by Lindsey Brackett @LindsBrac Like many of you, concentration has been difficult lately. So has joy. There are simply times when your creative well runs dry—and that’s not even taking all the extenuating circumstances of this year into account.  One of the best habits I’ve set for myself during this…

By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites While serving in the Navy, there were many years I could not be home for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I thought  everyone should be home on those holidays.  One year I called home from Spokane, WA.  I just completed an eleven-hour communications mission in a C-130 aircraft.…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea List-maker, list-maker, make me a list. But wait, make it for someone else, not me. Because I already have eight thousand lists of my own, thanks. A family member told me the other day that my stacks upon stacks of lists make me look like an organized…

by Sandy Kirby Quandt @SandyKQuandt Lately, I've thought about persevering in our writing journey when we'd rather give up. When we've hit one too many walls in our attempts to achieve something we have our heart set on achieving. When one too many rejections come back from the submissions we…

By Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted It was only a few years ago when I stood chatting with a dear writer friend. “I don’t think I’ll ever be published. It’s been ten years.” Funny thing, she frequently reminds me of that conversation. I admit. It was a whiny moment. We are allowed…

by @RamonaRichards “The bad stuff is easier to believe.” This is one of the most well-known movie quotations in the last forty years. Spoken by Julia Roberts as Vivian in Pretty Woman, it resonated with anyone who’s struggled with rejection and criticism, whether in their personal or professional lives. It…