by Lucinda Secrest McDowell @LucindaSMcDowel Have you just signed a contract to write a book and now have that angst in your stomach wondering if you can actually fulfill your end of the agreement? What if something comes up between now and the deadline and you can’t produce a quality…

by Cindy Sproles @cindydevoted You've heard it, and I’ve said it a hundred times. What’s your rush to publish? I, better than anyone, know what it’s like to wait. I know how hard and frustrating it can be. My writing journey to publication took seven years. I get it. When…

by Sarah Van Diest @SarahVanDiest When I was a young, romantic, teenage girl, I learned to play the theme from Romeo and Juliet on the piano. A Time for Us echoed through our living room walls and out our windows many dreamy evenings. In my mind, there would someday be…

by Aaron Gansky @adgansky You hear writers often mention the “fictive dream.” John Gardner called it a “vivid and continuous dream.” It’s a term used to describe a simple principle: no one wants to read a book. There, I said it. Man, it feels good to get that off my…

by Brad Bloom Faith and Fitness When I first started Faith & Fitness Magazine nearly fifteen years ago, I had an advisory board member (who did print advertising for CCM Magazine) tell me, “Brad, whatever you do, don’t do print!” I was like, “Oh, come on, really? It’s going to…

by Deborah Clack @deborah_clack "Hey, Matt, this is Deborah. I, uh … we just met. In the restaurant. With my friends. It’s Deborah. Um... (Clears throat.) I just wanted to say that I’m sorry that didn’t go so well. I’m not really sure what happened. I just, uh, wanted to…