by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted We writers are an army all our own. Conferences rise up, and we march gallantly to the registration desk to enlist. Once we've mounted our trusty steeds and made our way to boot camp, it happens. We begin to assume. Assuming isn't bad because the conference…

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam Each January as I list my writing goals in my new planner, I write down a question on the page above the list of those goals: How will you write this year to change the world? The question may be rather rhetorical as it serves to…

by Lynn H. Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn I love being able to talk to new writers and give them some encouragement. I love sharing from my own experience—the things that worked and the things that didn’t. But here’s the scary part. I still have no idea what I’m doing. There are a lot…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin For many years, I’ve known about the Catch-22 of publishing. The Merrian-Webster dictionary defines Catch-22 as “a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule.” Several years ago in Spokane, I taught a workshop…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea Glass half full. Glass half empty. Doesn’t really matter so much to me. As long as mine is the full half. And also the glass should be a mug. Large. And also it should have coffee in it. And also both halves should be full. And it…

by Heather Kreke @HKreke A writer’s work can’t be quantified, diagnosed, or measured. Most of it takes place in the mind as we are constantly brainstorming, researching, thinking about tone or voice, and for us fiction writers, talking to our characters. When we finally put something on the screen, we…