A famous writer once coined the term “Patience is a virtue,” but that advice is hard to follow. As a self published author, how important is patience? Listen in on our conversation as we explore patience and the writer and then share your writer&apos;s advice and self-publishing tips with us in our live chat or in the comments below. 30 Days of Writing Sprint Prompts: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MGR7431Visit our website: https://christianindiewriters.net/Learn more about the hosts...Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/Tina: https://christinacattane.com/Jamie: https://writingshorts.net/Rhonda: http://ddbouman.com/

Christian Indie Writers' Podcast

Episode 143: The Writer's Life: Patience is a Virtue

In this episode of the podcast we share a behind the scenes tutorial. We just took new photos for our business and have some headshot tips and tricks to share with you and your self publishing journey.30 Days of Writing Sprint Prompts: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MGR7431 Visit our website: https://christianindiewriters.net/ Learn more about the hosts... Tina: https://christinacattane.com/ Jamie: https://writingshorts.net/ Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/ Rhonda: http://ddbouman.com/

Episode 142: Book Marketing Tips: How to Take a Better Headshot

Writers are a special group of people who sometimes need help getting into their creative mindset. Our discussion about our own habits and some tips will help you get into your creative space. 30 Days of Writing Sprint Prompts: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MGR7431Visit our website: https://christianindiewriters.net/Learn more about the hosts...Jamie: https://writingshorts.net/Tina: https://christinacattane.com/Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/Rhonda: https://seekingmrdavison.com/

Episode 140: Creative Mindset: Establishing Habits to Promote Creativity

Save the Cat Beat Sheet is a popular way to outline your novel, even if you are a pantser, but there are even more ways to plan your novel with beats. Come listen!Today&apos;s sprint prompt:   I Survived Writing Camp30 Days of Writing Sprint Prompts: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MGR7431Visit our website: https://christianindiewriters.net/Learn more about the hosts...Tina: https://christinacattane.com/Jamie: https://writingshorts.net/Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/Rhonda: https://seekingmrdavison.com/

Episode 139: Essential Writing Tips: Plan your Novel Using Story Beats

If you’ve decided to bring your print book alive by turning it into an audiobook, choosing your narrator could be the most important decision you make. Join our chat and help us think through the process. Today&apos;s sprint prompt: “Where did I put my glasses?” 30 Days of Writing Sprint Prompts: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MGR7431 Visit our website: https://christianindiewriters.net/ Learn more about the hosts... Rhonda: http://ddbouman.com/ Jamie: https://writingshorts.net/ Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/ Tina: https://christinacattane.com/

Episode 138: Self Publishing Tips: How to Choose a Narrator for Your Audiobook

By now Audible is a household name, so why does a self-published writer care about other audio book platforms? Join our discussion and join in on this hotly debated topic.  Christians come in all shapes and sizes and so does their taste in books, but there are some reader expectations most can agree upon. Explore some of those with us on the podcast.Today&apos;s sprint prompt: laboratory, wheel, policy, edition, appearance30 Days of Writing Sprint Prompts: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MGR7431Visit our website: https://christianindiewriters.net/Learn more about the hosts...Jamie: https://writingshorts.net/Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/Tina: https://christinacattane.com/Rhonda: https://seekingmrdavison.com/

Episode 137: Self Publishing Tips: Is Audible the only choice for your Audiobook?

Christians come in all shapes and sizes and so does their taste in books, but there are some reader expectations most can agree upon. Explore some of those with us on the podcast.Today&apos;s sprint prompt: Doodling30 Days of Writing Sprint Prompts: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MGR7431Visit our website: https://christianindiewriters.net/Learn more about the hosts...Jamie: https://writingshorts.net/ Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/Tina: https://christinacattane.com/Rhonda: https://seekingmrdavison.com

Episode 136: What is Acceptable to Christian Readers

Whether you dread editing your work or love doing it, let us give you our ten favorite tips that got us through the process faster and smarter.

Essential Writing Tips: Our Top 10 Tips for Self-Editing

How do you come up with ideas for your next novel? Our writing tip this week is to take a writing research trip! We discuss trips we’ve taken and how we used them to inspire our writing.30 Days of Writing Sprint Prompts: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MGR7431Visit our website: https://christianindiewriters.net/Learn more about the hosts...Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/Tina: https://christinacattane.com/Rhonda: https://seekingmrdavison.com/Jamie: https://writingshorts.net/

Episode 134: Essential Writing Tips: Research Trips to Enhance Your Writing

Here is our essential writing tip this week: our suggestions for how to put the care in your characters. We discuss several ways to develop characters and Tina shares the specific method for fictional character development. Story Genius: https://www.amazon.com/Story-Genius-S...​ 30 Days of Writing Sprint Prompts: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MGR7431​ Visit our website: https://christianindiewriters.net/​ Learn more about the hosts... Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/​ Tina: https://christinacattane.com/​ Rhonda: https://seekingmrdavison.com/​ Jamie: https://writingshorts.net/

Episode 133: Essential Writing Tips: Get to Know Your Characters

Everyone loves shiny new objects on Christmas Day or on a birthday, right? When is it a bad thing? When it distracts you from your business plan, that’s when! Join our writer&apos;s advice about how to avoid these pretty traps.

Episode 132: Writing Advice: Shiny New Things

Hashtags, smashtags. What is the purpose of these little seo tools and how can we use them to draw a crowd to our blogs, videos and other online media offerings? Listen to us discuss how to use hashtags and where and when to use them.

Episode 131: Self Publishing Tips: How to Use Hashtags

You heard that right, we are talking about the Permafree strategy for book marketing. The idea may seem as frustrating as the permafreeze we suffer in the northern United States, but we promise that by the end of this episode, you will know everything you need to know about making this strategy work for you.

Episode 130: Going Permafree

Writing is hard so in this episode we discuss our opinions of the best book writing software and other writing tools for authors. Don&apos;t miss the live chat, share your writing tool advice and commune with other indie writers.

Episode 129: Writing Tools for Authors

 You’re ready to self publish your book and now it&apos;s time to market your book online. Don&apos;t miss the live chat, share your marketing advice and commune with other indie writers.

128: Marketing Your Self Published Book: How Tina Hit #1

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