By Debb Hackett @debb_hackett Contests are a big deal. Aren’t they? I’ve crashed and burned, semi-finaled, finaled, and won in four different events. Truthfully, winning was way more fun than bombing. But was it more useful? Statistically, there is a tiny chance of entering a contest and winning, so why…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Writing is – well – a very lonely business. Writers hold up in a space, shut the door, and enter their own world of fantasy. After all, this is where we create. This is where we develop those stories or make notes for those steps of…

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam I don’t know how your year has gone, but my year has been tested me on many levels. The summer brought us a new degree of on our knees praying. A lot. With that, I’ve lost a lot of time to write, which in turn has…

by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed.D. @khutch0767 Recently, I set a timer in thirty-minute increments to begin an edit I was absolutely dreading. Three hours later I’d also rewarded myself with a pile of snacks, a hot cup of tea, music, and the promise of an epic Hallmark binge. We each have tactics…

By Larry Leech @LarryJLeechII My son recently got me hooked on a game that pits two factions of ships against each other in a cosmic battle. I love games that involve strategy. This one features that, as well as quick thinking and more options than I can wrap my mind…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan I had planned to write a post about Christmas traditions, but then I commented on a Georgia Writer’s blog, and that changed what I wanted to say here. The post was about not getting stressed over NaNoWriMo, just write. I realized my favorite part of writing…