by Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales We’re consistently told writers are an unusual bunch, and we’re usually all right with claiming that label for ourselves. With Thanksgiving approaching, what better time to reflect on the unusual things we writers are thankful for? Because, honestly, we appreciate some really strange stuff… [tweet_box design="default"…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin In 2007, America’s Publicist Rick Frishman invited me to participate on the faculty of MegaBook Marketing University in Los Angeles, California. At that time, I was running a small literary agency and representing authors in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of Chicken Soup for the…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan My husband is an artist and our Community Theatre’s set designer. When he plans a new set, he lays out his favorite tools before he begins the work. Pens, pencils, rulers, angle finders, compasses, geometric shape templates, etc. all laid out within arm’s reach. It’s quite…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales Let me start by saying this is not a post about word counts. It's a post about how much our words count in life. As writers and/or speakers, we've been entrusted with words. If we're Christian by faith, the weight of that trust weighs a…

By Sara Beth Williams @WilliamsSaraB What makes a great story? A well-developed plot. What helps drive the plot forward, besides a character’s strong, identifiable goal? Mistakes. Mistakes in fiction can vary in severity and are extremely relatable to readers. Mistakes can be purely accidental, due to poor judgement or anything…

By William Daniel Do you wonder what you’re supposed to write? A problem nowadays is that writers are not writing what represents them. I see this commonly in fiction as well as devotionals. The last thing you want is to be known as someone who doesn’t write what lines up…