Here’s what’s new this month:
• Don’t become a digital dinosaur! (interview with Upper Case)
• Hope and Humor: Beyond McPrayer
• The man who wrote the book on humor (interview with Jeanette Levellie)
• Top ten pages
• When God Turned Off the Lights by Cec Murphey (book review)
And, of course, our annual look at Halloween and other twist [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Writing’
October 3, 2009
New for October 2009
September 23, 2009
‘Writing with Bananas’ and ‘Beyond McPrayer’
A couple new posts at jameswatkins!com:
Beyond ‘McPrayer’
Sometimes I’m afraid I treat God like the drive-through window at McDonalds. I scan the menu board of “promise verses,” place my order, and then race my engine as I wait impatiently. More
Humor makes your healthier, smarter
Writing with Banana Peels claims humor makes you healthier and smarter. Free sample [...]
August 29, 2009
New this month: September 2009
• Writing with Banana Peels: Humor Principles, Practices, and Pratfalls is now available! (Read Table of Contents, sample chapters and endorsements, and of course, buy a case for family and friends!)
But wait, there’s more at jameswatkins.com!
• I’m now on YouTube with three of my favorite sketches as well excerpts from talks at American Christian [...]
July 28, 2009
New this month: August 2009
Here’s what’s brand spankin’ new:
• ACW Press features moi on YouTube
• Free sheet music: “Loving God and You”
• Gender is not black and white The South African “woman” track star
• Government offers “Cash for Flunkers”
• Help me! Use me! Love me! Confessions of an author/speaker
• How to pursue speaking engagements
• My virtual home theater: enjoy [...]
June 14, 2009
New this week: June 15, 2009
Happy Father’s Day!
• My real job
• The Papoose-Driven Life
• You may be a parent if . . .
But wait, there’s more . . .
• I can’t wait to remove this page!
• Is Twitter just for twits?
• One-fourth of “church goers” believe in astrology, ghosts, reincarnation . . .
• Speaking at the Kentucky Christian Writers’ Conference [...]
February 2, 2009
• Top ten secrets for . . .
In this week’s issue . . .
Heavy topics
• Top ten secrets for squeezing good out of bad
• Dark knight at Academy Awards
• You may be clinically depressed if . . .
• Top ten pages at jameswatkins.com
• The weight adventure: week 4
Light touch
• My favorite Super Bowl commercials
• Alien lizards secretly rule world
• God tells man [...]
November 12, 2008
• Who is in your ‘tribe’?
Seth Godin’s new book Tribes is changing the face of “marketing.” Here are some of his main points from his one-hour online lecture:
Crowds v. Tribes
Crowds have little in common. They can be bought.
Tribes (church, work, community, etc.) have something in common (a cause, message, connection) Cannot be bought, but must be invested in.
Three [...]
November 10, 2008
• Monday musings
I was at the Indianapolis Christian Writers Conference Friday, so too busy for a “Random Rant Friday” post. Instead, some Monday musings:
The state of publishing
I sat in a fascinating brainstorming session on “The Future of Publishing” moderated by Keith Drury. Look for more electronic publishing, shorter books and articles, customized books and text books for [...]
October 31, 2008
• Random rant Friday
(Pic: Granddauaghters Hannah and Kaylah)
Should Christians celebrate Halloween?
Google “Should Christians celebrate Halloween?” and you’ll get about one thousand sites covering everything from “it’s completely harmless” to “it’s completely hellish.” Here’s site 1,001 that’s somewhere in the middle: Yes, no and maybe
Are presidential candidates “Christian”?
In a 2004 interview in the Chicago Sun Times, Democractic [...]
