by Alycia Morales     @AlyciaMorales If you've ever faced having to write a proposal, you've probably had to find books that are comparable to the one you're proposing. I've seen writers struggle with listing books that are similar to the one they wrote, and this always astounds me. [tweet_box design="default" float="none"…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Through the years I’ve discovered something about writing that I never expected. I always believed that to be a successful writer you had to learn to write better, be diligent about networking and keep submitting. Those are all important, but it turns out the biggest things that…

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt Meeting deadlines can set you apart in the publishing world, because just as a lot of people don't turn in proposals that are requested at conferences, a lot…

by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Are you scrambling through your files for the last time you posted a blog title? Are you pulling your hair out trying to keep track of when a blog is due or when it appears? At the last minute of posting, have you neglected an image?…

by Alycia W. Morales     @AlyciaMorales Jesus said that He came to serve, not to be served. Did you know that as a beginning writer, you can serve other writers? At first, you may wonder how, seeing that you are just getting started. You may not know a lot about the…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson True confession time. Writing is both the thing I love best and the thing I hate most. When the words flow, it’s heaven on earth. When they stutter to a halt, the opposite is true. And the truth is, both of these circumstances are a regular…