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Finding Support as a Writer with Tina Yeager
Radio scriptwriters created a character named the Lone Ranger who didn’t actually work alone. George Lucas developed Hans Solo as a hero who was never actually solo. Why couldn’t these characters be written as solitary heroes? Whether or not they know God, observant writers can recognize the relational elements of our divine design. God created us for fellowship, wordsmiths included. Writers might recognize our need for community, but our solitary work can serve as barriers to connection. Join this Writer’s Chat episode to discover how to develop a whole-life network of professional, practical, and spiritual support when you feel isolated.
Watch the June 20th Replay.
Award-winning author, speaker, and life coach, Tina Yeager hosts the Flourish-Meant podcast devotional. She has been licensed as a counselor since 2005. Look for her books, Upcycled: Crafted for a Purpose and Beautiful Warrior: Finding Victory Over the Lies Formed Against You. Get your free downloadable Upcycled inspirational flip book template at upcycledbook.com. For life coaching services or to book her as an event speaker, visit tinayeager.com.
Platform vs Community: Do Writers Really Need Them? With Becky Antkowiak
Writer and speaker Becky Antkowiak joins us to talk about the importance of community for writers. Though platform is necessary for marketing purposes, Becky encourages us to remember that we’re here to share God’s message to the one person who needs it most. She compares our need for community to Jesus’ need for community—He surrounded Himself with those who had talents needed for His ministry. Our focus should be on eternity, and our trust should be in God’s perfect timing.
Watch the June 27th replay.
Becky Antkowiak (ant-KO-vee-ack) is a writer, speaker, editor, Compassion International advocate, enthusiastic Grammar Floozy, and is the Chief Encouragement Officer of 540 Writers Community. A lifelong serial extrovert, Becky believes strangers are friends she hasn’t met. Fair warning: make eye contact only if you want a friend for life.
Writers Chat is hosted live each Tuesday for an hour starting at 10 AM CT / 11 AM ET on Zoom. The permanent Zoom room link is: http://zoom.us/j/4074198133
After a few years of procrastinating, I recently decided to start working on my author’s newsletter again. However, because it had been years since I last attempted to create a newsletter, I have forgotten most of the information I had learned about putting together a quality newsletter and how to implement sending it to my subscribers.
So I decided to reach out to my writing mentor and other writing friends in the writing community for help. If I have learned anything over the last decade being part of the writers’ community it is this, writers like to help other writers if possible.
After my accident, I depended on both the medical community and the brain injury community to help guide me on my recovery journey. I wasn’t aware of how my brain injury affected my health. I didn’t expect the setbacks I would face. The community of doctors and therapists and survivors all pushed, encouraged and helped me get better.
Below are some ways support groups help TBI survivors recover after injuries from everyday (health.com).
Support groups help people feel less isolated
Support groups provide practical knowledge, resources, and networking
Support groups answer questions doctors can’t
Support groups provide comfort for families and caregivers
Support groups help survivors regain a sense of identity
I have experienced similar support over the last few years with my peers in the writing community. Whenever I get stuck or lost in the process, I know there is a listening ear somewhere for me to turn to for help. And because of them my writing has improved over the past 10 years, it only happened because community matters.
Community Matters
Webster defines community as, “A unified body of individuals: such as: people with common interests living in a particular area; a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society.”
Community is important to the growth and success of society. It brings people together for many reasons: encouragement, entertainment, and enlightenment. Community helps us grow together. We each have a place to contribute within our communities.
Other writers have different goals, styles, purposes, and voices we each belong to a creative community that graciously helps one another. Below are a few benefits of the writing community from Leap Forward Publishing
You can share your work and get feedback.
Bounce ideas off of one another.
Motivate and encourage one another.
Promote each other’s work.
Share writing tips and information about writing and the publishing process.
Network and make connections.
Whether you are just starting out on your writing journey or a seasoned published writer you have a place in the writing community! There are countless resources for growing in the craft and there are also many opportunities to help others who are struggling in their pursuit of publication. The most important thing to remember is that community works together for the greater good.
Community Works
After my accident, I spent 11 months of my life either in the hospital, in rehab, or going to outpatient therapy. It was during that time that I had to listen carefully to my doctors, therapists, psychologists, and other brain injury survivors.
