By Deborah Clack @deborah_clack   My stomach dropped, but my feet were still on the ground. Staring at a man who was four inches shorter than my five feet nine, all I could think to myself was, “This is not who I thought I would be jumping out of an…

By Brad Bloom, @faithfitnessmag, Publisher, Faith & Fitness Magazine   My wife still does it the old-fashioned way. Most nights she reaches into her nightstand and pulls out a spiral bound notebook to make her next journal entry. It’s nothing fancy and I think in many ways that is a…

By Lindsey Brackett, @lindsbrac   We all have those days. The ones where fingers seem stiff or the keyboard is too sticky to deal with. Days when plots are stuck and characters stale and ideas elusive. I wouldn’t call it writer block exactly. More like writer delay. These days I…

by Alycia W. Morales     @AlyciaMorales As a freelance editor, I’ve worked with several authors – both experienced and not – and have seen most everything you could think of within the lines of those manuscripts. But my clients aren’t alone. I’ve written some books and have noticed my own shortcomings,…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Sustainable Writing is the key to earning a living as a freelance writer. Having a regular income as a freelance writer requires multiple streams of income. Managing those streams and keeping them afloat is where the sustainable part happens. Just like the environment, we have to be…

By DiAnn Mills, @DiAnnMills Busy writers realize they must master the feat of time management or they will fall into a hole called overwhelmed and unproductive. With a few guidelines, we can learn how to take charge of our responsibilities and give us time to spare. The key is to…