Building Your Creative Space
What Pretty Desks Won’t Do for Your Writing
It starts innocently enough. You’re scrolling through Pinterest or Instagram, and suddenly, you’re obsessed with that dreamy writing nook:…
April 19, 2025-
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Writers ChatWriters Chat Recap for April Part 1
Writers Chat, hosted by Johnnie Alexander, Brandy Brow, and Melissa Stroh, is the show where we talk about all…
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Kids LitWhat do you do with GOOD NEWS?
Write, revise. Critique, revise. Submit, revise. And then one day: submit, interest, offer, contract! For every five years of…
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A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life, UncategorizedDirect My Path
In all your ways acknowledge Him,And He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:6 I have always loved this verse, especially…
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Award-Winning AuthorAWARD-WINNING AUTHOR INTERVIEW — FICTION— WITH JILL ROMAN LORD
Can you share a little about your recent book? Love Well, My Precious One is a picture book written…
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Writing with a Disability (Different Ability)Be Aware, Be Alert
As March comes to an end, so does the Brain Injury Awareness Month campaign. If you have read this…
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Writing for YABecoming a Productive Writer Interview with YA Author Melody Personette
I’ve been following YA author Melody Personette for a while, and admire her tenacity and ability to keep producing.…
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Book ProposalsPublishing is a Relational Business
An old saying is applicable to this secret: “It’s not what you know but who you know.” This adage…
March 26, 2025 -
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
A New Year
Welcome to my annual post about New Year’s Resolutions. I cannot guarantee that I will give you a formula…
March 8, 2025 -
Kids Lit
7 FREE Ways to Keep Gifting into the New Year!
Here’s 2025 all fresh and shiny, full of hope and all the little calendar boxes ready to fill! While…
March 6, 2025 -
Writers Chat
Writers Chat Recap for February
The Name Game with Cathy Rueter Cathy is a journalist and author. She joins Writers Chat to explain why…
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Writing with a Disability (Different Ability)
BOTM
Recently I had a talk with a young brain cancer survivor I have mentored and encouraged for years. He…
February 27, 2025 -
Writing for YA
Fairy Tale Retellings: Interview with YA Author Rachel Kovaciny
Young adult author Rachel Kovaciny recently released her eighth book, A Nobel Companion, a retelling of the ugly duckling…
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Book Proposals
Publishing is a Relational Business
An old saying is applicable to this secret: “It’s not what you know but who you know.” This adage…
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Writing RomanceDON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART
Romance readers’ expectations: Finding the best setbacks and obstacles for my couple to overcome is one of my greatest…
February 23, 2025 -
The Picky PenCreating a Story Title
Do you have difficulty coming up with a title for your article or story? This is sure to be…
February 22, 2025 -
Magazine, Freelance, and CopywritingCreative Roadmap for Aspiring Authors: Practical Tips for Crafting and Funding Your Writing Journey
While many might try to dissuade you from embarking on a journey to becoming an author, sticking with it…
February 13, 2025 -
Kids Lit
Books to Read BEFORE You Write
Mentor books are those an author studies before they do any writing. For a retreat last week, I had…
February 8, 2025 -
Book Proposals
Maintain a Submission Record & Follow-up
After you have the various parts of the proposal and sample ready, prepare a list of publishers to whom…
February 4, 2025 -
Devotions for WritersPuzzling Projects
One thousand pieces of the picture tumbled out onto the table. When the contents cleared the box rim, we…
February 3, 2025 -
Writing with a Disability (Different Ability)
New Direction
Late in 2024, I became extremely unsatisfied with my writing vocation. After spending six years focusing on sales, conversions…
January 30, 2025 -
Grammar and GraceProbably, Not Prolly!
Do you cringe when someone scratches her fingernails down a blackboard or clicks her teeth against a metal utensil?…
January 18, 2019 -
Grammar and Grace
Three Simple Rules for Pluralizing Names
The holiday season is approaching, and it’s time for a post about the correct way to make proper names…
November 18, 2018 -
Book Proposals
Create a Winning Competetive Analysis
“Can I really compare my book with a bestselling author’s book?” “Why do I need this? Won’t I shine…
October 25, 2018 -
Grammar and Grace
What’s an Interjection
Last year, we explored seven of the eight parts of speech. Then I took a break to address compound…
September 18, 2018