By Bethany Jett, @betjett   God gives us seasons of writing. Seasons of rest. Seasons of pursuing other projects, businesses, and family interests. Sometimes these seasons are the equivalent of writing silence, when the posts and articles you pen aren’t for you, but as part of freelance, volunteer, or business…

By Rhonda Rhea, @RhondaRhea   You know how I can tell we’re approaching the Christmas season? I find myself thumbing through a catalog. A catalog. Of. Meat. Potted meat. Pickled meat. Fried and dried and—maybe even poached meat. That just takes us to about page five. Then there’s meat by…

By Deb Haggerty, @DebHaggerty   As an editor, I read—a lot! And I find I get impatient with certain contrivances authors tend to overdo. I realize part of what we do as writers is our voice, but I also realize part is trying to impress or to ensure our readers get…

By Emily H. Jeffries, @emilyhjeffries   At age 28, I quit my job as an upper school theology teacher to write books. For a decade, I had studied theology and gained teaching experience. After graduate school, I had landed the perfect teaching job with a small private school in my…

By Michelle Medlock Adams, @INwritergirl   Just as I was finishing up my booksigning at the International Christian Retail Show (ICRS) in Orlando a few years ago, I noticed a woman waiting at the edge of the Guideposts booth. “We just ran out of books,” I explained, as I walked…

Tamela Hancock Murray,@Tamela_Murray   1.) The agent hates me. Unless you approached her and said something along the lines of, “You and your kids are ugly and you have lousy taste in manuscripts,” a rejection shouldn’t be personal. But if you are worried that you unintentionally offended an agent or…