by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea I’ve always thought playing Tetris makes a person a better dishwasher loader. Tetris and probably Jenga. I really should’ve played more games. I’m hoping at least Wordle has upped my dish-loading game. Figuring out how to fit that giant spatula in without giving up prime, top-rack coffee…

by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel Over the years I’ve gone to a fair share of conferences. Church conferences, writers conferences, creatives’ conferences. Many of them have had some type of message about “focus on your why.” I understand that this is a popular thing to do – to have people look…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted I have received more emails in the last three months from writers who feel they are at the lowest point in their writing career. They feel like they’ve made a mistake choosing writing as a career. I’ve been there, and I fully understand this “spot.” In…

By Cindy Carraway Williams ‘Twas the day before a manuscript due, when all through the house, Mom and kids were stirring, our cat chased a mouse. I gripped my coffee mug with care, In hopes that I could settle into that office chair. My husband warm and cozy snoring in…

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam They say a writer shouldn’t use ing or ly words. Then why did they give them to us in seventh grade language arts class and never tell you to stop until you attempted to write a book? Time after time from conference classes, to workshops and…

by Lynn Blackburn @LYNNHBLACKBURN Ah, December. That glorious time of year when children try to be on their very best behavior, parents try to find the perfect gift that their child didn’t decide was the perfect gift until December 23rd, and writers wonder how many times they have to tell their…