By Edie Melson @EdieMelson Over the course of my career I have published through big publishers and through smaller, traditional presses. Of course there are differences between what support a big and small publisher provides. But—and we all need to wrap our brains around this one truth—our responsibility as the…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 Insight matters. The right wording matters. God’s investment matters most of all. Would you remember the following line from a Bible study? I’m not sure I would. “Don’t let old temptations bother you.” That’s nice but easier said than done. Or would you remember this: “Slay…

by Larry Leech @LarryJLeechII Disappointment and Discouragement. Oh, how they love to bother and belittle us. Batter and bruise us. The “D” brothers are henchmen of the enemy. If we are not careful, they can overwhelm us with invasive thoughts. “That’s a stupid idea.” “No one will read this. “Ha,…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Rather than writing this blog post more formally—the "do this, do that, avoid this" way. I wanted to get down to the transparency of writing. It's a new year, and hopefully, we are all geared up and ready to roll. The expectation is that we have…

By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky I don’t watch a lot of television, but one show I enjoyed was Monk. If you’re unfamiliar with it, it was an old detective show based around an OCD ex-cop with an incredible power of perception. A dead body would show up, the San Francisco police…

by Warren Johnson @haversackhisto1 Editing a writer’s work creates beautiful, flowing prose. But sometimes it destroys any hope of writing again, like the time an editor’s comments associated with the correction of grammar of a particular student alluded to their lack of knowledge of how to write. The devastation created…