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December 10.
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Your calling to encourage and motivate
Christian writers is a powerful one.
Candy Abbott - Georgetown DE |
NEW!
Best Opportunities in Christian Periodicals
Hundreds of Christian magazines
are begin published.
Which ones offer the best opportunity for getting into print?
An overview of the scope, needs, and trends in Christian publishing with
four helpful handouts.
80 minute
workshop recorded live
CD (including 4 handouts) - only $6.00
Going & Growing, Writing & Speaking
Through the Hurts
Jesus never promised it would be easy to follow Him,
but He has promised always to be with us.
Part Bible study, part testimony, and part how-to.
52 minute workshop recorded live
CD - only $6.00
Click here
for handout/outline
Writing the Personal Experience Story
Seven essential elements of a
personal experience story
and the pitfalls to avoid.
60 minute workshop recorded live
CD plus Writer's Check-Off List - only $6.00
Click here for
handout/outline
NOTE: This is also available as a 90 workshop as part of the
Write His Answer Seminar
or the 2 CD set "Writing from Personal Experience" (see below).
Get the Word Out!
Ten biblical principles to encourage and
equip you to "get the Word out."
60 minute Keynote Address at October
2011
Vine & Vessels Christian Writers Conference, Georgetown, DE
CD - only $6.00
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Get Your Book in Print
Seminar on CD or Tape
See descriptions
below
plus "How Can KNOW God Has Called ME to Write a Book?"
Marlene's seminar marked an important
turning point
in my life and career. Her ability to inspire is unparalleled.
J. L. Hardesty - Steamboat
Springs, CO
Entire
six- hour seminar on five CDs or tapes
with over 25 handouts for only $28.95.
Individual tapes or CDs - $6.00 each |
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Building Blocks to
Selling Your Book
Laying a Solid Foundation for Your Book
Do you have a book-length idea? Are you ready to write
it? Will it meet a need? Is your idea sharply focused? How can you determine
the best format for your idea? How can you keep abreast of trends and
research the market for potential publishers?
Writing a Green Light Book Proposal
Marketing can be more difficult than writing. Learn what
the editor needs to present your book to committee and how to package your
book proposal so that it will get a green light.
Two 90-minute workshops recorded
live at Christian Writers Seminar in Allentown,
PA
Two tape album - $11.00
Two CDs not in album $11
Handouts included if you order the entire Get Your Book in Print Seminar.
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Beginning in Jerusalem
through Successful Self-Publishing
Today's technology is making self-publishing a viable
alternative for many authors. There are many advantages but also some
disadvantages. Learn the pros and cons as well as cautions, costs, and steps
involved in producing a professional product.
90 minute workshop recorded
live at Christian Writers Seminar in Allentown, PA
Get Your Book in Print Seminar in Colorado
One tape album - $6.00
CD not in album $6
Handouts included if you order the entire Get Your Book in Print Seminar. |
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Spreading the Word
through Effective
Promotion
Regardless of how you publish your book, you must plan
ways to promote it. If you're seeking a royalty publisher, your plans for
promotion need to be part of your book proposal. If you're self-publishing,
you need a promotional/distribution plan (and dollars) before you go to
press. Learn how to expand the ministry of your book through careful
and prayerful planning.
90 minute workshop recorded
live at
Get Your Book in Print Seminar in Colorado
One tape in album - $6.00
CD not in album $6
Handouts included if you order the entire Get Your Book in Print Seminar.
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Marlene, just thought you'd like to know that I have
recently signed my latest book contract,
a contract for a book of devotionals for teens
just at the start of a dating relationship.
When asked what prompted the publisher
to ask for my complete manuscript, the publisher wrote,
"The well crafted proposal you sent us resulted in us asking for a complete submission."
Since I learned the basic format for the proposal
from your book-writing seminar,
I thought you'd like the encouragement of knowing that
what you taught made a difference!
Emily Chase |
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Write His Answer
Seminar on Tape
Thank you for the enthusiasm
and expertise in writing
you so passionately shared.
Your "Write His Answer" seminar
will be the standard
by which I will judge all future seminars.
Robert L. Kornegay, North Carolina
Entire
8-1/2 hour seminar on six tapes or CDs
with over 25 handouts for only $34.95.
Individual tapes or CDs- $6.00 each
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Bible Studies
$6.00
How can you know God has called me to write?
The challenge to "write His answer" from Habakkuk 2:2.
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Getting Started
$6.00
Preparing yourself
for a ministry that will touch lives. An overview of the Christian market
including the best opportunities.
Also available
in the 3-tape album, Launching Your Writing Ministry. See below.
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Turning Personal Experiences Into Print
$6.00
Seven essential
elements of a personal experience story and pitfalls to avoid.
Also available in the 2-tape album, Writing from Personal Experience. See
below.
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Idea to Published
Manuscript
$6.00
So you've got a
great idea, but what's next? How to find, capture, organize, evaluate, and
sharpen your ideas and make a good impression on an editor.
