by: Shannon Redmon @shannon_redmon As fiction writers, we must always keep our imagination fresh with ideas for our future stories, but sometimes our creative punch bowl runs dry. Perhaps life took an unexpected turn or decided to ramp up the busy category and took our mojo on a faraway trip.…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin We prize and value our books. They are permanent and have our names on the spine of the book and the front and back cover. Within the writing community, it is a myth that you are not a writer if you don’t publish a book. If…

by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed.D. @khutch0767 For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland (Isaiah 43:19 NLT). I recently received news that an author opportunity I’d…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales With BRMCWC 2023 a little more than a week out, all sorts of craziness has likely set in. Nerves. Jitters. Doubts. Worries. Concerns. Excitement. Knotted stomach. Caffeine overdrive. Sleeplessness. Spiritual battles. This. Is. Normal. You. Are. Not. Alone. How do we handle these things so we…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan I've heard it said, "Psychologists are analysts; writers are psychological engineers. They use psychology to engineer story characters." Characterization is complex. Among other things, writers need to know how to engineer characters, design character arcs, weave sympathy and empathy, set up character conflict, show and reveal…

by Lynn H. Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn Creatives are not generally known for their organizational skills. But authors who want to be in the publishing game for the long-term know how important it is to find a method that works for them and keeps all the aspects of their writing life organized. Why…