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Waking the Dragon

Friday, 12 June 2015 by Dawn Jewell
Last month Jenny Young attended “My Story for His Glory,” a Christian writer workshop and retreat in South Africa. Led by fiction author and MAI trainer Joan Campbell and author Mandy Hackland, the week-end retreat was attended by 13 writers. They chose between two tracks: fiction and devotional writing. Jenny, who works in a secondary
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Voices from South Africa

Wednesday, 10 June 2015 by Dawn Jewell
By Joan Campbell, MAI trainer On the first evening of MAI’s South African “My Story for His Glory” Writing Workshop, May 16 & 17, the 13 participants read some of their writing. It was a celebration of words, creativity and individuality. I’d like to share two of these expressive South African voices. Norma shared an
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Giving Up Control: The art of mentoring

Wednesday, 10 September 2014 by Dawn Jewell
By Richard Crespo Many years ago I read an article about mentoring called, “Coaching Without a Paddle.” The author used the analogy of floating in a canoe without a paddle to describe the mentoring process of not being able to control the outcome. As a new convert, the Apostle Paul was mentored by a more
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How do people learn?

Wednesday, 27 August 2014 by Dawn Jewell
We are pleased to offer you this exclusive interview with Martin Manser, author of the new book, Effective Training in a Week.  Q: Tell us about the different learning styles you’ve encountered when training writers or others. The main different learning styles I’ve encountered when training are the following: Visual – those who like to see information in the written word, pictures, videos or
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Tan’s Pursuit of Publishing with Passion

Wednesday, 11 June 2014 by Dawn Jewell
Improve your sales strategies with tips from our next webinar, “Selling Online,” featuring CEO Aleks Tan on June 20. (See details below.) In his 20s, Aleks was known as the “PowerPoint Guy” who helped prepare presentations for the CEO of OMF Literature. A self-described “fly on the wall,” he strove for excellence. Find out why
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Truth Is Costly

Monday, 12 May 2014 by Dawn Jewell
By Miriam Adeney From Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon they walk in, sit down, and plug in laptops or lay out pens and paper. These 17 writers are each working on a book in Arabic in the Christian Arab Writers’ Initiative, a joint effort of MAI and Ophir Publishers of Jordan.  Topics include women’s oppression
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How We Cultivate Writers

Wednesday, 11 December 2013 by Dawn Jewell
By Stephen Bryant Many of us associated with MAI are working to cultivate writers. Our goal at Discipleship Resources International of the United Methodists is to expand the faith community’s access to affordable, contextually appropriate Christian resources by building local capacity to write and publish them. One of the most important things we can do
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Africa: Watch out for trained trainers

Tuesday, 03 December 2013 by Dawn Jewell
By Lekan Otufodunrin, Nigeria Before attending the Train-the-Trainer workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya, from November 13-15, Marcelin Vounda Etoa of Editions CLE publishing house in Cameroon was planning to hold a workshop in partnership with the Protestant University to train pastors on writing scholarly theological papers. Having participated in the three-day workshop organized by Media
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MAI Training Booklets Now in E-books!

Monday, 16 September 2013 by Dawn Jewell
Free shipping, no snail mail, and you save a tree! You’ll find our practical training booklets and bestsellers now available in digital formats for Kindle, Apple and Nook products: How to Write Missionary Letters by Alvera Mickelson: Kindle, Apple, Nook The Christian Publisher: Strong in the Storm by Ramon Rocha III: Kindle, Apple, Nook Your
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How to Critique Manuscripts in Languages You Do Not Read

Monday, 15 April 2013 by Dawn Jewell
By Miriam Adeney  Working with writers using languages you don’t read can be tricky. However, even if you cannot read every word of every piece, with a little help you can still provide critique.  Here are a few hints on how to help writers make the most of workshops. 1. For your first public critique,
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