Also available in the 3-tape album, Launching Your
Writing Ministry. See below.
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Writing Manuscripts that Sell and Touch Lives
$6.00
Regardless of how you publish your book, you must promote it. Learn what you can do, and how you can do it in a manner honoring to the Lord.
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Making It Happen
$6.00
How to effectively
market your work and make it happen by overcoming procrastination, dealing
with the D's (disappointment, doubt, discouragement), rising above
rejection, and prayerfully setting goals.
Also available in the 3-tape album, Launching Your Writing
Ministry. See below.
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Called
to Minister
Writing to Help Others
You have a message that's burning within you, but how do
you effectively present it and get it in print? We'll look at seven
principles Jesus taught us by His example that we need to remember if we
want the words we write to touch hearts and change lives.
75minute workshop recorded
live at
Glorieta Christian Writers Conference
One tape album - $6.00
CD not in album $6.00 |
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Launching Your Writing Ministry
Getting Started
Preparing yourself for a ministry that will touch
lives. An overview of the Christian market including the best opportunities.
(Some overlap with You Can Take the Pain Out of Marketing under Tapes on
Marketing.)
Idea to Published Manuscript
How to find, capture, organize, evaluate, and
sharpen your ideas. Making a good impression on an editor including proper
manuscript format and effective query and cover letters.
(Some overlap with Put Your Best Foot Forward under Tapes on Marketing.)
Making It Happen
How to effectively market
your work and make it happen by overcoming procrastination, dealing with the
D's (disappointment, doubt, discouragement), rising above rejection, and
prayerfully setting goals.
(Some overlap with You Can Take the Pain Out
of Marketing under Tapes on Marketing.)
Three 90 minute workshops
Three tape album - $16.00
Three CDs not in album $16
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Put Your Best Foot Forward
We all start a journey on one foot. To make a good
impression on an editor, start on your best foot by knowing - and respecting
- the editor's rights and learning how to effectively write cover and query
letters. Marlene's "Baker Dozen" of cover letter do's and don'ts include
humorous how-not-to examples.
60 minute workshop recorded
live at American Christian Writers Conference
Richmond, Virginia
One tape album - $6.00
CD not in album $6.00
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Writing Daily Devotionals
My very first sale was to The Secret Place, a daily
devotional magazine. Since then I've written and sold hundreds of
devotionals and compiled and edited two devotionals books. Train yourself to
see, capture, and develop ideas into short (and salable) nuggets of truth.
Learn the do's and don'ts, types of formats, markets, and how to use an
economy of words to make a life-changing impact
75 minute workshop recorded
live at
Glorieta Christian Writers Conference
One tape in album - $6.00
CD not in album $6
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Writing from Personal Experience
Writing the Personal
Experience Story
Seven essential elements of a personal experience story and pitfalls to
avoid.
Writing Your
Testimony
At some point, you're likely to be called upon to write or to give your
salvation testimony. Are you ready? Examine the key elements in the Apostle
Paul's testimony. Learn do's and don'ts.
Two 75-minute workshops
recorded live at
Heart of America Christian Writers Conference
Two tape album - $12.00
Two CDs not in album $12
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Other Writing How-to CDs
& Tapes
Marlene has put in years of hard work in the trenches and packed each
tape
with concrete and usable information.
An intangible plus is her warm voice of encouragement, which has helped
me,
and many another lonely writer, through those pits of discouragement we
all face.
Susan K. Wright - Bridgeville, PA
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Called to "Write His Answer"
$6.00
Tape or CD
God is calling and equipping an army of
writers to write His answer. In Habakkuk 2:1-3 He provides specific
how-to’s along with needed encouragement.
Hooking Your Readers from the Get-Go
$6.00 Tape or CD
Learn how to write a first chapter (fiction
and nonfiction) that will keep your readers (including the acquisition's
editor) turning the pages.
Overcoming Self-Doubts
$6.00 Tape or CD
Self-doubts are a frequent companion of writers. You can overcome yours.
Study, with Marlene, principles from Scripture that will encourage you to
set and reach goals. Put on God's armor and be an overcomer. (Some
overlap with "Making It Happen" in the Write His Answer Seminar on tape.)
The Power of Story
$6.00 Tape or CD
Key elements to developing page-turning
fiction. Developing your characters and plot. Creating scenes and
settings. Using dialogue effectively and resolving problems with
viewpoint.
Recycling Used Into New Sales
$6.00 Tape or CD
How to recycle your ideas for new markets, new readers, new opportunities
to touch lives: the recycling procedure and mechanics, getting more
mileage from your idea, and tools to help you become more efficient.
Writing Devotional/Inspirational Books
$6.00 Tape or CD
Learn how to find ideas, sharpen
your focus and develop your material to make an impact on your readers.
Compilations are discussed.
See also
Fiction Writing
Grammar, Punctuation & Style
Independent &
Self-Publishing
Issues
Marketing, Publishing, and Promotion
Nonfiction Writing
Teen Writers
Writers' Life
Writing for Children & Young Adults |
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