By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites You’re excited about your upcoming book release and now you have to pick a cover. As you narrow down your options, you wonder if you’ve found the right design to catch the readers' attention. I’m honored to judge several Christian contests. I don’t take this assignment…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales You have an idea for a book. Maybe you have several. You want to impact the world with your writing, change lives, and feel like you’ve accomplished something amazing. Am I right? So why is it that when you sit down to write, your mind…

By Julie Lavender @JLavenderWrites Never underestimate the little moments in life. They just might turn into a writing credit one day. “But doesn’t he have a mommy?” My four-year-old first born asked me this question when I tried, for the first time, to explain to him the meaning of “homeless.”…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea If you’re taking my blood pressure and you tell me to “breathe normally,” I hope you’ll understand when suddenly I can do anything but that. I could breathe normally until you told me to. It’s not rebellion. It’s more…psychosis, I guess. I might also subsequently be asking…

By James Hannibal @jamesrhannibal “What you’re doing is not good,” Moses’s father-in-law said to him. “You will certainly wear out both yourself and these people who are with you, because the task is too heavy for you. You can’t do it alone.” Exodus 18:17-18 You can’t do it alone. As…

by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes @khutch0767 As authors, one of our biggest challenges isn’t always the blank page—it’s comparison. The urge to judge ourselves by book sales, publishing opportunities, or the visibility of others can gradually drain our joy and silence our unique voice. I’ve experienced this firsthand. There was a time…