I can still remember waking up in rehab that first morning and having a nurse push me to a breakfast room for non-ambulatory (unable to walk) patients. At that point, I still didn’t believe my health was that bad. I didn’t want anyone to help me.
It wasn’t until I felt milk and cereal seeping out of my mouth and into my lap that I realized I really was paralyzed! My new reality only depressed me more. My friends and family were powerless to help me. It was then that I began going to talk with the neuropsychologist on staff. The neuropsychologist gave me so many words of wisdom: “Healing takes time, we all need help at some point, and when in doubt—wait it out.”
That is how a community is supposed to work. The writing community is just as kind and helpful. Below are a few more ways the writing community helps one another from medium.com
Fellowship
Advice
Accountability
Networking
Community is a group effort. One of the hardest things to do in life is to ask for help, when hours younger I was self-sufficient until I had my accident. Pride and youth blind us all. After beating the odds and surviving my accident, pride made me feel indestructible. But the truth is, none of us are perfect.
As writers, we can become so focused on our goals and careers that we don’t see our mistakes or where we need to improve. But if we plug into the community, others are willing to help us and that is why community matters!
Martin Johnson survived a severe car accident with a (T.B.I.) Traumatic brain injury which left him legally blind and partially paralyzed on the left side. He is an award-winning Christian screenwriter who has recently finished his first Christian nonfiction book. Martin has spent the last nine years volunteering as an ambassador and promoter for Promise Keepers ministries. While speaking to local men’s ministries he shares his testimony. He explains The Jesus Paradigm and how following Jesus changes what matters most in our lives. Martin lives in a Georgia and connects with readers at MartinThomasJohnson.com and on Twitter at mtjohnson51.
A visit with college buddies reminded me of the bonds we create over shared experiences. The photo album teased of younger days and adventurous ways. We laughed at hair styles and commiserated over the drama of life. What kept hearts united after thirty years of separation?
It’s that thing called community—the place where we invest in each other’s dreams and aspirations, celebrate successes and mourn losses.
When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours. Romans 1:12 NLT
Exercise:
1. Writers at all levels need a support system. Be a writer who champions other writers. (Almost an Author) Be their cheerleader. See how it returns to encourage you as well.
Encourage one another and build each other up. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV
2. Are you a part of a writers’ group? If yes, how do you speak life into the others? If no, why not start a group? Choose a location, time, and advertise. Have a dessert, a short lesson, a fifteen-minute writing exercise, and prayer. The effort of showing up results in a forged bond of friendship that celebrates words.
Let’s do it—full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out. Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word. Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on. Hebrews 10:22-25 MSG
3. Pray for other writers. Ask God to inspire their words, provide creative outlets, and multiply their influence. Prayer banishes jealousy and pushes out competition. It affirms there is room at the table for all. Let prayer build your esteem for yourself and others. Let it embolden you to be God’s ambassador with your words
Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly. Ephesians 6:18-20 NIV
Your words matter. May they be used to build relationships, kinship, and prayer.
How will you create community for other writers?
Over 140 of Sally Ferguson’s devotionals have been published in Pathways to God (Warner Press). She’s also written for Light From The Word, Chautauqua Mirror, Just Between Us, Adult Span Curriculum,Thriving Family, Upgrade with Dawn and ezinearticles.com. Prose Contest Winner at 2017 Greater Philly Christian Writers Conference.
Sally loves organizing retreats and seeing relationships blossom in time away from the daily routine. Her ebook, How to Plan a Women’s Retreat is available on Amazon.
Sally Ferguson lives in the beautiful countryside of Jamestown, NY with her husband and her dad.
If you’re already deeply connected to your audience…if serving them up close and personal is already your priority…and if your email list numbers are all you want them to be, skip this month’s article. Otherwise, read on!
FACT: Our Message Has No Value Without An Audience
God gifted us to write and speak His truth. But if we don’t spend time in one-on-one engagement with our audience, our message won’t spread far. It may be perfect but few will read it or hear it. Fewer still will apply it, so lives won’t change.
Why? Because a critical element will be missing: our audience won’t know us personally. They won’t know what makes us laugh or what makes our blood boil, so they won’t care about us or our message. We won’t make the impact Christ intended.
