By Heather Kreke @HKreke Our calendar contains 365 days, and every 4th year we get an extra day. Even with all of theses days, some of us never choose our “today.” We say things like: One day I'm going to go on a diet. Someday I'm going to write  a…

By Debb Hackett @debb_hackett Any Steven Curtis Chapman fans here? I’ve loved his music since my late teens. One of my many favorites is King of the Jungle. Are you familiar with it? There’s one line in there that is sort of the thinking behind my post today: “I’d be…

By Larry Leech @LarryJLeechII Steve Martin, that wild and crazy guy, back in the 1970s uttered some famous words on an album (yeah, those things made out of vinyl) that I have never forgotten: “Punt on first down.” Those who understand football know that is just plain old crazy talk.…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales You have an idea for a book. Maybe you have several. You want to impact the world with your writing, change lives, and feel like you’ve accomplished something amazing. Am I right? So why is it that when you sit down to write, your mind…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea There’s a longstanding debate over which knock-knock joke is the best of all time. I would like to call it a knock-knock knock-down-drag-out, but I’m afraid you’d stop reading and I hate to lose readers in the first paragraph. We can’t argue that there are definitely knock-knock…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson We writers wear our hearts on their sleeves, metaphorically speaking. We pour our inner selves out on the page, drawing on the highs and lows of life to interpret the world through words. This is an exhilarating journey. The highs are incredible, and the lows…well…they’re tough.…