About Heidi Kreider

Heidi Kreider is a wife, mother, author, and friend. She blogs about life, grace, and gratitude at her blog, her Facebook page, and on Twitter.

The Seasons Of Life For The Christian Writer

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" -Ecclesiastes 3:1 I'm not entirely sure how long I've been a writer. I wrote stories in my head before I could write them on paper. I would lie awake in the quiet dark of night and spin a tale of intrigue in my head that I promptly forgot in the morning. It didn't … [Read more...]

5 Options To Consider For Any Writer Who Is Tired

I'm tired. I bet you are too. It seems like life pulls from ten... one hundred... a thousand directions at once.  Often we are left with no time or energy to get it all done, finally falling into bed only to start all over in a few hours. For many of us, writing is not our day job.  It's what we do around all the other things in our lives … [Read more...]

3 Tips To A Virtual Book Tour Done Well…

So you've written a book. Congratulations! You've accomplished a great goal, but unless you want your book to sit on your bookcase collecting dust, your work isn't finished yet. Now it's time to sell your words. You will probably find yourself doing this on your own. Even authors who land publishing contracts do their own marketing and … [Read more...]

What Is Your Measure of Success?

It's 4H time around my house. That time of year when my 3 children work fevorishly for the big prize... grand champion. A prize that is often illusive because there is but one grand champion. Though they work hard and do their personal best, they may or may feel like the best... they may or may not be the grand champion. I'd like to be able to say … [Read more...]