by Edie Melson @EdieMelson I think one of the biggest obstacles writers face is finding the time to write. It's a common myth to think that time just magically appears. Truthfully, we never FIND time to write, we have to carve out time to write. That’s what separates the wanna-be…

By Dawn Owens @DawnMarieOwens   Let’s talk platform. Yeah, I said it. I know, I know…you cringe. Me too. It feels like that word is everywhere these days: Grow your platform. Build your platform. Be the platform. It's as if it is constantly taunting us. If we heard it once we heard…

By DiAnn Mills @diannmills Welcome to week five of Faith Friday in our Adventure with God. The letter N stands for New Life. We hear the phrase from the pulpit, in devotions, commentaries, and books designed to enrich our spiritual lives. But do we fully understand what it means?  "Therefore,…

By DiAnn Mills @diannmills Plotting is unique to each writer’s personality and method of structuring a novel. Some writers are married to their outlines. Some are seat-of-the-pants writers, and some are a mix of both. Organic writing allows the character to lead the way in the story with a heavy…

By Vincent B. Davis II @vbdavisii How does this sound to you: after you’ve spent thousands of hours researching, writing, and editing your book, you give it away… for free. Sounds awful right? What if I said that you need to pay for it? There aren’t many topics in the…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Even today—with as many blogs on the Internet as there are—blogging is still a valuable part of building and maintaining an online community. But it’s rare for a blog to take hold and grow, if it’s not a place where comments proliferate. Almost no one likes…