by Cindy Sproles @cindydevoted “I have a memoir.” An excited conferee sat across from an acquisitions editor. An awkward silence seeped across the table. The editor tinkered with the manuscript. “We aren’t looking for memoirs.” “But your site says you publish them.” “We publish memoirs if you’re Brad Pitt, George…

by Sarah Van Diest @SarahVanDiest What do you do when you have writer’s block? Do you try to write in spite of nothing to pen? Read new books or watch bad movies? Take a long walk off a short pier? What do you do?   [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="via @SarahVanDiest…

by Aaron Gansky @adgansky You're using language when you write. Can’t do it without. But language is more a term encompassing vocabulary, imagery, and figurative language. Though it’s of vital importance, it seems to be the thing that is most often overlooked. As writers, we put notoriously little thought into…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 I hardly ever cry at movies, but I cried at the end of Inside Out. Even though it’s a kids’ movie, I saw how the inside of our brains might work when anger, fear, disgust, sadness, or joy takes the helm. Each feeling was embodied in…

by Brad Bloom @Faithfitnessmag It’s not Christmas yet. Have you watched the Hallmark Channel this month? In honor of “Christmas in July,” they're airing reruns of their Christmas shows – complete with advertisements for Christmas ornaments. I was recently at Wal-Mart, and they already had the seasonal school supplies section…

by Lynn H Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn You’ve been writing for a while now. Maybe you have a book or two written. You’ve entered a few contests, pitched to a few agents, even attended a few conferences. You’ve been doing this writing thing long enough to know you want to keep doing it.…