By Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted We work hard on our manuscripts, and when we finally turn them into our publisher, most of us imagine the work will be perfect – or pretty close to perfect. A few weeks later, reality hits. The editor has learned to practice the cookie method –…

by: Shannon Redmon @shannon_redmon With buttered popcorn in one hand and a coke in the other, we search out the best spot to recline back and watch a good movie on the big screen. Some of us do this at home while others still go to a theatre. No matter…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin Some days the odds of getting published seem impossible for anyone. Literary agents and editors receive several hundred pitches for books A WEEK. The sheer volume of material makes it hard to get noticed by publishing professionals. Sometimes authors don’t get published because they don’t send…

by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed.D. @khutch0767 Daily we write even when it's unaffiliated with our author careers. We write emails, texts, school notes, social media posts, and work documents. When we sit down to write professionally, we tend to believe our work here is what counts. But suppose we took all our…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan Go back twenty years 2002. It was my first writers conference. On January 1, 2002, I had started writing a novel. New century—new career. I was a published playwright but got God’s call to write novels. I worked alone until I found an online Christian critique…

by Lynn H. Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn I recently wrote the acknowledgments section for my new release. It’s a process fraught with emotion for me because I’m terrified I’ll forget someone who provided crucial assistance and it will be a faux pax from which I can never recover. I typically take it very…