by Marcia Moston @MarciaMoston
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Mini Memoir Moment: Objects as Gateways to Memories and Keys to Stories
by Marcia Moston @MarciaMoston
Monday, September 28, 2020
Busting 3 Myths of the Inciting Incident
by Ane Mulligan @AneMulligan
Saturday, September 26, 2020
The Writers’ Pledge
by Cathy Fyock @CathyFyock
Friday, September 25, 2020
The Power of a Well-Written Writer's Bio
by Lori Hatcher @LoriHatcher2
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Make Your Hero Choose
by Henry Mclaughlin @RiverBendSagas
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
11 Ways to Ignite Your Writing Passion
by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills
Maybe you thought the summer heat would light a fire to your writing, but it didn’t happen. Now it’s the end of September, and you still haven’t found the match. In fact, you’re giving serious consideration to calling it quits. Maybe writing is for someone else and not you.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Dipping The Quill Deeper: A Cry for Mercy
by Eva Marie Everson @EvaMarieEverson
My daily devotions come from a book titled A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and Other Servants, compiled and edited by Rueben P. Job and Norman Shawchuck. Within its pages are weekly divisions of scripture verses, reflections from those who have come before us or walk beside us, invocations and benedictions, guides for prayers and reflection, and hymns to sing (although I usually just speak them as I would a poem). Often quoted within the leather-bound pages is Henri J. M. Nouwen (1932-1996), a Dutch Catholic priest, professor, writer, and theologian.
Monday, September 21, 2020
Marketing from Reader Feedback
by Karen Whiting @KarenHWhiting
Social media, focus groups, beta readers, and online reviews create plenty of reader feedback. Those words provide fodder for marketing.
Sunday, September 20, 2020
Return to the Five Ws of Writing
by Tammy Karasek @TickledPinkTam
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Are We Striving for the Inner Ring as Writers?
by Emme Gannon @GannonEmme
C.S. Lewis gave a talk to university students called, “The Inner Ring.” He said, “I believe that in all man’s lives at all periods between infancy and extreme old age, one the most dominant elements is the desire to be inside the local Ring and the terror of being left outside.”
Friday, September 18, 2020
Compilation Books—Why and How to Write Them
by Crystal Bowman
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Marketing for Writers - Create a Facebook Group Campaign
by Susan U. Neal RN, MBA, MHS @SusanNealYoga
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
When Should We Start Editing?
by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28
- Those praise music lyrics are missing punctuation. (Does that drive you crazy, too?)
- I’m writing compound sentences in my e-mails without commas. (And feeling guilty about it.)
- I can’t send this text until it’s perfect. (Half the time I’m missing something.)
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Watch Your Words!
by Lucinda Secrest McDowell @LucindaSMcDowel
The next six weeks in our country will be full of words. Promises. Taunts. Pledges. Boasts. Truth. Untruth. Mockery. Threats. Loyalty. Division. Hope. Despair. Fear. Faith. Unity. Encouragement. And, did I mention, Hope?
Monday, September 14, 2020
SPEAK UP WITH CONFIDENCE Guide for Authors
by Yvonne Ortega @YvonneOrtega1
I read Carol Kent’s revised and updated edition of Speak Up with Confidence from cover to cover. Her passion to speak words of eternal value and bathe every step of the process in prayer spoke to my heart. I hope it speaks to yours, too.
Sunday, September 13, 2020
When Rejection Comes
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Choosing to Give Ourselves Some Credit
by Beth Vogt @BethVogt
Friday, September 11, 2020
When I Fail God in My Writing
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Be Willing to Heed the Advice of Publishing Professionals …. And Be Patient
by Julie Lavender @JLavenderWrites
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Learn from Other Writers
by Linda Gilden @LindaGilden
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Writing Truth in Fiction - 4 Tips
by Cindy K. Sproles @CindyDevoted
Thumbing through social media crushes my writing soul. These days, an innocent joke among friends leads to accusations of social injustice, racism, or politics. It makes writing a difficult thing. We now have to pour more critically over our work and that makes getting the message out, hard. Given light to highly publicized social injustices, innocent lines of dialogue are now taken as offensive and for Christian writers, the use of God or religion in anything is increasingly difficult. We can hardly allow characters to work through conflict and issues without strong social scrutiny or being tagged insensitive.