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    Category: Writer’s Life

  • Share Your Journey When You Write Tuesday, April 8th, 2025     Start the Conversation

    by Julie Zine Coleman @JulieZColeman Where do you get inspiration to write a devotional article? Many things can spark ideas. They can come from our study of Scripture, quotes from other authors, or prayer. But I would guess that most of us get much of our inspiration from personal experiences.…

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  • When You’re Not a Morning Bulb: How to Get the Most Out of a Writing Conference on Very Little Sleep Monday, April 7th, 2025     Start the Conversation

    By Julie Lavender @JLavenderWrites For the last week or more, one of the bulbs in my kitchen flickers when I first turn it on every morning. It burns bright for a minute or two, then goes dark for another couple of minutes. It then comes back on for three minutes,…

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  • Uncontainable Joy Friday, April 4th, 2025     2 Comments

    by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea Food storage containers are handy beasts. That’s why most of us have that one cabinet full of them. Open the cabinet door, release the little brutes, they tumble out in a beast party of happy-clattery plastic. They’re the best. But also sometimes they’re the worst. Because: nine…

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  • Fight Your Writing Fears Thursday, April 3rd, 2025     2 Comments

    By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills In school, we dreaded receiving an F on our papers. For writers, the letter F may subconsciously trigger a fear of failure. This post takes the dreaded letter F to a new level by confronting those writing fears with biblically based principles and arming ourselves with…

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  • There’s Nothing Wrong with Asking for a Writer’s Conference Scholarship Tuesday, March 25th, 2025     Start the Conversation

    by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted I've just finished conference number two and am heading into conference number three. The one thing that is consistent is the desire for directors to offer conference scholarships. I'm not sure anyone has ever addressed this subject, but I'd like to pass on some information about…

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  • Can You Avoid Publishing Pitfalls? Friday, March 21st, 2025     Start the Conversation

    By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin It’s rare that I see this perspective but, in this article, I want to give you a reality check. From my decades in this business, I understand book publishing is filled with possible pitfalls and errors.  I witnessed another one recently. One of my best-selling author…

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