By JP Robinson @JPRobinsonBooks Throughout this series I’ve emphasized one main point—increasing your reach is vital to your writing career. I’ve also shared two ways to grow your reach. In this post, I’d like to proffer a third approach: creating a quality product. As an authorpreneur, increasing revenue through writing…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills We all face discouragement that threatens our writing life. Life happenings affect creativity, and we need a treasure box of faith-filled resources to remind us God is with us and for us. He wants His best for everything we say, write, and do. First, we must…

By Edie Melson @EdieMelson So often we make things harder than they have to be. Sometimes we do it because we’re used to doing things a certain way, or because it’s the only way we know how. But things change quickly these days, and it’s always a good thing to…

by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel When I was a student rising in the ranks of junior high and high school, the tall, full-of-life (and voice!) choir director would distinctly take a stand on a platform so we could see him as we nervously prepared our songs. The prepared platform gave him…

By Leilani Squires The week of writing this post, my deadlines looked like this:  Write Article 1 Write Article 2 Write Article 3 Edit 5,177 words Proof a 128-page manuscript Edit 5,861 words Finish/launch website Also, both kiddos were sick, one with “the coughin’s” and one with “the throw-ups.” And…

The Contest is open! New Categories Added In addition to last year’s date changes, we also added new categories. We will continue with those category additions this year. In doing a little research, we discovered that professional writers who write short-form were being slighted. There isn’t a national contest associated…