Everything You Need to Know About the Dreaded ‘M’ Word: An Interview on Marketing Yourself with Annmarie Miles
Annmarie Miles, social media trainer, shares some vital tips to ‘give us a bit of an edge,’ with marketing our books.
Creating Engaging Characters Through Action and Dialogue
Good writing creates engaging characters by showing not telling. We shall use an example from Chapter 2 of the biblical Book of Ruth that is beautifully and economically written to demonstrate how we learn masses about three characters just from action and dialogue.
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RELATABLE MARY: OVERCOMING THE MISERY OF EMPTY NESTING
We birth them, raise them… they fly. Then what? We can learn a lot about empty nesting from Mary of Nazareth who found new meaning after mothering.
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When Jerusalem’s Streets Flowed with Blood
Why do Jews mark the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, twice, on Tisha b’Av? They are remembering all the sorrowful events of Jewish history, too.
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How to “Spill” with Spiritual Director Jackie Trottmann
Bobbie interviews Jackie Trottmann about what a Spiritual Director is and does ahead of her free workshop “Know Yourself in God” on Thursday, July 13th, 2023.
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The Amazing Shapes of God
God spoke in strange ways to Bible characters, to guide, share plans, call, comfort. And He does this with us, today.
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The Jerusalem Where Mary Wandered and Wept
As I write about Mary of Nazareth, I am having to consider her Bethlehem, her Nazareth, her Jerusalem and anywhere else her account of her finding purpose after mothering Jesus takes me.
Transporting ourselves back in time, walk with me the streets of Jerusalem in Mary’s day.
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What Does Shavuot Mean to Jews and Christians?
Jewish Shavuot, meaning ‘Weeks’, coincides with Pentecost. How are the two connected?
Shavuot occurs at the end of the seven-week period that begins with Pesach (Passover.) During Jesus’ time, the newly harvested wheat was brought as an offering to the Temple in Jerusalem.
The name Pentecost comes from the 50 days elapsed since Jesus’ execution as the Passover came in. Why did the Holy Spirit descend on his followers, who were gathered together in one place, very possibly the Temple courts, on this particular day?
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Why Enter Writing Competitions? An Interview with Writer Sophie Neville
Writer Sophie Neville’s PR strategy is entering writing competitions. She has won the Eyelands Unpublished Novel Prize 2022 and is off to Athens to pick it up.
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What Genre Do You Love?
What genre are you writing in when you take the Bible as inspiration? Exploring Biblical midrash, fiction and creative non-fiction.
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