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7 Lessons I Learned about Writing from Vacationing in Utah
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Writers experience times of stress and have no clue how to avoid or eliminate it. We hear breaks from a normal routing are essential to our professional, personal, and psychological life, so we might give in to an hour here and there. But never a vacation.…
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Putting You into a You-nique Book Idea
by Blythe Daniel @ByltheDaniel One of the most challenging areas for writers is coming up with a unique book idea. I mean if Ecclesiastes 1:9 is true (and it is!) then there is nothing new under the sun but then where does that leave me for a book that there…
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How A Writer Can Say No Without Saying No
By Leilani Squires Freelance writers get asked to do a lot, from “Can you look at this short story real quick,” to “Can you edit this 25-page proposal by tomorrow?” to “Will you bring the main dish to the dinner? You’re home all day so you can cook, right?” We…
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A Writer’s Growing Season
By Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner My Father examines every branch in Me and cuts away those who do not bear fruit. He leaves those bearing fruit and carefully prunes them so that they will bear more fruit. John 15:2 (VOICE) Spring has arrived and with it comes clean-up of debris left from…
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Writers: Advice for Your First Writing Conference
by Lindsey Brackett @LindsBrac The Blue Ridge Christian Writers Conference is rapidly approaching and some of you will be attending for the very first time! That is so exciting. But whether it’s your first time or your fifth, there’s always something to learn. Here’s a collection of my favorite tidbits…
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Writer Lies – Three Solutions to the Lies We Believe About Our Writing
By Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted I know… "Whatttt?" Writers lie? We actually get paid to lie when we write fiction, as weird as it seems. Our stories take a character's truth and spin it in every direction. What fun it is – to lie and have permission. It's safe to say…
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