By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites While serving in the Navy, there were many years I could not be home for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I thought  everyone should be home on those holidays.  One year I called home from Spokane, WA.  I just completed an eleven-hour communications mission in a C-130 aircraft.…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea List-maker, list-maker, make me a list. But wait, make it for someone else, not me. Because I already have eight thousand lists of my own, thanks. A family member told me the other day that my stacks upon stacks of lists make me look like an organized…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Writers daily receive blog posts that offer advice to build their careers. The publishing world has many sides, and each facet needs attention. We read— How to be successful How to sell more books How to strengthen characterization or content How to research and interview How to…

by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel Some people think of Jerry Maguire and his fast-acting athleticism as a sports agent and his exchanges with his client who is known to have said: “Show me the money!” Is a literary agent anything like a wheelin’ dealin’ sports agent? We deal with a lot…

By Debra DuPree Williams @DDuPreeWilliams Years ago, I chose as my life word, hope. It sums up all that is within my heart for every single facet of my life, especially since I’ve become a mother. My heart is filled with so many hopes for each of them.  There are…

by Sandy Kirby Quandt @SandyKQuandt Lately, I've thought about persevering in our writing journey when we'd rather give up. When we've hit one too many walls in our attempts to achieve something we have our heart set on achieving. When one too many rejections come back from the submissions we…