Ink and Impact Blog

Today I have a special guest with us. Lindsey Carlson is a pastor's wife, the mother of five and a native Texan, whether inside her own local church or while writing or speaking more broadly, Lindsey delights and teaching women to grow in their love for God's Word and...

With both indie and traditionally published authors expected to build a platform, they often get discouraged when they see minimal growth in that area. Sometimes it causes them to lose all motivation to stay on social media or even finish writing their book. I...

With over 4 million new books published last year in the U.S. (self-published and traditionally published combined), is there any room for yours? Isn’t the market already saturated?  And with Americans reading at an all-time low (only 19% of Americans now read for...

Did you know that today, September 15, is National Get Ready Day? Yeah, who knew? I didn't until yesterday, when I was doing a little bit of research. I also don't know who comes up with these day designations. But I decided to run with it for this episode because,...

Today I’m going to answer one of the top questions I receive from aspiring authors:  What are the best tech tools to help me write and market my book? I want to start by saying that tools are nice, but they aren’t the be-all and end-all to ensure that you write - and...

The purpose of Ink and Impact is to educate, encourage, and embolden Christian writers. And to date, I think the show has been doing a good job with education and encouragement, especially with a lot of guests that have been on. If you're new to Ink and Impact, I...

August will soon be over, which means here in the U.S., most of our children have already started back to school or are preparing for it. My youngest who is now in high school went back earlier than most; he returned August 10th.  Now that the house is primarily quiet...

Today's episode is all about reader magnets. You know, those freebies or opt-ins that we as writers know that we are supposed to create. Sometimes we either think, Oh, that's super easy, and we dash off and create something really fast, only to discover there are a...

Welcome to another episode of Ink and Impact! Episode 11, to be precise. As I was reflecting back on the fact that ten episodes have aired, I wanted to just take a moment to reflect and think about, “Am I meeting the initial mission of this podcast? Or is it time to...

Today I am excited to introduce another author to you. Elizabeth Jacobson is a middle school math teacher in sunny California, who loves the Bible, fantasy and science fiction. She got bit by the writing bug at age thirteen, and has been frantically putting words on...

Dalene Bickel  I am thrilled to have an author friend with us today, Alicia Greer. She is a kingdom communicator who enjoys finding creative ways to share spiritual truth with her generation. She is a University of Southern California alum and she earned her Master of...

  Today I am thrilled to have a guest author with us, Laura Thomas. She is a published Christian author who writes heartwarming encouragement for your soul, especially in her romantic suspense, teen fiction, marriage and children's books. Laura is a certified...