When you want to deliver a message to your readers, where do you start? How do you capture their attention and not come off preachy?

Michelle Nezat is the author of A Seat at the Table, which she wrote with the help of the Novel Matrix method and one-on-one coaching with Brad Pauquette. By committing to write a great story first, Michelle earned the right to the reader’s heart, and she earned the right to include the messaging and philosophical ideas that inspired the project.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How to earn your right to share your message with a great story

Michelle utilized the apprentices at The Company for her book production.

Michelle Nezat is a 10-year veteran podcaster and Bible teacher. Check out her podcast, More than a Song, on all major platforms. She’s a Cajun girl born in Idaho and living in Louisiana, and she has the best gumbo and sweet tea in the neighborhood (according to her husband and two daughters). Her passion is God’s Word and inspiring others to discover and interact with Scripture for themselves.

MICHELLE’S LINKS:

• Connect with Michelle: https://www.michellenezat.com/

MORE LINKS:

Want help with your book project? Learn more about The Company at https://writers.company
Connect with Brad: https://bradpauquette.com
Get The Novel Matrix on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3BSAqcd

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Brighten your Christmas with six family-friendly holiday stories, featuring the writing and voice talent of The Company’s apprentices.

A Cambridge Christmas is hosted by Brad Pauquette.

Featuring the voice talent of:

• Lucy Grecu as Stitch

Featuring the voice talent of:

• Brad Pauquette as Pig

Featuring the voice talent of:

• Noah J. Matthews as Fake Prancer

Featuring the voice talent of:

• Brad Pauquette as Sargent

Featuring the voice talent of:

• Alli Prince as Spirit and Mrs. Fezziwig

Featuring the voice talent of:

• Alli Prince as Young Girl

Merry Christmas from the staff, apprentices, and volunteers of The Company. May God bless you in the coming year!

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How does your release strategy need to change for your second book?

Some of the assets and energy behind your first book won’t transcend to your second book release, but what new opportunities open up to you?

Thirzah is the first-ever apprentice graduate from The Company and the author of the Adventures in Eldnaire trilogy. The second book, A Traitor’s Vow, hit store shelves in August. Look for book three this spring!

Grab A Traitor’s Vow on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3VvvjW0

Or start at the beginning of the series with The Librarian’s Ruse: https://amzn.to/3BnDuNj

In this interview, she shares her experience writing book two of this series and advice for pushing through feelings of failure.

Learn more about Thirzah and subscribe at ThirzahWrites.com

Watch the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/goLkPzgIbuQ

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We tell our apprentices that they’re coming here to become professional writers. I mean that’s true and we really do that, but it’s not what’s most important to me.

The most important thing to me is to see their lives change and to see them radically on fire for Jesus and filled with the Holy Spirit.

We’re not just raising up keyboard warriors. We’re raising up disciples of Jesus who can do the work of the gospel. And who can do it without having a panic attack.

The work that we’re doing at The Company is changing lives. It changes our apprentices (dramatically). It brings the gospel to places it wasn’t reach before. And we also provide support and resources for the greater community of Christian writers. It’s a win-win-win.

And we want you to be a part of it.

LINKS:

Become a member of The Company: https://writers.company/membership

Support The Company: https://writers.company/give/

Shop The Company’s Store: https://writers.company/store

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Ever heard of a 6th century monk who could shoot fire out of his fingertips?

How about a 20th century revivalist who saw limbs materialize from thin air?

These aren’t your typical Halloween ghost stories.

Spirit Stories presents the work of four storytellers, each an apprentice at The Company, sharing a true story of the supernatural.

Our 2024 feature includes the work of RJ Catlin, Lucy Grecu, Vella Karman, and Noah Matthews. Each storyteller was asked to perform their story in one take, as if in front of a live audience.

If you enjoy this feature, please like, review, subscribe, and share!

Learn more about these storytellers:

RJ Catlin – RJCatlin.com

Vella Karman – VellaKarman.com

Noah Matthews – NoahJMatthews.com

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As usual, there’s a lot going on at The Company, and we don’t want you to miss anything. Here are the big things you’ll want to keep an eye on this fall:

Come hang out with us The Company HQ in Cambridge, Ohio on November 1-2. Spend a day hanging out with the apprentices, writing, and worshipping Jesus. What’s better than that?

Details and register here: https://writers.company/join-us-for-our-fall-retreat-november-1-2-2024/

Ready to take your writing to the next level?

With an Arche Year Cohort, you’ll write a novel and launch an author’s platform in less than ten months. You’ll meet weekly with other aspiring writers and be led by a published author.

Learn more and register here: https://writers.company/archeyear

Pumpkin Spice. Details forthcoming within the next week. Make sure you’re a member of the newsletter so that you don’t miss it: https://writers.company/subscribe/

There will be more, too! Make sure that you’re a part of The Company’s newsletter and that you follow us on social media so that you don’t miss anything.

In the meantime, please take advantage of these opportunities.

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Join Brad Pauquette and Alli Prince as they reflect back on her time as an apprentice at The Company. They discuss how Alli has grown spiritually and as a writer, sharing stories of the miracles she witnessed, the novel she wrote in less than three months, and the challenges of building an author platform.

Originally from Las Vegas, Alli Prince is the mastermind of The Company’s Lawless project. Check out her book on Amazon, and visit her website where she provides hope, good humor, and encouragement for authors.

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God is still looking for the vessels.

Cornelius might be one of the most undersold characters of the Bible, but he was a vessel for God.

Acts 10 tells the story of the Holy Spirit falling on the gentiles for the first time. The text identifies a man named Cornelius whom God chose to begin this unprecedented event which literally changed the world.

Join host Brad Pauquette as he challenges listeners to be more like Cornelius — to stand out in order to be a vessel for Him.

If you prefer to read this article, check it out here.

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Here is a trustworthy principle: Pray for people, and against satan.

Whether they’re a good person or an evil person, an “important” person or a regular person, a Christian person or a non-Christian—we should pray for them.

In the first episode of this series, we talked about how to make sure you’re the good seed. Then we talked about when the enemy struck—while the servants were asleep.

Join host Brad Pauquette as he continues his study of Matthew 13 and brings to light the importance of praying for our enemies rather than against them.

If you prefer to read this article, check it out here.

Get Brad’s new book The Novel Matrix on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3StE6pO

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We are in a war. A real war. The forces are good versus evil, light against dark.

Last week, we began exploring Jesus’s parable of the weeds in Matthew 13:24-30. (Check out the full text of the parable here.)

Before we join the battle, we have to be certain we’re on the right side. But once we’re certain we’re on the right side, what are we supposed to do?

Brad Pauquette answers this question as he dives deeper into Matthew 13 and leaves listeners with a challenge: It’s time to wake up.

If you missed the first part of this series, listen to it here.

If you prefer to read this article, check it out here.

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