Motivate to Create by Nate Hendley

We all need a little motivation every now and then for any new venture.  In Motivate to Create, Hendley talks specifically about getting motivated to write and shares tips that work for him.  Although writing is his career, he warns people getting starting that it’s not easy.  Pay varies significantly for freelance writing assignments and it may not be enough of a salary initially to write full time.  Writing on the side for smaller publications is a good way to get started before approaching well-known ones that may pay better.

The Jesus Experiment by Bill Perkins

People look for satisfaction in many places, such as buying a new house or taking a vacation.  As Perkins reminds readers in “The Jesus Experiment”, "one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions".  (Luke 12:15).  Our pursuit should be about becoming like Christ rather than acquiring “things” or seeking status.  In his personal quest to move away from worldly pursuits and become more like Jesus, Perkins embarked on a twelve-week spiritual exercise he calls “The Jesus Experiment”.

Through these 12 weeks, he focused on four areas.  1) What Jesus did in a variety of situations,  2) What he would do today in similar real-life situations, 3) Evaluating what he would do and 4) Preparing a plan to actively follow in Jesus’ footsteps the next time he found himself in similar circumstances.

Nine Myths and a Truth: The Real Story Behind the Scenes at a Local Television Station

Lauren Clark, the author of Stay Tuned, talks about what happens when a news team becomes the story.   In the below guest post, she dispels some of the myths of working at a television station.


10. Reporters are paid tons of money! FALSE—Reporters at small television stations are paid a little more than minimum wage. They are required to have a college degree and many just-out-of-school jobs are classified as a “One Man Band, ” which means that the reporter carries the camera, shoots the footage, does the interviews, then writes and edits the story.


9. Reporters get to meet famous people! SOMETIMES—I was fortunate enough to meet Vice Presidential Candidate Geraldine Ferraro and many local senators and congress members. However, I did interview Eliott Spitzer while he was New York State’s attorney general. Now that’s just creepy!