@LynnHBlackburn In my humble opinion, your fellow writers are at least as important and in many cases are more important to your success than any agent or editor. Now hear me out on this. I have the BEST agent. BEST. There is no way I would be where I am…

@RhondaRhea I’ve discovered something rather disturbing about myself:  I’m a salad dressing whiny-baby. It’s not like I’m even all that into salad. I think we all know I’d rather have chocolate. Or coffee. Or chocolate mixed with coffee. But the other day I found myself with a salad that needed…

by Lori Hatcher @LoriHatcher2 I have the privilege of teaching at numerous writing conference and I speak to a lot of writers. One of my favorite parts is the time I spend with beginning writers. “Sometimes when I take a walk, God reveals himself to me through my surroundings,” one woman told me. “I’ve…

@LindsBrac My eight-year-old daughter just learned to ride a bike. For Amelia, this event was more than a childhood milestone.It was significant—a sign of health and wellness and perseverance (and a testament to my learning to ask for help). Amelia is not a typical kid. She has this nagging, un-officially-diagnosed…

@LisaCarter27 In this age of instant coffee, instant communication and instant everything, it is sometimes hard to come to grips with the reality that writing is a long, slow journey. Every writer’s path will be different, but for the sake of mental health, we must learn to embrace the individual…

@RhondaRhea Anytime it takes me an entire half hour to write out my to-do list for the day, I know it’s a day I’m likely in for some hullabaloo. That’s what hullaba-happened yesterday. I’m not the most organized cookie on the block. The to-do list helps keep me from wasting…