By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky You’d think deserts would have predictable weather patterns: Deathly hot, Hot, and Not as hot. But here in the High Desert of California, we enjoy (or suffer) unpredictable weather patterns. The desert, for us, is not so much a lack of weather. It’s weather at the…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 I love the passages in Scripture that radiate with light. They glow with warmth, with a brilliant display of truth, and with understanding that helps us to know God better and makes us want to follow Him more. I love the passages that are so straightforward,…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan I’ve seen a lot about accepting critiques, but not a lot about being a good critiquer. There was an old TV show called Truth or Consequences. If the contestant couldn't guess the truth about the guest, he had to suffer the consequences and some of those…

by Lynn Blackburn @LYNNHBLACKBURN I’m a firm believer that you can learn lessons about your writing life anywhere—as long as you’re paying attention. Case in point? I got the idea for this blog post from taking my oldest to three different orthodontists. Stay with me. My daughter has disabilities and nothing—nothing—is…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin As an author, you want to hire a publicist who has connections to radio and podcast hosts and can book you on those programs.  As an editor, I’ve encouraged some of my authors to book radio interviews. After the interviews, one author told me he didn’t…

by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed.D. @khutch0767 As an author, I’m guilty of flippantly joking about the craziness of creativity. I laugh off the characters in my head, bouts of depression, mood swings, isolation, and the many rejections I face as if it’s to be worn as a badge of honor. Yet, because…