Don’t let this travesty happen to you. You are the only one who can prevent it. Here’s how.
Build An Online Community
If you have only one marketing goal in 2022, build a community where your audience can find you, engage with you, be helped by you, and get to know you. The works offline but is easier online. Whatever’s best for you and your audience is the perfect choice.
The Primary Way You’re Connected to Your Audience Even Before Publication
You and I know our audience in ways that others don’t because we are like them; they are like us. That’s God’s Master Plan. We know what makes them tick. Their fears. Their questions. What causes that acrid taste of fear in their mouths or that dream that fills them with anticipation.
Others who also want to serve this specific group create surveys to discover what this group needs, so they can offer it. But you and I don’t need surveys. God’s called us to serve those who’ve experienced one or more of the traumas we’ve experienced from which He’s delivered us. Or perhaps one or more of the “impossible” goals He’s helped us reach.
Our message is the hope that He can deliver them, too, but we don’t stop there. We go on to share how He helped us, such as the steps we took–that they can also take–and so on. As they apply the principles He first taught us to apply, their lives change, too, and He is glorified.
This creates a deep, common bond between our audience and us. It’s time to solidify that bond in 2022 and build upon it.
Get face-to-face with your audience. Develop a community for them…with them.
It Doesn’t Have to be a Facebook Group
There’s a cornucopia of ways to engage with each other digitally or in real life. The first step is to make the commitment, then invite those audience members you already know to join you at the appointed time–you choose where–and bring their like-minded friends with them.
Serve them. Laugh with them. Connect with them, being your natural self. Create a safe space for them to speak their mind, ask questions, and get to know each other, too. Build a community together.
Some ask about serving online, “What if I say something wrong or my Internet connection goes crazy?” Rest easy! You WILL say something ridiculous and your Internet connection WILL go kablooey! And guess what? The world will keep right on spinning because those things happen.
Learn how to handle the ups and downs of “live” service and get over yourself already!
Before Internet days, I wrote and taught over 1,000 classes combined–each one different–at my job, church, and elsewhere in my local region.
Online, I’ve hosted over 500 (60-minute) Facebook Live interviews and over 200 live trainings on Zoom.
In all, I’ve survived some wacky experiences, and my audience was right there supporting me, eager to learn what I offered. We always made it through together. The snafu that tried to separate drew us closer instead. That’s God’s way.
Your Audience Will Support You, Too
They want the information, solutions, inspiration, or education you offer. Deliver it to them and they’ll be back. The Holy Spirit will draw others hungry for your message, too. You do your part. He’ll do His.
It’s amazing to watch your community transform from a random group of strangers with no apparent commonality into a strong band of followers who are loyal to you and each other.
Intentional fellowship changes everything, increasing both your clarity and passion as you see first this and then that person’s eyes light up and their burdens lifted, sometimes, because they know your story so well, too.
You’ll miss these tangible benefits if you don’t connect with real people in real time, whether online or off, in Jesus’ name and for their sake.
Make COMMUNITY your number one marketing goal for 2022!
Patricia Durgin is an Online Marketing Coach and Facebook Live Expert. She trains Christian writers and speakers exclusively, helping them develop their messaging, marketing funnels, conversational emails, and Facebook Live programs. Patricia hosted 505 (60-minute) Facebook Live programs from 2018-2020. That program is on indefinite hiatus. She’s also a regular faculty member at Christian writers and speakers conferences around the country.
In my last post I explained that our writing journey should not be a solo trip. God has placed people in our lives who help complete the mosaic He is creating with our lives. Each piece of a mosaic is called a tesserae. I’d like to introduce another tesserae in my mosaic—Susan Neal.
I met this wonder-woman at my very first writer’s conference and was so impressed with her confidence, knowledge, and genuinely kind personality, but I was absolutely blown away to later discover her age! This youthful lady has some secrets about health to share with us that will help us gain clarity, strength, and success as writers.
1) Susan,tell us a little bit about your health journey and where and when your mission to help others become more health conscious began.
I combated a health crisis at the age of forty-nine. In November of that year, I had a crown placed on a tooth. Little did I know how that would mark the beginning of losing my good health. Ultimately, this tooth abscessed and poisoned my body over the next nine months, resulting in ten medical diagnoses and two surgeries. It took years to recover. I understand the devastating effects of being ill, and I want to help others reclaim their health as I did mine.
