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Encouragement for Writers
As we prepare to gather around the table with family and friends, there's so much to be thankful for. As writers, we possess the special gift of expressing our gratitude in creative and innovative ways. One of these ways is through the beautiful medium of poetry. Since poetry is one of my favorite genres, here is a Thanksgiving list I've compiled in poetic form:
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Returning to your default settings- A lesson from Peter
"Lord, you know everything. You know that I Love you." Jesus said. "Feed my sheep. John 21:17B (NLT) Have you ever noticed how a computer...
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Aug 20, 20242 min read
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CREATING A GREAT TITLE AND SUBTITLE FOR YOUR BOOK!
The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? Awaken: 90 Days with the God Who Speaks Woman, thou art loosed: Healing the wounds...
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Aug 13, 20241 min read
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What is your "Why"?
I enjoy living out the call of writing for the kingdom, but there are some days when I simply don't feel like writing. Some days when the...
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Aug 1, 20241 min read
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Why I may not like your book
I saw a movie the other night with friends. A movie we thought would be fun to watch and provide us with the humor we all desperately...
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Feb 13, 20231 min read
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Making it count!
Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; No, I strike a blow to my body and make...
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Sep 8, 20202 min read
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Climbing mountains and scaling walls
In your strength I can crush an army. With my God I can scale any wall. Psalms 18:29, NLT But I have given as much I know how to give. I...
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Aug 14, 20202 min read
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Is self-publishing your book right for you?
I am currently in the process of publishing another book and at the stage of having to choose a cover design. And because I have spent...
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Aug 14, 20201 min read
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Let it go!
"Ms. Stokes, your manuscript has been received." This is the message I received today after submitting my manuscript to a publisher who...
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May 25, 20202 min read
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How to be like Mike
I enjoy watching documentaries of how great athletes came into being. And watching the documentary called The Last Dance these last few...
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May 18, 20201 min read
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Writing through your pain
I didn’t feel like writing my blog post today. I needed to write my blog post so I'd have it ready to include in my weekly newsletter,...
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Apr 21, 20202 min read
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Are you being smart while you're sheltering in?
Lewis Carroll’s book, Alice In Wonderland, perfectly illustrates the importance of goal setting during an exchange between Alice and the...
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Apr 21, 20202 min read
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The top ten lessons I've learned as a self-published author
Can you believe it? Another year is almost done.. And as I reflect today on the lessons I’ve learned in 2019 as a self-published author,...
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Dec 31, 20194 min read
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What's your story?
At the Lord’s directions, Moses kept a written record of their progress. Numbers 33:2 NLT Recently I attended the funeral of a friend’s...
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Oct 1, 20191 min read
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Writing to make disciples
Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the son and the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19, 20,...
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Aug 13, 20192 min read
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Are you paying attention?
One day, while Moses was taking care of his father-in-law’s sheep in the land of Midian, he noticed a bush engulfed in flames that was...
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Aug 6, 20192 min read
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What is your why?
I didn’t feel like writing my blog post today. I needed to write my blog post so I'd have it ready to include in my weekly newsletter,...
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Jul 23, 20192 min read
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Start first in Jerusalem
And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samara, and to the ends of the earth....
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Jun 18, 20191 min read
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Keep traveling
Don’t be impatient for the Lord to act. Travel steadily along his path. Psalms 37:34, NLT School is out and vacation season has...
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Jun 11, 20192 min read
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ARE YOU GETTING READY FOR YOUR GRADUATION?
Don’t get discouraged and give up, for (you) will reap a harvest of blessings at the appropriate time. Galatians 5:7 NLT It's graduation...
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May 13, 20191 min read
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Is it time for your name to change?
What’ s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram; now you will be known as Abraham, for you will be the father of many...
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May 7, 20191 min read
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