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Writer's Journey
Writers Write When . . .
You must write everyday. A writer writes. Set a word count goal. You can’t wait for inspiration. I’ve heard these statements since I started writing. […]
Conferences
How to take an Introvert to a Writer’s Conference
With the coming new year, a new writing conference season is also approaching, so we thought we’d help prepare our readers with a few posts […]
Writer's Journey
Making Time
August 7, 2014
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The blog post “Making Time – My Thoughts” was submitted by Shannon Dittemore and used with the author’s permission. Writers are in LOVE with words. We […]
Contest Winners
Memories Contest Joint Winner: “My Life Spared” by Pete Cruz
Twigs, leaves, and rocks pressed against my helmet’s cracked face shield. I lay face-down, my vision filled by a macro view of the ground. I […]
Writer's Journey
Police Work and Writers Have a Lot in Common
December 31, 2011
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For the past twenty years, I’ve worked as a 911 dispatcher. In the beginning of my career, I worked the graveyard shift at a busy […]
Writer's Journey
Wonderloss: a Writer’s Malady
Have you ever sat at your computer with fingers curved over the keyboard watching the cursor blink and blink? As you wait for your brain to engage […]
Craft of Writing
Editing Your Novel for the “Big Picture”
September 7, 2017
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New writers often focus their first novel revisions on individual words or sentences. Some spend hours, hunting for the right word or trying to improve […]
Spiritual Life
Writing as One Made in the Image of God
As one who invested more than a decade of his life to full-time ministry, I can say that with very few exceptions (charlatans) people do […]
Craft of Writing
Chrome Hubcaps and Velvet Seat Covers
It was a muggy August afternoon when I walked into an auditorium where W.M Paul Young, author of The Shack, was telling stories to a […]