For years I did not realize that the nonfiction, healthy living genre was perfect for me. Instead, I tried other genres which resulted in rejection. Ultimately, I figured out my writing path should be where I could use my nursing background and illness to help others regain their health and optimal weight.
I am finally pursuing a divine direction, but it took years to figure it out. I wasn’t supposed to be a fiction or devotional author; I was supposed to use my background to assist others with health issues. I encountered much rejection during the first few years of my writing journey, but I persevered. Have you determined the spiritual writing path that you should pursue?
2) As a writer yourself, you understand the amount of energy, stamina, and patience required to make it to publication. How can the foods we eat make an impact on our success and stress levels during that process?
Unhealthy eating can contribute to poor writing. After a writer consumes refined carbohydrates or high-sugar foods, it negatively affects mood and clarity of mind. The mind becomes foggy, and it hard to remember things. Blood-sugar levels rise, which gives a rush of energy, but then it plummets, and the person feels lethargic. To counteract the effects of low blood sugar, adrenaline is released and causes anxiety. Blood-sugar fluctuations cause moodiness, irritability, and depression. When this occurs we are not at our best.
To produce our best work for the Lord, we need to nourish our bodies with the foods he gave us, not the food industry. Stay away from processed foods in boxes and bags that have a long shelf life. Instead, eat God’s foods that are whole, natural, and as close to harvest as possible. For example, grab some raw nuts to eat instead of crackers or chips. God’s foods will give you energy and mental clarity.
If you lack motivation and mental clarity, evaluate what you ate the previous 24 hours. Did it include sugar or wheat? Determine if something you ate or drank caused your symptoms and record the culprit on your calendar or in the Notes app on your phone. Figure out what makes you foggy-brained and avoid it so you can write clearly and efficiently.
3) Have you found a direct correlation to health and mental clarity in your own writing?
Absolutely, with the holidays I ate more desserts. This caused my mind and body to feel sluggish. I try to avoid desserts that are high in sugar but during the holidays we all splurge. Recently I created four healthy living cookbooks to help others navigate a healthy lifestyle. Currently, the cookbook bundle is half-price here. These healthy, delicious recipes are low-sugar, gluten-free, and provide alternatives for dairy.
3) What advice would you give someone who is just starting out and ready to take the leap to pursue a healthier lifestyle?
I can answer this question best by reviewing some of the steps from my number one Amazon bestseller, 7 Steps to Get Off Sugar and Carbohydrates.
Step 1. Decide to improve your health through proper nutrition.
The decision to improve your health is very personal. No one can make this decision for you. Deciding is the hardest step, but once you decide to change your eating habits you can achieve your healthy living goals.
Step 2. Acquire knowledge and a support system to help make a lifestyle change.
Learning which foods are harmful versus beneficial is crucial in sorting out what you should eat. For example, most oat, soy, corn, and wheat crops in the United States are genetically modified organisms (GMO) Roundup Ready crops where the carcinogen glyphosate (active ingredient in Roundup) is used on the crops because the herbicide does not harm them. Therefore, you could
Step 3: Clean out the pantry and refrigerator by removing unhealthy foods, and clean out your emotions.
Remove unhealthy foods from your kitchen so you are not tempted to eat them. Some unhealthy foods include wheat, sugar, corn syrup, white rice, artificial sweeteners, processed meats, processed foods, margarine, milk products, and soft drinks.
God gave us food to nourish our bodies. Yet food can be used for the wrong reasons. We may eat because we are sad, bored, stressed, depressed, or happy. As we engage in emotional eating, we turn to food instead of God. Cleaning out your emotions involves determining your relationship with food. Is it a healthy relationship or dysfunctional?
