By Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted I hear it every conference. It’s not uncommon for conferees to ask, “How many projects do you work on at once?” The number varies but I continually have numerous writing projects that keep me busy. The question that follows is, why? The short answer. I’ve learned…

by Lynn Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn  While some writers have been writing stories since they could hold a pencil, that wasn’t my experience. I was a reader first. For thirty-five years I fell into books, crawled into stories, and lived there as often as possible.  Then one day the stories in my head…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales Every December, I ask God for a word to focus on in the new year. In 2020, I knew what that word would be in November. Write. Little did I know as I set up my business planner for 2021 that my life would come…

By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites "What are you doing? You could have killed me!" I said to my breathing buddy. I attended Combat Camera School in Denver Colorado for the RI Air National Guard; I took a scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus), class. Three months was a long time to be…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea If it hadn’t required law school and…you know…brains and whatnot, I would be a lawyer right now. Except I wanted to do it exclusively so I could someday say to a colleague, “See ya later, litigator!” It’s all about the line! It’s probably just as well that…

By Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner How does an author launch a book during COVID-19, especially a debut? With a big breath! In 2020 my debut book, Border Breach, was set to release April 1st (yes, on April Fool’s day!). I was ready with a speaking engagement set up along with various…