Author: Kim Steadman
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The Write More Write Now Mindset
What is the Write More Write Now (WMWN) mindset? It’s the beautiful cohesion of saying yes to your desire to write woven with your purpose for your words, and your belief in yourself coupled with the strong fiber to give yourself grace. Your desire to write is real. It’s important to you. It’s important to…
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Words to Write and Live By
Words to live by or also known as anchor words. These are the words that act as your guide post, your pillars… I have several. The first was the phrase “do unto others as you would have them do to you.” I know that when I learned them in my youth, I didn’t know it…
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Writing Inspirational Devotionals
Writing inspirational devotionals can be a real joy for many writers. In fact, I discovered self-publishing by writing an inspirational devotional for an anthology. Here are five quick tips to help you in writing your devotionals. Scripture: This may sound obvious, but it may surprise you how this tiny detail may get skipped. Plus, there…
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12 Pitfalls to Avoid so you can fulfill your writing dreams and get out of your own way
Are you ready to fulfill your writing dreams? I’m not a best-selling author. But, I am an empty-nester who finally started living her dream of writing books and blog articles. Yes, I’ve been writing blog pieces here on this blog over a decade. But, I was always writing to the wrong person. I came to…
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Writing Children’s Books Hints
Your Children’s Book First Draft I know this topic won’t appeal to everyone who writes (or has an inner desire to write). But to those of you, including myself, in the Children’s book world I hope you can pick up on a few little lessons. Write Messy (the dirty draft) The first draft is messy…
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#1 Best Writing Hack for Writers
There’s nothing that will wake you instantly like getting stung while sleeping. The devil showed up in our bed early that morning at 4:15 AM. A SCORPION. (If you stick with me to the end, I have a lesson or two for you.) It was quiet mayhem while I quickly turned on the light, flinging…
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God Made You a Writer
I’ve been praying a lot about how to better mentor writers. If you want to know how to self-publish your book, I know a couple of great mentors I highly recommend. God hasn’t called me to create courses about how to self-publish your book and all the many facets it entails. I know coaches who…
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Hints On Creating Balance: Wisdom from Other Writers
In my free group for writers, I post writing prompts. (Have you found us on Facebook yet?) A while back, some of the prompts centered on the topic of balance in your authoring life. I thought it was interesting to see the varied responses which proved the point that the definition of balance to one…
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6 Real Truths of Self-Published Authors
The real truths of self-published authors. It sounds like a reality TV show, doesn’t it? I’ve only learned that real lesson during the past 12 months. It’s been 12 months of making a childhood and adulthood dream a reality. There was a season in my life that I dropped off the blogging train. In fact,…
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A Daily Write Plan So You Can Write During Your Busy Life
“Slow down.” “Just Breathe.” “It’s okay! There’s plenty of time.” Those were some phrases moms and dads shouted to the kids on the field. It was during our grandson’s soccer game Sunday afternoon. It was a big game as it was the last of their season. His team had come a long way. From a…
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What’s your story?
For a while, I didn’t think I had much of a ‘story’ to tell. My life as a child was blessed, uneventful except for a beloved cat that died. I came to accept Christ as my savior at 11 years old. Back then, 11 years was still an age of innocence. I was fortunate that…
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7 Self-Reflection Questions to Move Forward in Your Writing Life
Having an excellent mentor in your life is important. Trying to navigate this journey we call life solo can be rough. My parents came to know the Lord when I was 12. There were a couple of families that discipled and mentored them. Some lessons they taught (such as how to dive into the scripture…