My friend Kim (aka The Well Dressed Writer) loves red shoes. She says they're sassy and classy and can elevate an outfit from boring to brilliant. She's right. I like comfortable shoes. Clogs. Crocs. Converse. These go-with-everything clearance finds that slip on easy when I'm headed out the door for…

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By Katy Kauffman @katykauffman28 Like a textbook. That’s how my writer’s voice sounded when I started to write my first book. I could write devotions that sounded like a one-sided conversation, but my book sounded academic like the textbooks I had in college—factual, cold, distant. I knew I couldn’t leave…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Most writers I know are part of a conflicted group. We’re driven to write—spending time composing poetry, writing books, researching articles. We doodle titles, character names, and plot ideas on scraps of paper. All the while feeling guilty about the time we spend pursuing our dream. I…

When I was in junior high, anytime I felt like I needed a good cry, I’d just ask my dad to help me with my math. I’d like to say something about the “sums of the fathers” right here, but any way you pun it, it was actually all me.…

Attempting to write during the Christmas holidays adds another line in the dictionary’s definition for stress. We’re busier now than at any time during the year. Our planning and preparation is fun, and we feel like kids who’ve eaten way too much sugar. But the joy of the season vanishes…