By Edie Melson, @EdieMelson This is a post that I wrote several years ago. I get requests for it every year, so I'm sharing it again this year. This was a system I used for years while I was attending conferences as an attendee. It's not the only way to…

@LucindaSMcDowel I think about words a lot. Because I’m an author and speaker, you might say words are my business – thus no surprise my ministry is called “Encouraging Words.” But this week there are at least three good reasons I’m thinking especially about Words: I’ve just sent the edits…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjZeEhXqiVg&t=39s[/embed] Video Produced and Directed by Gary Chavalier. Although this video is presented tongue-in-cheek, every example is based on absolute fact. The Blue Ridge Conference is fast approaching, and writers are polishing their manuscripts and proposals One of the conference highlights is the ability for the…

@CindyDevoted Homonym– A word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air or bear and bare. I love editors. They’re a breed all their own. A bit OCD and a bit of the perfectionist’s mentality, they’re the eyes…

@JennyLCote Memorize this right now: This is MY doing. (I Kings 12:24) So far we’ve explored why we write. And we’re willing to write even if no one will ever read it, Soli Deo Gloria. All that’s left is to let God call the shots from here. I’m about to…

@ADGansky 4. Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action. –Kurt Vonnegut I love the simplicity Vonnegut uses when asserting his rules, but sometimes I wonder if we need a little extra, especially for beginning writers. At first, this rule just makes perfect sense, but if…