondly - craft.

Find a good critique group -

Where they will point out all the no-nos: passive voice, need for action tags and powerful verbs, etc.

Read. Read for fun. And study craft.

Plot and Structure by James Scott Bell

Long Ridge Writers Group has a huge archive of articles on all aspects of writing.

San Diego Christian Writers Guild - Critique groups, conference information

Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild - Writing courses, critiques, conference information

Writing is finally - business?

Attend writer’s conferences. Here is where the business is learned and connections are made. The business end of writing is all about relationships.

Randy Ingermanson synthesized marketing data and information from many sources to develop Mad Genius Marketing.

WEBSITES

Books and writers resources from Kimberlee Mendoza

Carmen Leal’s Living Links under Writer’s Resources is huge!

Grammar slammer and more answers to pesky questions.

AUGUST - The good ol' summertime

STOW GOD'S WORD

The LORD did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive. …. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children…Deut. 5:3, 6:6-7

GO LIVE GOD'S WORD:

It's been said, "God has no grandchildren." He wants a relationship with each individual in every generation. Parents cannot gain that relationship for their children. But clearly He gives parents responsibility for passing on information about God. Before the printed word, people were only one generation away from losing the information about how to connect with God. Now the written Word will continue beyond one generation. Still, we have been given a heritage to cherish and safeguard.

And I believe it is the same for my country, the United States of America. Like God, FREEDOM HAS NO GRANDCHILDREN. Only one generation ignoring the principles and values we were founded upon, refusing to stand up for them, could cause our nation's collapse. Let's guard the legacy passed to us by our ancestors. So--

1. READ God’s holy Word. 2. READ the U.S. Constitution 3. Read historical documents at Wall Builders.com to see the goals our founders had for our country. 4. Share what you learn from them with others---especially the generation following you.

JULY -- Could it be hotter? Oh, yeah.

STOW GOD'S WORD:

Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him...When I kept silent....day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer....Then I acknowledged my sin to you....LORD and you forgave....the LORD's unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him. Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; sing all you who are upright in heart! (Psalm 32:1-5, 10-11 NIV)

GO LIVE GOD'S WORD:

When the searing summer heat depletes your strength...think on the refreshment in God's forgiveness. 1. Confess 2. Repent. 3. Accept forgiveness ... then go sing and dance in the rain.