by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea I’m pondering all the calories I’ve burned so far today. About four of them probably. Total. Maybe five if you count that one extra-fierce stretch as I was getting up from my desk. I’m going to blame the whole thing on being a writer with too many…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills “What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Nonverbal communication includes the conscious or subconscious display of facial, hand, and body movements that reveal positive or negative feelings. Communications experts say up to 90% of communication is relayed…

by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel There’s the old familiar saying, “Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?” In a similar fashion, many people wonder, “Which comes first, the proposal or the writing?” I’d like to be able to tell you a consistent answer, but the truth is that for some…

By Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales For the past two months, we’ve discussed spring cleaning our physical offices and our virtual offices. This month, let’s talk about how we can clean up our writing. Are you writing what you love? The first thing we need to do is to determine if we’re…

By Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner A perfect bait increases a fisherman chances of catching a fish. They take their time and ease that wiggly worm onto the hook before lowering their line into the water. It’s just as important for a writer to do the same with a novel. Forget the…

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam Over the past couple of years, I’ve had the delight in authors sharing their deadline dilemmas with me. Recently another one shared a couple new ones for my list. Yes, my list. Hey—we writers keep lists of great comments and ideas to use as fodder for…