by Heather Kreke @HKreke It’s Wednesday morning, You have your coffee in hand and you sit down in front of your computer. Most of the time, the words flow. Today, they refuse.  So what do you do when the keyboard gets the best of you? Pray: Don’t just pray in…

by Sandy Kirby Quandt @SandyKQuandt One day my husband, son, and I spent two hours hurling axes at a wooden target. As I threw my axe I hit the bull’s eye sometimes, and more times missed, I realized there are some lessons writers can learn from throwing axes. [tweet_box design="default"…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Sometimes as writers we’re our own worst enemies. We nurture thoughts in our heads that we would never say out loud to someone else. Just like hearing something negative spoken over and over again can influence our self-worth, the things we think about ourselves can damage…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Through the years I’ve discovered something about writing that I never expected. I always believed that to be a successful writer you had to learn to write better, be diligent about networking and keep submitting. Those are all important, but it turns out the biggest things that affect…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Toehold@tweetietoo.com. Appropriate email addresses are vital. I got your attention, didn’t I? When you read that email address you had to say, “What on earth?” Believe it or not, I say, “What on earth” all the time. You would be floored at the email addresses that…

by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Now is the time to make plans to attend the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference May 24-28 and the post conference with Jane Friedman on May 29. We are thrilled at the lineup of experienced faculty who are well-known within the publishing industry as polished…