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Brian Allain

Brian Allain

Author and Founder of Writing for Your Life

Brian Allain leads Writing for Your Life, a resource center for spiritual writers, and provides marketing services for authors and companies through Who Are You Trying To Serve? His work includes the Publishing in Color conference series, which is intended to increase the number of books published by spiritual writers of color, who have been under-represented in terms of the number of books published. Brian also leads the team that produces Compassionate Christianity. Previously Brian served as Founding Director of the Frederick Buechner Center where he led the launch of Mr. Buechner’s online presence and established several new programs and strategic partnerships. Brian has developed and led spiritual writers conferences at Princeton Theological Seminary, Drew Theological Seminary, Western Theological Seminary, Belmont University, New Brunswick Seminary, and several churches. He led the self-publishing effort for the book Buechner 101: An Introduction to Frederick Buechner. All of this is a second career, coming after successful business and technology leadership in high-tech. Brian has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was designated a Palmer Scholar, their highest academic award.

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By Brian Allain

Why Marketing Should Not Be A Dirty Word For Christian Writers

It can be a struggle for Christians to promote their own writing. Learn why our views on this matter.
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By Brian Allain

Why Writing is Important for Faith Leaders – Now More than Ever

The leader of a resource center for spiritual writers examines how faith leaders can address the challenges they face in reaching their audiences.

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