Home Row: Just Keep Writing

Listen as Joe Rigney, professor and pastor and author, guides us through the wardrobe of the writings and mind of C.S. Lewis—and see what that means for your today.

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Links:

• Lewis on the Christian Life: Becoming Truly Human in the Presence of God
• The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts: Joe Rigney
• Joe's Amazon Author Page
• Gospel Formed: Living a Grace-Addicted, Truth-Filled, Jesus-Exalting Life by J. A. Medders — My first book.
• C.S. Lewis on Amazon
• Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
• The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
• The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
• J.A. Medders DOT com
• Joe Rigney (@joe_rigney) | Twitter
• J.A. Medders (@mrmedders) | Twitter

Reading and writing are the writer's peanut butter and jelly. We can debate crunchy or smooth another time. But there is no debate that Karen Swallow Prior is a stellar writer, filled with sage advice for us fellow writers.

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• Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.com

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• Karen's Amazon Author Page
• Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More? Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist — Kindle deal!
• On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books: Karen Swallow Prior — Karen's new book
• All Stories by Karen Swallow Prior - The Atlantic
• Politics and the English Language by Orwell — Mentioned by Karen
• On My Shelf: Life and Books with Karen Swallow Prior
• Karen's Selected Works at Liberty University
• Karen Swallow Prior (@KSPrior) | Twitter
• J.A. Medders 🚀 (@mrmedders) | Twitter
• My Amazon Author Page
• My site

Collin Hansen is a smart man. Like, super-duper wise. Listen as Collin tells us the kind of writing TGC craves, and how you can improve as a writer—and how to treat an editor.

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• Baron Fig: Support for Home Row is brought to you by Baron Fig, tools for thinkers. As writers, we need paper, and the good folks at Baron Fig make the best notebook out there. The Confidant Notebook is a critical tool in my workflow. Why? It's well made, well designed, lays flat, and has great paper. Get one. Use code: HOMEROW and get 10% off your order. Promo Code: HOMEROW
• Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.com

Links:

• Collin's Amazon Author Page
• Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist's Journey with the New Calvinists
• Our Secular Age: Ten Years of Reading and Applying Charles Taylor
• 15 Things Seminary Couldn't Teach Me
• Home Row Episode 32: Practical Tips and Insights from a Journalist — Episode with TGC journalist, Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
• The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert : An English Professor's Journey into Christian Faith by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield — Mentioned by Collin. Awesome book.
• Collin Hansen for Writers Workshop on TGC Editorial Vision
• The Gospel Coalition (TGC)
• Collin Hansen (@collinhansen) | Twitter
• J.A. Medders 🚀 (@mrmedders) | Twitter
• Home - J.A. Medders
• My Amazon Author Page

What software do you use? How do you edit? Every writer has tools, and each tool is used at a certain stage. Let's open the toolbox.

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• Baron Fig: Support for Home Row is brought to you by Baron Fig, tools for thinkers. As writers, we need paper, and the good folks at Baron Fig make the best notebook out there. The Confidant Notebook is a critical tool in my workflow. Why? It's well made, well designed, lays flat, and has great paper. Get one. Use code: HOMEROW and get 10% off your order. Promo Code: HOMEROW
• Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.com

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• My favorite journal/notebook — Use coupon code, HOMEROW, and get 10% off.
• Ulysses Writing App
• Scrivener | Literature & Latte — The mega-writing app
• ProWritingAid - Grammar Checking & Manuscript Editing Software
• Grammarly: Free Writing Assistant
• Meet the Grammarly Mobile Keyboard for iOS | Grammarly
• The Writer’s Diet
• The Writer’s Diet Test
• J.A. Medders 🚀 (@mrmedders) | Twitter
• Home - J.A. Medders — My updated site.
• Filed Notes Journal — They are pretty good too.
• Vanguard Softcover Notebook • Baron Fig — Similar to Field Notes but better.

Ready to learn from a sage of writing and editing? Marvin Olasky is ready to give your 12 practical pieces of advice to help your writing. Your readers will thank you—and they'll thank Marvin too.

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• Baron Fig: Support for Home Row is brought to you by Baron Fig, tools for thinkers. As writers, we need paper, and the good folks at Baron Fig make the best notebook out there. The Confidant Notebook is a critical tool in my workflow. Why? It's well made, well designed, lays flat, and has great paper. Get one. Use code: HOMEROW and get 10% off your order. Promo Code: HOMEROW
• Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.com

Links:

• The 12 days of writing - Media - WORLD
• The write stuff | WORLD News Group
• Providing clarity to the news that matters most – WORLD
• Marvin's Amazon Author Page
• Marvin Olasky (@MarvinOlasky) | Twitter
• J.A. Medders 🚀 (@mrmedders) | Twitter
• My blog
• My Amazon Author Page

Tim Challies is a writer who can't write right now because of a condition that keeps him from typing. So what does a writer who can't right do? Listen and learn from Tim as he pursues his craft even when obstacles rise.

