by Lynn Blackburn @LYNNHBLACKBURN I’m a firm believer that you can learn lessons about your writing life anywhere—as long as you’re paying attention. Case in point? I got the idea for this b

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin Every summer, Peru, Indiana has a local circus to celebrate the history of the town. Students train all year for these performances. That summer one student walked

By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky Often, as writers, we tend to take the path of least resistance. We’ll throw in a tired, worn-out cliché because it’s easier than actually thinking of an original des

By Twila Belk @TwilaBelk Are you familiar with the story in Numbers 13-14?  God told Moses to send one leader from each ancestral tribe to explore the land of Canaan. He emphasized that it was the

By Theresa Parker Pierce @rowanhistory Isaiah 28:10 “For precept must be upon precept; line upon line; here a little, and there a little:” KJV As a former teacher I have written most of my life

By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites I desire to submit articles to magazines. I almost didn’t when I read the term, “Kill Fee.” Is that legal?  Other terms boggled my mind. What is a nut gr