By Edie Melson @EdieMelson Over the course of my career I have published through big publishers and through smaller, traditional presses. Of course there are differences between what support a big and small publisher provides. But—and we all need to wrap our brains around this one truth—our responsibility as the…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 Insight matters. The right wording matters. God’s investment matters most of all. Would you remember the following line from a Bible study? I’m not sure I would. “Don’t let old temptations bother you.” That’s nice but easier said than done. Or would you remember this: “Slay…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Rather than writing this blog post more formally—the "do this, do that, avoid this" way. I wanted to get down to the transparency of writing. It's a new year, and hopefully, we are all geared up and ready to roll. The expectation is that we have…

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam We’ve purchased a new calendar or planner and turned to the month of January. Writers will add conferences, workshops, deadlines, and goals onto those pages. We make sure to fill in dates we’ve made commitments for and soon we see many of those squares filled. I…

by Warren Johnson @haversackhisto1 Editing a writer’s work creates beautiful, flowing prose. But sometimes it destroys any hope of writing again, like the time an editor’s comments associated with the correction of grammar of a particular student alluded to their lack of knowledge of how to write. The devastation created…

By Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner Research—a chore or fun? Doesn’t matter the genre. Every writer has to do some sort of investigation in order to get facts straight and make their stories authentic. Some writers love research while others get the blahs when it comes to this aspect of the process.…