What story

will you tell your audience? Let me tell you a story. That’s the topic of today’s

episode. The Holy Spirit led me to share my story of how I became an author and

the reason for my podcast title. This episode was inspired by a TEDX talk

entitled The Danger of a Single Story, which you can watch here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4a7oQ5vwP4

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In this

episode I explain why my process for the second book in my Spirit Writer

Society series is vastly different from the first. I also encourage you to

trust your process, no matter where you are in your writing journey.

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God is leading

me to take a step back from podcasting. I’m not giving up on the podcast, my episodes

will be less frequent. In this episode I explain why

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Today is a day

to celebrate my milestones as I walk with God as a writer. First of all, I want

to say happy 4th anniversary of Inspirational Journeys: Stories that Matter! My

second milestone is that I finished editing my Middle Grade novel and uploaded

the manuscript to Google Docx and shared it with a few select beta readers. I

have a couple more people to share it with, but now I’ve done what I needed to

do, now it’s time for me to let God take it from here.  I also want to celebrate winning milestones of

other writers.

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In today’s

episode, I give a few updates on my writing life and share some encouragement

with you to help you move forward in your calling to advance the Kingdom of God

and change the world with your words as you follow God’s calling to write.

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In today’s episode, Lynda Lambert and I talk about her

connect between her art, painting in particular, and her writing. Here’s Lynda’s

bio in her own words.

My mission statement:

Seeking euphoria through art and writing, I

reveal what is forgotten, lost, or invisible.

My books:

Concerti: Psalms for the

Pilgrimage, Kota Press, (2002)

Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage, Kota Press (2002)

Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems, DLD Books, (2017)

Star

Signs: New and Selected Poems, DLD Books (2019)

first

snow (chapbook) Finishing Line Press (2020)

Songs for the Pilgrimage, DLD Books (2021)

My degrees:

BFA Slippery Rock University of

Pennsylvania, 1989 (Painting)

MFA West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV,

1991 (Painting)

MA in English, Slippery Rock University of

Pennsylvania, 1994

Connect with Lynda at the following links;

Website: https://www.dldbooks.com/lyndalambert/

Blog: http://www.lyndalambert.com/

Email: [email protected]

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Today marks the launch of Mark Snoad’s debut middle grade

novel entitled Maggie and the Mountain of Light. Join us as we celebrate this

book launch and learn a little about how God called Mark to write.

Mark Snoad is an author and teacher

living in Aotearoa New Zealand. As a professional make-believer, he strives to

find the magic and joy in everyday life. It’s definitely there, at the edges.

You’ll soon discover it, if you believe. Mark lives with his wife, two daughters

and rascal dog, Wilbur.

Mark’s debut novel is entitled Maggie and the Mountain of

Light.

A Middle Grade contemporary fantasy featuring a 12-year-old female

protagonist named Maggie, who battles food allergies, asthma, and anxiety. Maggie attends an 'apocalypse training'

camp in London run by the Wayfinder Girls (a pseudo Girl Scouts). Maggie finds

out about the secret that the Wayfinder Girls have kept hidden from the

world; they protect Earth from inter-dimensional threats. Maggie is invited

to join the elite Guardians programme but struggles to know what to do; she is

barely coping with this world as it is, let alone having to deal with other

worlds. She reluctantly accepts, only to be swept up in a magical adventure

which pushes her, and her unit, to the limit. It's been described as Men in

Black for kids but features an all-female team.

Purchase link:

https://www.amazon.com/Maggie-Mountain-Light-Wayfinder-Girls/dp/1957656123/ref=sr_1_1?crid=30WZ0OP8TJ9MD&keywords=maggie+and+the+mountain+of+light+mark+snoad&qid=1679874819&s=books&sprefix=maggie+and+the+%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C283&sr=1-1

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/maggie-and-the-mountain-of-light-mark-snoad/1142832719?ean=9781957656113

Connect with Mark at the following links:

https://wayfindergirls.org/

https://twitter.com/SnoadMark

https://www.facebook.com/mark.snoad1

https://www.instagram.com/mark.snoad.writer/?hl=en

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In the second

episode of my benefits of journaling for writers series, I discuss the

following benefits of keeping a writing journal for non fiction: listing blogpost,

article or nonfiction book ideas; taking notes during your online research,

copying URLs of sources; taking notes during expert interviews.

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In today’s episode, God has anointed my conversation with Beth Jones about her latest book and the two new books He has given her for the near future.. Pray with us and have your Bible and a method for taking notes handy, because this conversation has some golden nuggets about prophecy and writing the vision and making it play, as the Lord states in Habakkuk 2:2. Beth also shared Isaiah 30:21 with us, which tells us that we will hear God’s Voice as He guides us down the path He has chosen for us. May this conversation be a blessing to you, as it was for us as we recorded it. Beth Jones is an International Speaker and Author, wife to fire chief-paramedic Ray, and mom of 3 beautiful daughters Heather, Eden, and Leah. She also has an adopted black cat with green eyes, Natalya, who follows her everywhere. Beth’s mission is encouraging others to use their gifts for God’s glory, fulfilling their purpose, and living a life they love. She also helps aspiring speakers and authors to share their hearts’ unique, powerful messages.

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https://www.BethJones.net

https://www.amazon.com/author/bethmjones

https://anchor.fm/bethmjones

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To start my

mini series on journaling benefits for writers, I’m going to talk about the

benefits of keeping a fiction writing journal. A journal is a place to dump

unwanted thoughts and feelings, to  write

your prayers and responses from the Holy Spirit, capture new ideas, develop

your new ideas, brainstorm plot points for stories, flesh out your characters

and keep track of your story’s timeline. I encourage you to have your journal

handy as I take a deep dive into each of these benefits.

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