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Writing by Ash Wind
by Lynn H. Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn For the past eighteen months, I’ve been writing by ash wind. Do you know this term? To do something by ash wind? It’s an expression I just heard a few weeks ago. It’s an old sailing term—to sail by ash wind—and the moment I learned of…
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Courage by the Load
by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea Sort it. Wash it. Fold it. Hang it. Repeat it, repeat it, repeat it, repeat it…infinitum. Statistics suggest we spend 40 minutes or so per day on laundry-related tasks. And I don’t have extra stats to back this up, but I’d estimate you add about three more…
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When Are You Going To Write A Real Book?
By Penny Reeve I wonder what your pet peeve, throw away comments are from people who hear you are a writer? Could it be one of these? “How much money do you make?” “I bet it’s fun to stay at home all day in your pyjamas.” “I’ve got an idea…
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Why Not My Writing?
By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites “I don’t understand why they chose another book when three publishers at the conference said they liked mine.” I confided in my good friend Sharon. My heart broke and I felt overlooked. Do you feel forgotten you work so hard on a project out of obedience…
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Can an Author Afford to Rest at Christmas?
By A.C. Williams by @acw_author December is upon us once more. Lights are sparkling on houses. Trees are shining in living rooms. Christmas music plays on repeat in every store twenty-four hours a day. I love it. Christmas is my favorite time of year for so many reasons. The day…
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Representing Yourself In Your Writing
By William Daniel Do you wonder what you’re supposed to write? A problem nowadays is that writers are not writing what represents them. I see this commonly in fiction as well as devotionals. The last thing you want is to be known as someone who doesn’t write what lines up…
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