Use Your Words: Should You Write a Book?

Is writing a book worth it if you’re a speaker? Should you self-publish?

Use Your Words: Multiple Income Streams from Speaking

Every Tuesday at noon EST I give a 30 minute BlogTalkRadio show on elements of a speaking ministry–and it’s totally free! Yesterday I talked about how to create multiple income streams from speaking. That sounds very high falutin’, but its meaning is quite simple: most of us just make speaking fees when we speak, but [...]

How to Write a Book Proposal

So many of my followers on Facebook and Twitter have been reporting the various stages their book proposals are in, so I thought it was high time that I share with you how to write a book proposal! I’ve written about six in my life, and three have been accepted and published, and the others [...]

Use Your Words: Making a Living from Speaking

Today’s Use Your Words BlogTalkRadio program addressed the question, “Can I really make a living speaking”? If you didn’t get a chance to listen live, listen in now right here! If that question is nagging at you, though, here are my thoughts. First, of course it’s a tension between income and ministry. We think that [...]

What to Put on Your Book Table

…now the answer to the above question seems obvious, doesn’t it? BOOKS! Ah, but what if you don’t have any books? Or what if you have only one? Then what do you do? I have four books out, plus two compilation books. But I have a TON of stuff on my book table. Why? Because [...]