By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam Summer will finally arrive soon. For writers, speakers, podcasters, etc. this might not mean a whole lot during the day for us. Many of us are at our desk and tapping away at the keys and might be unaware of the weather outside. Our schedules don’t…

By Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner Have you ever kept a secret from your mom as a kid? I did one time… “Don’t tell Mom,” I said to my brother Murray. “She’ll kill me!” Once again, I didn’t listen to my mom and decided to take our friend’s 5-speed bike for a…

by Maggie Wallem Rowe It’s less than two weeks until conference time! Those of you able to attend this year will gain so much from the general sessions, workshops, and faculty appointments. But do you know what attendees mention each year as the most valuable takeaway of all? It’s those…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin I’m involved in a couple of online writing groups and no matter how many times you say it, there seems to be a broad misconception about self-published books. These books simply don’t appear in the brick-and-mortar bookstores. Please don’t misunderstand me. These self-published books have their…

by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed.D. @khutch0767 Sitting in my administrative office several years ago, I’d finished a series of articles for an educational publication. Though I was satisfied the pieces were factual, well-researched, and would be published, I was bored. I stared at my extensive bookshelf and longed to share poems, sci-fi,…

by Lynn H Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn There’s a very cool section in the book of Numbers that I think has a unique application to writers. If you haven’t perused this section of the Old Testament recently, you may not know that God gifted certain individuals with creative talents for the building of…