One of the breakout sessions I attended at the writing conference this summer was all about marketing and getting your writing out there. The speaker challenged us to look beyond the usual outlets for our work and to promote it in unique ways. I have just found a place. Our women's ministry is having a conference tomorrow and I am blessed to be a speaker. The director of this ministry always has door prizes to give away during the worship time and lunch. At our last event almost every lady there received a prize. Anyway, I have been given the opportunity to provide some as door prizes. I am so excited to see what God has for this. I pray that whoever receives them will be blessed and if they do not have children at home or at all, they will either read through it themselves or pass it along to someone who will be blessed by it. I'll have to post anything I hear about it.
Until then,
Happy Writing
Friday, October 15, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Advent!
Well it is written. After an enormous amount of prayer, study, typing and even crying when the computer just would not read my mind, the Advent Devotional Guide for 2010 is written, back from the editor, and almost ready for print. I say this every year, it is my favorite.
Everything in it comes from my experience with God this year, and what I hope to teach my own children. That is what makes it hard to release to everyone else. Once it is out there, I get to hear the good, the bad and the ugly things people have to say about it, and believe me, people let you know what is on their mind. That can be difficult to hear, but I have to remember that this is what God called me to do. Criticism, even harsh, can make my ministry better, and my ability to work with difficult people stronger. I am always anxious to see what God does with this project. Every year I see it in new places and watch it leave old ones. I can't be hurt by that either. Every ministry has a season and those seasons do begin and end.
In a few weeks I will have a website with this year's devotional available. That sounds so official. When I have that information I will post it here first.
Until then,
Happy Writing!
Everything in it comes from my experience with God this year, and what I hope to teach my own children. That is what makes it hard to release to everyone else. Once it is out there, I get to hear the good, the bad and the ugly things people have to say about it, and believe me, people let you know what is on their mind. That can be difficult to hear, but I have to remember that this is what God called me to do. Criticism, even harsh, can make my ministry better, and my ability to work with difficult people stronger. I am always anxious to see what God does with this project. Every year I see it in new places and watch it leave old ones. I can't be hurt by that either. Every ministry has a season and those seasons do begin and end.
In a few weeks I will have a website with this year's devotional available. That sounds so official. When I have that information I will post it here first.
Until then,
Happy Writing!
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