By Sara Beth Williams @WilliamsSaraB If you’ve been following my series, you’ll have learned about how Secrets, Character Conflict, Misunderstandings, High Stakes and Mistakes can help create a great and compelling story. In fact, many great stories incorporate multiple aspects listed above. What if I told you, you could nail…

By Leilani Squires Anyone Else Find It Harder to Write During Winter Months? Where I live, we get all four seasons. We’re just starting to get some colder temps and I’m pulling out my winter writing attire of favorite hoodies and fuzzy socks. Winter months can be wonderful for writing…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills This month brings on the most festive time of the year, and for writers, this often means how can I give something meaningful to my readers. The what-to-give and how-to-present it can be a huge dilemma, but hopefully after reading this article, you’ll choose the perfect…

by: Shannon Redmon @shannon_redmon When God called me to be a writer, I was working a full-time job with a corporate company and enjoyed the work I did each day, but a strong desire developed within to focus all my energy and time on writing.  My husband and I had…

By Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Advice is like a spring rainstorm. Sometimes it just keeps pouring until you’re flooded. This is especially true for the writer when they attend a writing conference. Folks willingly share more information than most of us want or can absorb to help us along in our careers.…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin In 2007, America’s Publicist Rick Frishman invited me to participate on the faculty of MegaBook Marketing University in Los Angeles, California. At that time, I was running a small literary agency and representing authors in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of Chicken Soup for the…