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DREAM TO DESTINATION, GOD'S HELP FOR ASPIRING NOVELISTS by Award-Winning Novelest, Beth Ann Ziarnik

3/5/2025

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Did you catch that writing bug? Do you have a novel simmering and stirring in your heart that begs release? DREAM TO DESTINATION is the book for you. From the conception of your idea to delivery, Beth Ann takes you step by step.

This book is like having a personal coach helping you to realize the next step. Not just how-to and what-to details are listed, but encouragement mingled with the enthusiasm one needs to complete a novel. What I just listed is encapsulated in these pages.

When I first saw DREAM TO DESTINATION, I thought I could review it for our writer’s group members. I found that I really needed direction from this award-winning author. As I went from chapter to chapter and topic to topic, I felt the inspiration rising and my knowledge increasing. I had run aground onto a dry space and felt every obstacle intensely. This book aided me to getting my train on the tracks and running again.

Something I loved about Beth Ann’s DREAM TO DESTINATION is that she included those who write slower and those who write shockingly fast. I felt there was no guilt or false expectation laid upon my shoulders. Setting up characters and getting to know them takes time. Also, setting up all the social media a writer needs whether they have a publisher or are self-publish isn’t accomplished in the blink of an eye.

Beth Ann includes a bonus—ideas for setting up a successful book launch. A lot of times writers want to rush in and publish their baby as soon as the last word is written but I agree with Beth. I recommend DREAM TO DESTINATION for seasoned writers and new to the dream writers along with everyone in-between.

DREAM TO DESTINATION is a book with a fresh look, fresh insight, fresh encouragement from one who experienced difficulties and joys through her own publishing journey. Her first book was award-winning! Bravo, Beth Ann. This will be a book I will refer to keep on track, continued encouragement, and freshly remember why and who I write for!

You may contact or learn more about Beth Ann Ziarnik and her other books at her website:  www.bethziarnik.com
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Ruth Schmeckpeper link
3/5/2025 07:19:38 am

What a beautiful tribute to Dream to Destination and the talented author!

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    Susan Marlene is the author of Sisters & Friends, HEARTS FOREVER FAITHFUL and SHORT STORIES, Some Fanciful, Some True, A Collection from Various Time Periods & Adventurous Tales, as well as ​Splashes of Hope, A Trio of Short Stories.

    She has published in these venues also. 
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    www.ChristianDevotions.us and in Splickety Love Magazine, The Novice, and  newspapers. She writes devotions, fiction, and nonfiction. She is a member and co-founder of Pens of Praise Christian Writers 
    Group.  She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW).

    ​She speaks at writers' groups and prepares devotions and teachings often for Pens of Praise Christian Writers,  and was a former member of Jerry Jenkins Writers Guild. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She loves  antiques and misses  her Leonberger, but loves her Boxer who fills their lives with love and laughter. Her cat was the queen of the household and is also dearly missed. 

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