Faith Dea

I just signed up for this! 🤗

Same calling. Totally different strategy.

My first book advance was modest. The coaching programs and digital products I built around my writing? That's what actually changed things.

If you've been waiting until the book is done to think about platform, audience, or income — that's one of the most common mistakes I see Christian women writers make.

The writers who succeed aren't always the most talented.

They're the ones who understood the whole picture.

On May 13, and I are hosting a FREE workshop to change how you think about your entire writing journey — and help you build both impact and income from your words.

Register free at the link below! Replay will be available to all how who up!

https://www.beckykopitzke.com/webinar

Mark your calendar if this sounds like something you’d like to try out. Haven’t taken this particular workshop myself, but could be a step in the right direction. 👣

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Author and writing coach, Tracie Miles, has a website that you’ve got to check out! This image is the cover of a free ebook I can’t recommend enough!! Do yourself a favor and go download now💪🏼

Proverbs 31 Ministries has been producing some really great content for Christian women. This morning I opened an email inviting me to download this free resource by Lisa TerKeurst. (There are a couple other pages that go with it I’m happy to share or go to their website and subscribe)

Lie #3 was my big hurdle to overcome. Which one holds you back?

Super honored having my hubbys former boss visit on Easter. He read my book on his international flight over, and asked me to sign🥹

“Yes, sir”🫡

This is the small business I hired to format my book. ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Getting my old 3by5 photo clear enough to use on the front/trim was the most challenging part! I’m still so grateful for Taryn and her team!🎉

You Don’t Have to Have It All Figured Out | TC Co. April 2026 One thing I’ve noticed after working with so many authors is this: people often assume they need to have everything figured out before they reach out about publishing their book.

Setting was the major highlight for the opening of my memoir. I loved researching the location. You have a setting where your story begins and continues. This article is not too long; offers food for thought.

To fictionalise or not to fictionalise setting? That is the question. By Sheena Macleod - Deputy Editor in Chief.

Did you know?

“Show, don’t tell” means you should show more often than tell. It doesn’t mean you should avoid telling altogether.

Four reasons to show:

1. It immerses readers in the characters’ emotions.

❌ Patricia was happy.

✅ Patricia’s eyes sparkled with tears as a proud smile grew on her face.

(Patricia isn’t the point-of-view character—we don’t know her thoughts, but we can infer her emotions.)

❌ Jean felt tired.

✅ Jean rubbed her eyes and stifled a yawn as Mr. Copley droned on. Darned coffee was doing nothing. She should’ve had a third cup.

(Jean is the point-of-view character—we can get into her head.)

2. It allows readers to experience the world through the characters’ senses.

❌ Ted could hear the baby crying.

✅ Ted shot up in bed as the baby’s desperate wails grew louder.

3. It puts readers in the middle of the action.

❌ Jeremy escaped through the window.

✅ Jeremy opened the window and yanked out the screen. As the pounding on the door increased, he squeezed feet first through the opening, dangled for a second, then dropped two stories into a bed of geraniums.

4. It draws readers into the setting.

❌ The casino never slept.

✅ Slot machines continuously beeped and jangled as the cacophony of dealers and players wafted through the casino, the occasional cheer punctuating a lucky spin or roll of the dice.

Four reasons to tell:

1. It allows readers to move quickly through tedious actions.

❌ Instead of a lengthy description of Adam’s drive to work—

✅ With a brief stop to grab coffee, Adam made it to the office in only twenty minutes.

2. It gives brief descriptions of minor characters and settings.

❌ Instead of a lengthy description of a food server who isn’t essential to the plot—

✅ A middle-aged server with bleach-blonde hair appeared, introduced herself as Tina, and took our drink order.

3. It keeps readers from getting bored with the “As you know, Bob” type of conversation.

❌ “We’ve been partners on this force for two years now, and we’ve never been able to catch Sam King in the act,” said Steve as he squeezed ketchup on his burger.
“I know,” said Roy. “He never falls for our stings.” He popped a fry into his mouth.
“And Captain Burns keeps telling us every week that we need to catch this guy or he’ll have our badges.”

✅ "Barnes, Harrison, my office now!"
"Not again," said Steve as he and Roy headed for Captain Burns's office. Two years of sting operations, and they still hadn't caught Sam King completing drug deal.
"Better hold onto your badge," Roy said with a snicker. "He may grab it this time."

4. It allows for smooth transitions between scenes.

❌ Instead of paragraphs detailing everything Mara experienced after she left home to give the big city a try—

✅ Three years passed. By the time Mara returned home, she was no longer the bubbly dreamer she had once been.

Credit: Eileen Pizzi, copyeditor

If you truly believed God was working on your behalf — how would you write your story?
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Sometimes the shift in perspective begins not with the circumstances, but in what you believe and how you choose to interpret the event or situation.
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POV:
Writing non-fiction isn’t the place to drown readers in your past trauma and angst over it