By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Our ancestors struggled to develop language and communication skills. I imagine the beginnings of those grunts were emotionally motivated. Ugh! A dinosaur is coming. Ah. The scent of a spring morning. Mmm. The food smells good. Ohhhh. I hurt Over time, words grew out of necessity…

By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky Recently, I talked a bit about a movie I saw that did a good job of setting things up and bringing them to fruition. While not the main point of my post, it reminded me of a principle Bret Anthony Johnston taught me some time back. Before he…

by Maggie Wallem Rowe Some years back, I discovered a keyboard shortcut that has saved my sanity countless times: CTRL+ Z. Do you know about this little sanity saver?  There you are, merrily typing away and just about to finish your lengthy email message or Word doc when whoosh!... your…

By Debb Hackett @debb_hackett Did I really just suggest the impossible? Even as I sit to blog about imposter syndrome, I’m second guessing my qualification to do so. Oh, the irony. I’ve been through a tough season and have struggled to come out swinging, which is my usual default after…

by Danny Barnhill Throughout the Bible, God often takes those wounded, maimed, or hurting and makes them whole. While He could replace the damaged with something new, He chooses to renew, restore, or revive what’s presented to Him. There’s a great example found in Mark 3:1 (ESV): “Again he (Jesus)…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Writing is more than words. I hear you shouting, “WHAT!” But it’s true. Of course, writers devise stories, and those stories need written words to hit the page – yet there is so much more. As I have worked coaching individual writers this past year, I…