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All We Need is [God’s] Love by Janice L Dick
Love is all you need … (The Beatles) Love me with all of your heart … (Ray Charles Singers) I can’t help falling in love with you … (Elvis) Love will keep us together … (Captain & Tennille) We sing about love, talk about love, write about love, especially at this time of year. But… Read more »
Ain’t You Tired, Ms. Hilly? by Brenda J. Wood
In the movie The Help, Ms. Hilly spent all her time trying to control her world and the people in it. You might say she was building her platform. I’m all for building platform, proclaiming our names, and selling our books, but there is a limit. A constant stream of messages tout this expert or… Read more »
Begin with a Brain Dump by Tracy Krauss
It has to start somewhere. Your next writing project, I mean. There you are, sitting in front of your computer with a lovely blank white screen, ready to start that epic novel, lyrical poem, or profoundly wise article. How do you begin?
New Beginnings by Pamela Mytroen
Just like bringing a baby into the world, writing may be a painful process as you conceptualize worlds, characters, and projects into being. Expect the struggle. Plan on packing patience for the process. Sometimes it is the writing that is the struggle, and other times the writing is affected by life’s surprises and hindrances. They… Read more »
12 Ways to Make the Write Resolutions by Steph Beth Nickel
The New Year is rapidly approaching and many of us will soon be setting our goals (aka resolutions) for 2016. Where is writing on your list? If you are reading this post, it’s likely close to the top. Here are a dozen writing and writing-related goals you may want to include and tips on how… Read more »
Writing When Life Gets Crazy by Pamela Mytroen
When isn’t life crazy? Job, family responsibilities, and news events crash against us like the wind batting and shaking our homes. If that’s not enough, then the media whispers ceaselessly around the cracks of our windows, letting us know that we are not beautiful, wealthy, or powerful enough. And yet we must take time to… Read more »
Nothing is Wasted by Violet Nesdoly
For most of us writers, working demands a certain amount of predictability and solitude. But life doesn’t always deliver that. Sometimes it gets crazy. Then the question becomes this: Do we continue to write or do we drop the pen and surrender to circumstances? To begin to answer these questions, let’s look at some of… Read more »
12 Ways to Carve Out Writing Time by Steph Beth Nickel
Sometimes life gets crazy busy. I know. I know. That’s an understatement. However . . . If we’re going to actually write (and not just dream about “someday”), we have to carve out some time. Here are a dozen suggestions on how to do so:
Colour Me Gracious by Brenda J. Wood
Writers’ groups and their goals are as varied as the words on a page. They range from the tender and all-forgiving to the meanest criticism in the world. I’ve been a member of both types of groups and I definitely prefer the kinder kind. Unfortunately, some people thrive on shredding your work to pieces because… Read more »
Adding Colour—Literally by Tracy Krauss
As an artist as well as a writer, I know the importance of colour. Yet I’ve read a few manuscripts with a distinct lack of it. Rather than “fifty shades of gray,” perhaps we should be looking for fifty words to express exactly what we envision.