By Holland Webb @WebbHollandLyle You're a writer, and writers should get paid, right? Yes, they should! If you work diligently enough, you will probably find people and publishers who will pay you for your work. Unfortunately, you may also run into a scammer along the way, someone who is more…

By Holland Webb @WebbHollandLyle Editing is a crucial component of the writing process. It's a fun part of it too, right? Why wouldn't it be an absolute blast for a professional to give me feedback on what I've so lovingly created? (Probably because I'd rather not hear about my shortcomings…

By Holland Webb @WebbHollandLyle At the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference 2022, Karen Porter told us to keep our writing reader-focused. The audience of Christian writers shouted back "Amen." If we'd only had funeral fans and a sawdust floor, you'd have thought we having a revival. (We kinda were.)…

By Holland Webb @WebbHollandLyle Have you heard of Anne Lamott, author of the writing classic Bird By Bird? She's famous in writing circles for her unique and inimitable voice on the page. When talking about writing from deep places in our souls, Anne had an unusual take: When people shine…

By Holland Webb @WebbHollandLyle You've heard the writing experts speak. "Tell the truth," they said, "eliminate extraneous verbiage, and (oh yeah!) build your platform." All good advice, I'm sure. But the experts don't always get it right. Sometimes, ideas crop up, get repeated by experts, and then writers believe them…

By Holland Webb @WebbHollandLyle Flannery O'Connor, one of the 20th century's great fiction writers, said she wasn't afraid her books would generate controversy. On the contrary, she was afraid they wouldn't be controversial enough. In that regard, O'Connor had nothing to worry about. Her works embarrassed her mother, shocked her…