By Julie Lavender @JLavenderWrites I’m writing this column the evening before heading to a writers’ conference, and I’m not sure what I’m most excited about. The teaching .. the learning … the new books to explore (the published ones and the ones that are just a dream at the moment)…

by Larry Leech @LarryJLeechII Focus can be one of the most … Did you just see that? That gray BMW almost rear-ended the car in the drive thru at Starbucks. That would have been a heckuva way to start the day. Focus. Focus. Focus. Sometimes that one word can be…

by Vincent Davis @vbdavisII All writers start at the same place: heads swimming with thousands of plot points and hearts swelling at the thought of reaching thousands. It’s nearly impossible to walk through a church, a college campus, or your workplace without running into someone who claims to have the…

If you’ve been waiting for a sign to invest in your writing—this is it. The Mountainside Novelist Retreat is your chance to step away before the holiday rush, recharge your creativity, and reconnect with your stories. But don’t wait too long! Registration closes October 31, and after that, the doors…

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam I have a question for you writers—have you ever thought about a scheduled clean-up of the items in your office and writing world? I’m referring to a big overhaul like we do with a Fall clean up around our homes, like raking leaves, putting away the…

By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky Maybe it’s a psychological thing, some innate fear that our readers won’t pick up on our subtlety. So we over write. I’m a huge offender of this, but I’ve seen some published works that are pretty bad, too. Have you seen the “almost” sentence? Jake was…