@ADGansky 4. Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action. –Kurt Vonnegut I love the simplicity Vonnegut uses when asserting his rules, but sometimes I wonder if we need a little extra, especially for beginning writers. At first, this rule just makes perfect sense, but if…

@LynnHBlackburn Several years ago, my dad made a beautiful mirrored coat rack. I had the perfect wall for it and it hung in a place of prominence in my home where it received oohs and ahhs from friends, family, and guests. Then we moved. Our new home has an open…

@DiAnnMills We’ve all heard the depressing reports. Fiction sales are down. Too many books out there for readers to choose from. Movies and TV are vying for attention. But dear fiction writer, there is no reason to fear when you can incorporate the following action steps into your marketing and…

@KatyKauffman28 “God is boring.” Three words that have subconsciously shaped my desire to write Bible studies. A fourth grader in VBS uttered those words. We were trying to settle the kids down for the Bible lesson, and a little guy in the middle of the room objected with this statement.…

@BisbanoWrites I guess I’m not going to the conference, I said to myself. I was convinced you wanted me to go, Lord. I began to close my laptop—BING. In 2015 I asked God to allow me to go to the Blue Ridge Christian Writers Conference. It would be my first…

@RhondaRhea There’s hardly anything I enjoy more than a good meal. That’s probably why I don’t cook much.I guess that’s also why I love, love, love whoever it was who invented the marvelous, miraculous…frozen dinner.What a genius! I owe this person. Everyone talks about those fancy ice sculptures. But me?…