By D.L. Koontz, @DLKoontz   As writers, we enjoy being our own bosses. If you could separate You-the-Writer from You-the-Boss in order to conduct a Year-End Review of your 2017 performance, how well would you do? Did you arrive in your office (kitchen table, attic nook) on time? Did you immediately…

By Lucinda Secrest McDowell, @LucindaSMcDowel   As Christmas unfolds, perhaps it’s time for some pondering. You know, like Mary did after Jesus had been born and visited. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. Luke 2.19 Because sometimes it’s what we don’t share, that’s most precious.…

By Bethany Jett, @betjett   God gives us seasons of writing. Seasons of rest. Seasons of pursuing other projects, businesses, and family interests. Sometimes these seasons are the equivalent of writing silence, when the posts and articles you pen aren’t for you, but as part of freelance, volunteer, or business…

Keep Your Writing Muscle in the Springtime of Its Life By D.L. Koontz, @DLKoontz In their terrific book, Younger Next Year, authors Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge, M.D explain that as we age, we send signals to our body to enter either the spring or the winter of our…

By Cindy Sproles, @CindyDevoted It happens. Sometimes the words simply dry up. It’s not writer’s block. You have ideas. There are sentences that hit the page – but when they say nothing . . . when words just don’t flow as they should. What then? Writers are abundantly creative and…

By Alycia W. Morales, @AlyciaMorales It's important for writers to be writing. Otherwise, it's difficult to call oneself a writer. Eh? Some days it's a struggle to sit at the keyboard and put words on that screen. We all have them. The cursor blinks at us as if taunting us to…