by Maggie Wallem Rowe It’s the Monday after the conference – anyone feeling a little blue?  I have one question for you: When’s the last time you said, “I do”? You’re home again now, suitcase unpacked, conference notes tidied into a pile or strewn across your desk. It’s natural to…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted It seems everyone wants to be a writer—or that's what they say. When you mention you're a writer or a published author, what you hear is, "I've always wanted to write a book." They say there's a book in all of us, but the line in…

By Larry Leech @LarryJLeechII Man, us Americans do love our celebrations. Not just the big ones like birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, Easter, and New Year’s Eve. We love celebrations so much that Cinco de Mayo, Super Bowl Sunday, St. Patrick’s Day, and Halloween have grown in popularity during…

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam Summer will finally arrive soon. For writers, speakers, podcasters, etc. this might not mean a whole lot during the day for us. Many of us are at our desk and tapping away at the keys and might be unaware of the weather outside. Our schedules don’t…

By Heather Kreke @HKreke Writing is often a solo endeavor, but it helps to have people around us. People who just get us. People we can brainstorm with, who can motivate us, give us advice, and celebrate with us when we accomplish a publishing goal. But how do we find each other?…

by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel We ask this question a lot. We may not even recognize it anymore. We ask someone who has just lost someone they love, “What do you need?” or we may ask a child who is hurt, “Do you need anything?” We are suggesting there is a…