by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea Anytime something breaks around the house at Christmas time, you should always glue it back together with melted chocolate. Boy, if I had a nickel for every time I’ve said “no” to someone offering me something from their well-constructed tower of fudge-covered Christmas party delights…well, I would…

by Sandy Kirby Quandt @SandyKQuandt Have you ever looked at your writing journey as a process of taking the land of writing little by little instead of all at once? Let me explain what I mean.  After I completed my first book for middle grade readers, I knew without a…

By Heather Kreke @HKreke A few weeks ago when I was planning to write this post, I thought I’d write about how my experience at The Blue Ridge Conference was. I knew the event would be amazing, and it was —spiritually, craft wise, and making new friends while encouraging their…

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…