by Matthew Brough, @mbrough I sat down to plan out an eleven-week sabbatical. I’ve been a pastor for thirteen years and I needed a break. I knew, as well, that for at least a few weeks, I needed

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett Four years ago, I wouldn’t have considered myself an early adopter of anything, much less someone who was “relevant.” I’m more the “wait-and-

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett Welcome to the third and final post in our series 11 Ways to Create a Sense of Place. Be sure to catch Part One and Part Two if you’ve missed them. Without further ado,

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett Welcome back to Part Two of our series 11 Ways to Create a Sense of Place. If you missed the opener to this series where we mentioned 1. Food, 2. Dialect, and 3. Conducti

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett I’d planned on posting Part 2 in the series of 11 Ways to Create a Sense of Place. However, on my drive home from a meeting tonight, all the similarities between wri

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett I host a weekly online show called Writers Chat and yesterday’s topic was how to create setting in our stories. The tips were so great I had to share with our Blue R