by Sarah Van Diest @SarahVanDiest The Entry Picture yourself sitting where you write. You have your keyboard or your pen and paper, however you write, and you are ready to begin your work for the day. The ambiance you love writing in has fully surrounded you. Perhaps it’s the warm sun…

by Aaron Gansky @adgansky Here’s a question more people should ask me about my writing, but don’t: Why do you write speculative fiction? What’s the point? What possible good can it do, especially for a Christian audience? The likely reason people don’t ask me this is because I tend to surround…

by Brad Bloom @Faithfitnessmag You've been writing for what seems like forever, and last week you submitted your proposal. You've just received a letter from the editor saying, Congratulations! Your proposal to online.com has been accepted. Now, it’s time to get started. The big question on the top of your…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales Self-edits can be tricky. We get so close to our manuscripts that we begin to miss the flaws. Our eyes and our brains skim right over them. So how can we improve our writing before we submit it to a freelance editor for polishing or an…

by Lindsey Brackett @lindsbrac Terry Kay told me recently, at a writers’ workshop in the Sautee Valley, that I am too young to write true southern fiction. He’s right, of course. I didn’t live through the civil rights movement, and while I remember when we got our first VCR, I don’t…

by Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites Thirty seconds can determine destination. An Olympian will not win a race if he’s thirty seconds behind. He must practice day and night, eat healthy, and forego a personal life to increase his chances of obtaining a medal. Large corporations pay millions to purchase a thirty-second commercial…