You can review the rest of the steps and gain the knowledge you need to make positive lifestyle changes in my megabook, Healthy Living Series: 3 Books in 1 and my course 7 Steps to Reclaim Your Optimal Weight. Both are on sale for half-price through January 7, 2021.God gave us glorious bodies that heal from many ailments if we eat His foods. When you are healthy you can produce the best quality work for the Lord. Start the new year by choosing to take care of the glorious body God gave you. May God bless you in 2021.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:26, Hebrews 10:24, 1 Peter 3:8
Fun Fact or Helpful Resource: As a Certified AWSA Writer Coach, Susan Neal RN, MBA, MHS, desires to help others publish and sell their God-given message. She is the author of seven healthy living books. Her self-published number one Amazon best-seller 7 Steps to Get Off Sugar and Carbohydrates, won the Selah award and sold over 15,000 copies in three years.
Annette Marie Griffin is an award-winning author who has managed and directed programs for children and youth for more than twenty years. She has written curriculum for character growth and development of elementary-age children, developed parent training seminars to benefit the community, and counseled at-risk youth. Her first children’s book What Is A Family? released in 2020. She and her husband have five children—three who have already flown the coop and two adopted teens still roosting at home—plus two adorable grands who add immeasurable joy and laughter to the whole flock.
Susan Neal won the 2020 Christian Author Network Crown Award for Outstanding Broadcast Media for her book marketing campaign. She is a trusted advisor for authors and helps many sell more books. Would you like to sell more books? Susan can teach you how. Take her Serious Writer Academy Course How to Sell 1000 Books in 3 Months. Susan is new director of Christian Indie Publishing Association.
March is a conflicted month for me, it marks both my
toughest fight and greatest victory. The 31st of this month marks 22
years since my accident that left me changed forever—disabled.
My world was turned upside down in an instant. One
minute I was returning to my car after buying my mother’s birthday card, the
next I was waking up a week later in intensive care.
My family and friends surrounded my bed. The next
few days I would learn about what happened after leaving the bookstore, about
the truck that T-boned my Mustang, crushing the right side of my head.
About the witnesses who rushed to my aid after the
accident and how they were sure I was dead. I’ll never forget the moment one of
the best neurosurgeons in the world explained to me how he had removed a part
of my brain and I would never walk again.
After weeks of in-house therapy, I was transferred to
a rehabilitation hospital. It was there I received the care and attention I
needed from trained specialists and other T.B.I. (traumatic brain injury)
survivors.
Although I wanted
to give up, I was told to take it slow and listen to my therapists. My family
and friends continued to come and support me.
A month later I was transferred to a transitional living center where I
could be observed in a normal setting. That’s where I learned I had limited use
of my left hand.
I learned the importance of support groups. Family
and friends are great, but people with disabilities were essential to my
recovery. In the 22 years since I’ve learned support systems aren’t just for
the disabled.
Support?
The dictionary defines support systems as, “a network of people who provide an individual with practical or
emotional support.” Our family and circle of friends are support systems in its
most basic form. They are the first ones to support our hopes of a writing
career.
They’re where we first receive love, help, and
advice. Older family members and friends have experienced the trials of life we
will eventually face. When the storms of life come, our support systems are
there to encourage us.
Each stage of life will bring us different systems
uniquely qualified to help us grow. Throughout my life, I’ve experienced many
supportive networks.
After I recovered from my accident, I attended a few
survivor groups and then later felt led to get serious about my faith. I began regularly
attending church again. It was there where I met my mentor and soon after
attended my first Promise Keepers men’s conference.
It was at that conference I realized I wasn’t the
only man who was broken. Along with more than 60,000 other men, I learned we
needed each other. I learned the power of encouragement. For over a decade I
consistently attended men’s rallies to be refueled and eventually joined the
movement as an ambassador.
I often shared my story of struggling with being
disabled and about my previous life and battles with substance abuse. This
eventually led me to join another support group, one for persons with addictive
personalities. I’ll never forget what was said the first day I attended.
The group leader stated he was glad to be born a
predisposition to become an alcoholic. Because if he hadn’t become one, he’d never
realized just how broken he was. “Everyone is broken and has problems, but not
everyone realizes it or can accept it. We all need help in one way or another.”
My disability was a wake-up call to my need for
help. Over the years I’ve watched people come and go who didn’t take their
addictions and brokenness seriously. It was all fun and games for them. But I
had learned it is no laughing matter.
As a youth I attended youth rallies and conferences
for fun, I never realized how serious the getaways were. While conferences and
groups can be fun, it’s more about encouragement and education.
