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Summer Dreaming Contest Winner: How to Get Back in the Water

September 18, 2022 12

Congratulations Malcolm Mackinnon on your winning entry in our Summer Dreaming Writing Contest. “Will there be sharks?” My daughter’s question interrupted me as I gazed […]

The Benefits of Writing with a Focus Group: An Author Interview with Joanne Kraft

March 26, 2015 1

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work; If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But […]

A Word for the Weary: Preparing to Submit Your Devotions to The Upper Room

May 4, 2017 13

So you’d like to get published, or perhaps you need a breather from writing a novel. Try writing “a word to sustain the weary soul” […]

Police Work and Writers Have a Lot in Common

December 31, 2011 Comments Off

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 […]

Whispers in the Pews: An Interview with Chris Morris (Part 2)

October 25, 2018 Comments Off

Editing the stories brought tears to my eyes so many times. Sometimes the tears were joyful, as I read of communities gathering around wounded people to bring hope, love, belonging, and a future. […]

4 Things Not to Do When You’re Rejected

August 27, 2020 9

Within a span of four weeks, I received rejection emails from three publications and two publishers. How did I react? I hid under my cozy […]

Fast & Furious Contest Flash Fiction Runner-Up: Wind in the Firs by E.V. Sparrow

November 29, 2020 Comments Off

Beneath the twilight sky, the wind howled deep within the rugged and unexplored forest. It clawed at the ancient fir trees until they bent at […]

Writing 101: Point of View Basics

June 14, 2019 1

One of the most important decisions you need to make as a writer, especially when writing fiction or creative nonfiction, is deciding which point of […]