by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 I’ve heard faculty at writers’ conferences say we need to know the rules before we break them. Well, yes. I like to use partial sentences once in a while to make a point. Really fun. And freeing. But at other times, the rules give me peace.…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 I used to admire their work—now I study it. Master painters of light. When I was younger, I counted all of the lampposts I could find in Thomas Kincade’s quaint paintings. In Terry Redlin’s masterpieces, I felt like I could step into the fall-colored scenes and…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 I have a confession. I like to take pictures of my shoes. I don’t have a shoe fetish, just a travel one. When I go somewhere new, I like to take a picture of my feet on the unique paths I discover—cobblestone streets, mosaic sidewalks, bricked…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 It often comes in our weakest moments as writers—the thought that says, I can’t do this. I’ve thought it. Have you? Writing books. Editing books. Finishing blog posts on time. Thinking up ideas to write about. Building a platform. Marketing. With all of the to-do lists…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 Victory. When we are tempted to go back to an old habit. When discouragement tries to slow us down. When our spiritual enemy unleashes an assault of negative thoughts. Writing about victory in spiritual battles is my go-to topic. What’s yours? What topic has nestled deep…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 Our writing emits a “song” of its own. If a great composer took your writing and set it to music, what would its melody be? It could be the thunderous, foreboding tones of a warning; the quick tempo of a call to action; or the soothing…