[author title=”Lisa Belcastro” image=”https://www.almostanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lisa_belcastro-439×320.jpg”]Lisa Belcastro lives with her family on Martha’s Vineyard. She loves time with her family and…
January 26, 2016
I love my spin toothbrush. My teeth just feel cleaner. The other day I was surprised when it stopped…
January 25, 2016
[author title=”Doug Peterson” image=”https://www.almostanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Bowler-Hat.jpg”]Doug Peterson is the author of over 60 books, including four historical novels–The Disappearing Man, The…
January 24, 2016
The first part of this series examined the Query Letter. The second part looked at the synopsis. In this…
January 23, 2016
I’m not sure what historical novelists did before the advent of the Internet. What takes a matter of minutes…
January 22, 2016
Keeping the faith in your writing can be difficult. I remember sitting on my back porch with a rejection…
January 21, 2016
Christian nonfiction writers receive all the credit for being the biblical and spiritual teachers. If we want to learn…
January 20, 2016
More is caught than taught. This truism haunted me as I raised three impressionable children. Now it inspires me as…
January 19, 2016
How to Drive an Editor Crazy, Part 2 By Lori Hatcher I’m a magazine editor. Every day I receive…
January 18, 2016
I recently had the opportunity to serve at the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Processing Center at Samaritan’s Purse Headquarters…
January 18, 2016
I am not a horse person. I freely admit almost complete ignorance in regard to horses and horse-related things.…
January 17, 2016
Most fiction starts out hot, then bogs down. How can you keep the fire in your fiction so that…
January 16, 2016
Where to begin? I had a friend ask me this question recently, who is interested in writing a young…
January 15, 2016
[bctt tweet=”5 Reasons Teens SHOULDN’T Pursue a Writing Career #teenwriters #writingtips”] When I was 14, I emailed a best-selling…
January 14, 2016
Researching for a story or article can be a chore. It’s certainly a lot of work to dig for…
January 13, 2016
A few days before the deadline for this blog I had some time to begin thinking about the next…
January 12, 2016
I’ve found the writing path to be the journey of a lifetime. At times it’s fraught with discovery and…
January 11, 2016
Welcome to 2016! I hope you’ve already begun your writing journey by creating a scene, outlining the bones of…
January 10, 2016
The English language has many confusing words because of all of those homonyms and synonyms (don’t even get me…
January 9, 2016
[author title=”Ann Tatlock” image=”https://www.almostanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Ann-Tatlock-1-color.jpeg”] Ann Tatlock is a novelist, children’s book author, and managing editor of Heritage Beacon, the…
January 8, 2016
https://pixabay.com/en/knife-fork-mirroring-black-white-204832/ I folded my slim calves under my bum and gasped as each hurtful word proceeded forth through Aunt…
January 7, 2016
Many people are discouraged from enjoying poetry because they claim it’s too difficult. Trust me. I’ve had those moments…
January 6, 2016
Kindness is such a simple word, yet all too often it seems vacant from our speech. Perhaps it’s the…
January 5, 2016
I’ve received several questions concerning how one recognizes their writer’s voice. For those of you who discovered your voice…
January 4, 2016
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible to the visible.” -Tony Robbins Whether you’re a natural…
January 1, 2016