by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Proverbs 16:24 As a writer, words are my lifeline. I spend hours with them. As I put them on paper, they help me bring order out of the chaos that is life.…

by Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales Many people love to write and choose to do so as a career. It has its pros and cons, but the joy we get from writing makes it worth those. The question is, which of those pros and cons are scary? [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#writing #writerslife"]8…

@DiAnnMills Genesis 1:26 tells us we are made in the image of God. And He is the great Creator. For us to grasp what this means to writers, let’s explore three critical points of the concept. This will help define the joy and purpose of our extraordinary gift. Let’s begin…

@LucindaSMcDowel So, you’re not actually going back to school in a few days? Well, most of us are conditioned from childhood to view late August and early September as the second beginning of a new year. Whether or not your own household is gearing up for a new school year,…

@LisaCarter27 In this age of instant coffee, instant communication and instant everything, it is sometimes hard to come to grips with the reality that writing is a long, slow journey. Every writer’s path will be different, but for the sake of mental health, we must learn to embrace the individual…

@RhondaRhea Anytime it takes me an entire half hour to write out my to-do list for the day, I know it’s a day I’m likely in for some hullabaloo. That’s what hullaba-happened yesterday. I’m not the most organized cookie on the block. The to-do list helps keep me from wasting…