by A.C. Williams @ACW_Author Happy New Year! Welcome to 2025 and join me in the sheer astonishment that it’s already been 25 years since we survived Y2K. The passage of time is something we all tend to ignore when we’re younger. There’s something about being under 20 that makes you…

By Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales If I'm going to be a writer, there are a few disciplines I'm going to have find within myself. They are vital to my writing career. Without them, I probably won't ever see my work in print. Not because my writing isn't good, but because I…

by Blythe Daniel @ByltheDaniel There’s a saying that I learned from a pastor friend at our church: “We don’t fight with fists, but with words.” The phrase is to show children that we fight on our knees in prayer. As writers, sometimes it can feel like we fight with words,…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Purposeful writers refuse to consider if or when they will succeed. They are writers who accept their calling and understand the value of persistence and hard work. How can we clothe ourselves as purposeful? Is it an innate trait or one we must study and master?…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 If you write nonfiction, are you ready to expand your reach by trying similar genres to what you’re writing now? If you write fiction, are you ready to use your fiction skills in the nonfiction world? Finding your niche in the writing world is like discovering…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted One thing I hear at every writers' conference from new writers is that they "want a book." Everyone wants a book, and they have a preconceived idea of how they think it will happen. Those writers have a story. It may be finished, but more than…