Steve Bremner
Author, Podcaster & Writing Coach
If you're new here, allow me to point out to you my main focus and passion in life is writing. Whether that be in blog format, book format, ghostwriting or crafting content on social media.
The articles tagged as writing posts and showing up in this archive ought to give you a good headstart if you're looking to hone in your own writing craft and get that book written!
TL;DR: I ain't doing it ever again. I’ve said it before and I’ll repeat it now: Many authors underprice their books. A few overprice their books to the extreme, but I find it’s the former I …
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Hey guys On Sunday I got to be interviewed by Ryan J. Rhoades, founder of Reformation Designs on a weekly FB live interview series he's been doing on the subject of branding. He talked to me …
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"How writing daily for years prepared me for working out and losing weight.” I’ll tell you. But first, let me spend some time telling you about my weight loss journey. Trust me, it’s …
I've posted on my site several times why I don't do review swaps with other indie authors and expressed my disdain for being added to groups on Facebook without my permission, invited to like …
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You may be reading this post as an already-established author and contemplating dipping your toes into the audiobook market. If you are still on the fence, you might want to read this previous …
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I constantly get messaged by people asking me questions because they're "planning on starting a podcast" or they're "going to" write a book. Years have gone by and I neither see nor hear …
I've been thinking about a productivity hack in my life that I felt was true, and then I recently two different books that said so in different ways. First, let's keep something in mind. Much of …
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A friend of mine has traveled with a well-known and established preacher for many years. This minister has written at least 30 books, and I’m certain this is a conservative estimate. He’s …
I constantly tell aspiring authors and writers that before publishing a book, they ought to be writing daily or very often so as to practice their craft and excel at it. I also encourage writers …
I rub shoulders all the time with other indie authors who want to cut all the corners they can in their book's production, rush it to publication and spend as little money as possible doing …
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I originally wrote this blog post in January 2014 one year after I started publishing ebooks on Amazon, and before one of my titles got picked up by a traditional publisher and experienced a …
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Jonah was ticked off at God for not wiping out Nineveh like Jonah prophesied to them would happen. Now, it should also be noted that GOD sent Jonah to Nineveh and specifically told Jonah to …
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In my last post I began to rant about some of the unsolicited requests for money I get, and other similar types of favors, and realized I needed a separate blog post to address fellow …
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I just found out earlier today, before publishing this post that Nine Lies People Believe About Speaking in Tongues (my published book) is available on Audible.com, and Amazon thanks to the …
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Go the way of least resistance in life. Don't ask questions about why things are the way they are -- just accept it. When people challenge your dreams and say something can't be done -- or …
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I recorded this episode about 2 months ago and never got around to editing it and publishing it online until now. I shared from an article of Kris Vallatton's called 6 Reasons to Write and spent …
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Reviews by ordinary people have become an essential mechanism for selling almost anything online; they are used for resorts, dermatologists, neighborhood restaurants, high-fashion boutiques, …
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Welcome to today's episode of the podcast. This one was a long time coming, as it had been on my mind to invite today's guest on the show for quite a while, but I never went for it until a few …
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Nine Lies People Believe About Speaking in Tongues is now available in Paperback and Kindle on Amazon through Destiny Image Publishers. Book Description Discover the Biblical Truth about the …
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Whether you blog or write self-published books, you’re bound to face criticism for your writings. In fact, something is wrong if you don’t. From time to time my books get one-star reviews …
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If there’s one thing that Amazon has helped to do, it’s to lower the bar for any and every aspiring author to reach their dreams. No longer do you have to be among the one in a thousand authors …
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If you want your message to reach the maximum number of people, a blog is hands down the best means I know. But who’s got time? It doesn’t matter if I’m speaking with someone just starting to …
I was privileged to be on The Praying Medic Podcast this week. Over the previous weekend PM and I had a three hour recorded Skype conversation on the heels of having just recently recorded a …
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I was privileged to be on The Praying Medic Podcast this week. Over the weekend PM and I had a three hour recorded Skype conversation the heels of having just recently recorded a lengthy episode …
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I was privileged to finally have Chris Wilson on the podcast. You may remember he was the interviewer that had me on his YouTube channel a year and a half ago, and has been a tremendous …
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When I was a pre-adolescent, I had an advanced reading-level. I remember my teachers in fifth and sixth grade telling my parents during parent-teacher interviews that I had the reading level of …
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Last night, we got a notification from our leaders Mark and Anna that upon returning from a three-week trip to the United States, Mark had left a bag with his passport and $4500 cash and other …
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I just came across this post the other day on Pro Blogger, 5 Ways to Make Your Blogging Life Easier. It is one of the blog sites I have subscribed to for years to get new ideas for both content …
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For those who don't know, when you self-publish a book, and if you join Facebook groups for writers, you get approached by a lot of other self-published authors who offer to scratch your back if …
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