By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Deadlines tend to have a bad reputation among writers. Editors require writers to submit contracted work on a specific day. Let me re-phrase that: Editors require creative, out of the box thinkers to submit a writing protect on a specific date. Not a week or months…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Evaluating successes and challenges in 2016 for our writing careers means taking an honest look at how we progressed. Reaching goals doesn’t happen overnight and never happens without thought and prayer. We all experienced victories and moments of defeat: moments when we laughed and times when…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Like you, my time is limited. Hours are scheduled and I'm disciplined to reach various goals with my writing career. That means the blogs I frequent must fall into three categories: Instruct me about the craft of writing and challenged me to sharpen my skills. Show…

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett Four years ago, I wouldn't have considered myself an early adopter of anything, much less someone who was "relevant." I'm more the "wait-and-see what happens" type of person. I'd rather learn from what someone else is doing than jump two feet in and make a mistake.…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills ’Tis the season of the turkey. If you enjoy eating the Thanksgiving bird, then you love the season. If you’re the turkey, well not so much. You’ve probably spent the past year hatching ways to disguise yourself. For the turkey, I commend his ingenuity. For the…

by Alycia W. Morales     @AlyciaMorales It's halfway through the month of November, and some of us have gone hard at NaNoWriMo while others may feel like a fish out of water. (I just watched Finding Dory with my kids...) Life takes over, other jobs or projects take precedent, and we…