by Cindy Sproles @cindydevoted You've heard it, and I’ve said it a hundred times. What’s your rush to publish? I, better than anyone, know what it’s like to wait. I know how hard and frustrating it can be. My writing journey to publication took seven years. I get it. When…

by Sarah Van Diest @SarahVanDiest When I was a young, romantic, teenage girl, I learned to play the theme from Romeo and Juliet on the piano. A Time for Us echoed through our living room walls and out our windows many dreamy evenings. In my mind, there would someday be…

by Aaron Gansky @adgansky You hear writers often mention the “fictive dream.” John Gardner called it a “vivid and continuous dream.” It’s a term used to describe a simple principle: no one wants to read a book. There, I said it. Man, it feels good to get that off my…

by Brad Bloom Faith and Fitness When I first started Faith & Fitness Magazine nearly fifteen years ago, I had an advisory board member (who did print advertising for CCM Magazine) tell me, “Brad, whatever you do, don’t do print!” I was like, “Oh, come on, really? It’s going to…

by Deborah Clack @deborah_clack "Hey, Matt, this is Deborah. I, uh … we just met. In the restaurant. With my friends. It’s Deborah. Um... (Clears throat.) I just wanted to say that I’m sorry that didn’t go so well. I’m not really sure what happened. I just, uh, wanted to…

by Lindsey Brackett @lindsbrac Recently, I returned home from leading critique sessions at the inaugural North Georgia Christian Writers Conference. We had an amazing retreat right in my backyard—the lovely North Georgia Mountains. But, as I prepared to offer a short word at breakfast on Sunday morning, I knew so…