By Larry Leech @LarryJLeechII We are just weeks away from the most insane and intense time of the year. Running here. Running there. Never stopping to take a break. Or a breath. Tis the glorious season, right? Well, my hope for you is that it will be the season to…

By Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner Some say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if the picture was blurry and out of focus? It’s worthless. Or is it? Have you noticed when you first press the screen on your phone to take a picture, it goes fuzzy before taking…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Writers are an odd lot. I can say that, because I am one. So I speak from experience, not judgment. Like all creative people, we tend to feel things more deeply, reacting poorly to criticism. We also have no perspective at all when it comes to…

By Sue Schlesman @Sueschlesman I just came home from the Blue Ridge Christian Writers Conference. I feel a little like Moses descending Mt. Sinai with the Ten Commandments—I’ve got a full heart and a full notebook. And I might be glowing a little. I have been decompressing emotionally and mentally…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea “You’re going to cover that, right?” Standard microwave-operating question. It’s actually more command than question. And I don’t think the answer should ever be “no.” Especially if it’s a lasagna reheat. Heating uncovered lasagna in the microwave leaves a tiny-little murder scene. Still, through the years—more than…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea Every time I’m reading something and find someone has misused words, I literally have a cow. (Literally? See what I did there?)   Of course, I know it’s hypocritical of me to have any kind of “beef” over someone else’s word blunders (and yes, I’ll try ease…