By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam The time to sit and write has arrived. You’d planned for it. You perched yourself in front of the computer screen or notebook with a pen and have written your fingers numb. As you wrote the piece, whether a blog post, article, devotion or part of…

By Debb Hackett @debb_hackett The first time I met an agent, I began creating content for a future conference seminar, “How Not to Sign with an Agent.” I added points to it every time I attended a conference, and it became a topic of great hilarity between my critique partner…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 I’ve heard faculty at writers’ conferences say we need to know the rules before we break them. Well, yes. I like to use partial sentences once in a while to make a point. Really fun. And freeing. But at other times, the rules give me peace.…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Most of us are thinkers. We come up with a project, decide we need assistance, and then call on friends and family for help. That’s just how we roll. Having the support of those who love us and who are willing to step into the gap…

by Lynn Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn  I got home from the gym the other day, and I felt great. Well, I didn’t feel great physically. It took me an hour to stop sweating enough so I could take a shower. But mentally? I felt great! Why? Because that workout was the kind of workout…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin Last month I wrote about how to get book reviews (follow the link to read it). In this article I return to the book review topic yet with a different angle, details and focus. First, a little background of my involvement with book reviews. For two…