Fun
and Games?
Anyone who’s pursued a writing career for any amount
of time, you know it’s not a luxurious or easy journey to start. And not for
hearing stories of other writers who have faced the giants we face ourselves,
most of us would be content just to give up and take a different path.
Fortunately, we have lots of opportunities to get
the support and training we need to continue our journey when the going gets
tough.
local writing or critique groups
online writing communities
social media writing communities
online training and education
writing mentors
writers’ conferences
By
the time this article posts we will be officially in conference season. It’s great to gather together with our friends and colleagues
who we don’t get to see often. And it’s fun to meet new people and network with
industry people we may never meet otherwise. I finally got to meet one of my
writing mentors at the last conference I attended. I also made more friends who
live in my area who continue to support me weekly.
Keep
in mind that like other support groups, writing conferences are for training,
encouragement and making sure our careers/dreams are supported.
Martin Johnson
survived a severe car accident with a (T.B.I.) Traumatic brain injury which
left him legally blind and partially paralyzed on the left side. He is an
award-winning Christian screenwriter who has recently finished his first
Christian nonfiction book. Martin has spent the last nine years volunteering as
an ambassador and promoter for Promise Keepers ministries. While speaking to
local men’s ministries he shares his testimony. He explains The Jesus Paradigm
and how following Jesus changes what matters most in our lives. Martin lives in
a Georgia and connects with readers at Spiritual
Perspectives of Da Single Guy and on Twitter at mtjohnson51.
Writers Chat, hosted by Jean Wise, Johnnie Alexander, and Bethany Jett, is the show where we talk about all things writing, by writers and for writers!
“Because talking about writing is more fun than actually doing it.”
Movies and Books about Writers: Writers Chat Open Mic
The secret is out! Writers like their heroes and heroines to be writers, too! In our latest open mic, we share favorite books and movies featuring writers, including recent releases such as The Man Who Invented Christmas and Goodbye, Christopher Robin, and older faves such as Finding Forrester, The Man of La Mancha, and Midnight in Paris. See if some of your favorites made the list.
Watch the July 31st replay.
Looking for new movies to add to your watch list? Discover more from the Show Notes and Live Chat discussion.
The journey to publication can be difficult without a good network of people behind you. Learn from CEO Tom Blubaugh how Authors Community can point you down the path that will take your writing from hobby to profession.
Check out the August 7th replay.
Tom Blubaugh is married to Barbara Holmes. They have six children and fourteen grandchildren. He spent his childhood in a small town in southeast KS.
Tom began writing poetry at age fourteen. He has written nonfiction most of his adult life.
Tom self-published Behind the Scenes of the Bus Ministry (1974); has written articles for denominational and business magazines (1975 – 1995); co-wrote The Great Adventure under contract for Barbour Publishing Co. (2009); wrote his first fiction Night of the Cossack–published by Bound by Faith Publishers (2011); and is a guest writer in several books. He has been a public speaker for 40 years.
Tom was a self-employed financial planner (1973 – 1995). He is the past president and a past board of director’s member of Jericho Commission, Inc.; is the past chaplain of the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 952, in Springfield, MO; and is the past manager/moderator of the Google+ Christian Authors Community; CEO of Common Sense Marketing Strategies LLC, Tom Blubaugh Literary Strategist LLC, Authors Community, eBookChristian.com and Genesis Project International. He ministers to the homeless and addicts through his life experiences and blog articles.
Learn more from Tom and Authors Community via the Show Notes and Live Chat Links.
Writers Chat is hosted live each Tuesday for an hour starting at 10 AM CT / 11 AM ET on Zoom. The permanent Zoom room link is: zoom.us/j/4074198133.
Participants mute their audio and video during the filming, then we open
the room for anyone who wishes to participate with our guests. The “After Party” is fifteen-minutes of off-the-record sharing and conversation.
Additionally, you can grow your network and add to the conversation by joining our Writers Chat Facebook Group.
Can you imagine what life would be like if you had 4 eyes but no nose or mouth? Or two hearts but no lungs?
Right, you’d not be able to survive.
That describes my writer’s journey. My passion is to write and speak – to share what God shows me. But hey, I can figure out all this other stuff, and “do it myself” so that it’s exactly what I want.
