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Michelle Hernandez
Column: Community
In the Community column, Michelle covers the importance of building a writing community with mentors, writing and critique groups, workshops, and conferences.
Biography:
Michelle Marie Hernandez is a writer, a speaker, an artist, and the founder of Abiding Communications. She creates images and words to comfort, encourage, and teach people. Michelle uses wisdom from her own journey of growth and healing to help others progress on their path.
Michelle sensed God’s call to write in 2004. She attended her first writers’ conference in 2007 and joined her first writers’ group, Inspirational Writers Alive! (IWA!), in 2009. With support from the Christian writing community, Michelle has flourished. She has over 20 years of professional communications experience. Michelle has also served in several writing groups, including an IWA! chapter that she started and led in her hometown of Taylor, Texas.
Like her Creator, Michelle loves crafting a variety of beautiful artworks. She writes articles, Bible studies, books, cards, and devotions for adults and children. Michelle delights in preparing and delivering spoken messages to live and online audiences. She also enjoys drawing and painting scenes that show viewers something amazing about God.
Along with being an entrepreneurial artist, author, and speaker, Michelle is a dedicated wife, mother, and friend. She likes cooking, gardening, reading, and walking outdoors. Michelle lives in the greater Houston area and retreats to the Texas countryside.
Melanie Stiles
Column: Coaching
In the Coaching column, Melanie, brings her best advice and wisdom for managing and advancing your life as a writer.
Biography:
Melanie has been successfully coaching individuals for many years, and enjoys helping others to achieve their God-given passions. She is branded as the Life Coach in Blue Jeans due to her down-to-earth, practical, and spiritual approaches to fulfilling the desires of the heart.
Melanie has also accumulated hundreds of freelance bylines, authored several books specifically for writers, and frequently speaks at conferences, churches and with other teams/groups on topics relating to the journeys of Christian women, discipleship, leadership, biblical topics and writing.
Melanie offers writing-related services to individuals and organizations, including complete book publishing processes, copy creation, editing, ghostwriting, coaching and more. Melanie is a practicing Life Coach with certifications received through the American Association of Christian Counseling. She frequently pairs with both individuals and groups to assist in goal achievement. Her coaching programs can be customized to fit specific needs.
Melanie spends her free time volunteering as a Lay Minister at Lakewood Church in Houston, TX and enjoying outings with her family.
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