By DiAnn Mills @diannmills Welcome to week six of Faith Friday in our Adventure with God. The letter T stands for tears. We weep when the happenings of our lives disappoint us, and we are crushed by what we experience. Many times, in our sorrow, we question God’s love. How…

By Vincent B. Davis II @vbdavisii Writing scares me. Like, the foot tapping and nail biting kind of scared. Maybe I'm the only one, but I really don't think so. The whole concept of bringing a world and its inhabitants to life is a daunting task, even non-writers know that.…

By Dawn Owens @DawnMarieOwens   Let’s talk platform. Yeah, I said it. I know, I know…you cringe. Me too. It feels like that word is everywhere these days: Grow your platform. Build your platform. Be the platform. It's as if it is constantly taunting us. If we heard it once we heard…

By DiAnn Mills @diannmills Welcome to week five of Faith Friday in our Adventure with God. The letter N stands for New Life. We hear the phrase from the pulpit, in devotions, commentaries, and books designed to enrich our spiritual lives. But do we fully understand what it means?  "Therefore,…

By DiAnn Mills @diannmills Plotting is unique to each writer’s personality and method of structuring a novel. Some writers are married to their outlines. Some are seat-of-the-pants writers, and some are a mix of both. Organic writing allows the character to lead the way in the story with a heavy…

By Vincent B. Davis II @vbdavisii How does this sound to you: after you’ve spent thousands of hours researching, writing, and editing your book, you give it away… for free. Sounds awful right? What if I said that you need to pay for it? There aren’t many topics in the…