by Larry Leech @LarryJLeechII Disappointment and Discouragement. Oh, how they love to bother and belittle us. Batter and bruise us. The “D” brothers are henchmen of the enemy. If we are not car

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Rather than writing this blog post more formally—the “do this, do that, avoid this” way. I wanted to get down to the transparency of writing. It’s

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam We’ve purchased a new calendar or planner and turned to the month of January. Writers will add conferences, workshops, deadlines, and goals onto those pages. We m

By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky I don’t watch a lot of television, but one show I enjoyed was Monk. If you’re unfamiliar with it, it was an old detective show based around an OCD ex-cop with an incre

by Warren Johnson @haversackhisto1 Editing a writer’s work creates beautiful, flowing prose. But sometimes it destroys any hope of writing again, like the time an editor’s comments associated w

By Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner Research—a chore or fun? Doesn’t matter the genre. Every writer has to do some sort of investigation in order to get facts straight and make their stories