Also, listen to Tim talk about the book market, reading less, and his new epic project.

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• Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.com
• Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.com

Links:

• Tim Challies - Informing the Reforming
• On Leaving Jerusalem - Tim Challies
• Jerusalem - EPIC Vlog 01 - Tim Challies
• A Guided Tour to 2017's Bestselling Christian Books - Tim Challies
• challies (@challies) | Twitter
• Challies on Facebook
• Tim's Amazon Author Page
• My Amazon Author Page
• J.A. Medders 🚀 (@mrmedders) | Twitter
• Expository Mutterings - J.A. Medders

Writers don't want to think about advertising, marketing, social media, and platform. But you must. Don't treat these four buckets like the four horsemen of the Writer-Pocalypse. Today on the show we have Chris Martin and his job is to help writers navigate these waters. Listen and learn.

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• Baron Fig: Support for Home Row is brought to you by Baron Fig, tools for thinkers. As writers, we need paper, and the good folks at Baron Fig make the best notebook out there. The Confidant Notebook is a critical tool in my workflow. Why? It's well made, well designed, lays flat, and has great paper. Get one. Use code: HOMEROW and get 10% off your order. Promo Code: HOMEROW
• Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.com

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• chris martin (@ChrisMartin17) | Twitter
• LifeWay Social | Make the most of your digital communication
• Millennial Evangelical - Understanding, Reaching, and Serving the Millennial Generation — Chris's site
• Chris Martin on FB
• Expository Mutterings - J.A. Medders — My site
• Gospel Formed: Living a Grace-Addicted, Truth-Filled, Jesus-Exalting Life — My first book. Snag it while it's hot.

Professor and prolific writer, Dan Dewitt, takes us into the mind and rhythms of writers—his own and C.S. Lewis.

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• Baron Fig: Support for Home Row is brought to you by Baron Fig, tools for thinkers. As writers, we need paper, and the good folks at Baron Fig make the best notebook out there. The Confidant Notebook is a critical tool in my workflow. Why? It's well made, well designed, lays flat, and has great paper. Get one. Use code: HOMEROW and get 10% off your order. Promo Code: HOMEROW
• Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.com

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• theolatte – mere caffeination — Dan's site
• Life in the Wild: Fighting For Faith in a Fallen World by Dan Dewitt — Dan's new book!
• Dan's Amazon Author Page — Find all of Dan's books here
• Theolatte on Etsy — Dan's awesome sketches on Etsy. Yes, Etsy.
• Dan DeWitt (@DanDeWitt) | Twitter
• Maker vs. Manager: How Your Schedule Can Make or Break You — The article Dan mentioned.
• J.A. Medders 🚀 (@mrmedders) | Twitter
• J.A. Medders - Expository Mutterings — My site
• Amazon.com: J. A. Medders: Books — My Amazon Author Page

Get ready for notebooks for wisdom The Gospel Coalition's journalist, Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra. Sarah is a senior writer for The Gospel Coalition and contributing editor at Christianity Today. She earned her master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

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• Baron Fig: Support for Home Row is brought to you by Baron Fig, tools for thinkers. As writers, we need paper, and the good folks at Baron Fig make the best notebook out there. The Confidant Notebook is a critical tool in my workflow. Why? It's well made, well designed, lays flat, and has great paper. Get one. Use code: HOMEROW and get 10% off your order. Promo Code: HOMEROW
• Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.com

Links:

• Sarah's Work at TGC
• How John Piper’s Seashells Swept Over a Generation
• How Ray Ortlund Became Foster Father to a Generation of Church Planters
• How Acts 29 Survived—and Thrived—After the Collapse of Mars Hill
• Young, Restless, and Reformed in Latin America
• Reformation 500 for the Chinese Church
• Sarah E Zylstra (@sarahezylstra) | Twitter
• J.A. Medders 🚀 (@mrmedders) | Twitter
• Expository Mutterings - J.A. Medders — My blog
• Medill - Northwestern University
• Editor's Choice: The Best of 2017
• The Elements of Style by Strunk & White
• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
• Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction

All of our writing, whether fiction, poetry, or non-fiction should center on Jesus. How? Listen to Tony Merida and me talk about being Christ-centered writers.

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• Baron Fig: Support for Home Row is brought to you by Baron Fig, tools for thinkers. As writers, we need paper, and the good folks at Baron Fig make the best notebook out there. The Confidant Notebook is a critical tool in my workflow. Why? It's well made, well designed, lays flat, and has great paper. Get one. Use code: HOMEROW and get 10% off your order. Promo Code: HOMEROW
• Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.com

Links:

• Tony's Books on Amazon
• TBONE Hymns - YouTube — Hilarious!
• Tony Merida (@tonymerida) | Twitter
• J.A. Medders 🚀 (@mrmedders) | Twitter
• Expository Mutterings - J.A. Medders
• Acts 29: Churches Planting Churches — Now at TGC