by Steve Spillman | Jun 17, 2015 | blog, Books |
I’d like to say ‘goodbye for now’ to a friend and author Wesley Smith. Last week Wes joined the saints in Heaven who wait for us. His life of service and joy and continually ignoring the rules was an inspiration to me. Very early in my publishing...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 25, 2015 | blog, Marketing |
Ministry leaders should also be authors. It’s a natural (and profitable) fit. Whether you’re a pastor, preacher, teacher, evangelist, or any other kind of public speaker, your primary mode of communicating your message is through personal, live-spoken...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 16, 2015 | blog, Books |
The first book of the Bible was written almost 3,500 years ago, by a Jewish man to a Jewish audience of his contemporaries, in the Hebrew language. The last book of the Bible was written almost 2,000 years ago, by a Jewish man, to a mixed Jewish and Gentile audience...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 1, 2015 | blog, Marketing |
New authors (and some not so new) can be under the impression that once their book has been published it will somehow find its way to it’s ‘audience,’ or that the ‘audience’ will find its way to the book, and the book will sell to ‘everyone’....
by Steve Spillman | Jun 2, 2014 | blog, Books |
End Codependency “To be dependent on someone else means I am not depending on me. If I am not depending on me, I have no true control. After all, the only thing I can actually control is me! Therefore, depending on you means I am out of control! There are few...
by Steve Spillman | Feb 27, 2014 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days |
Let’s review: The first step we took on this journey was to simply ‘begin writing’ – to develop the habit of writing on a regular schedule. In the end, writers write; if you’re not writing regularly you may want to be a writer someday, but you’re not a...
by Steve Spillman | Feb 13, 2014 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days |
Now that you’ve got your PostIt notes or index cards arranged in a logical progression, like stepping stones leading down the path you want to take the reader, it’s time to put those ‘stepping stones into an outline. An outline is basically arranging your ‘stepping...
by Steve Spillman | Jan 30, 2014 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days, Writing |
Last week we talked about getting our ideas out on paper via our ‘analog modular capture and recording system’ … otherwise known as PostIt® notes! You can click here for an image of my notes for the upcoming book ‘Write a Book in 30 Days’ – I’ll be doing this right...
by Steve Spillman | Dec 15, 2013 | blog, Goals, Marketing |
I communicate with a lot of authors and soon-to-be authors each week. We talk through strategies and ideas on how best to share their work with readers, we talk about the state of the publishing industry, Christian publishing in particular, and how technology has...
