by Lucinda Secrest McDowell @LucindaSMcDowel She could not have been more ordinary. Gladys, was also a poor student and had quit school by age fourteen. She grew up to be a London parlor maid with few prospects. But then God got a hold of her heart and after hearing about…

by Lynn H. Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn Not too long ago, I learned to SCUBA dive. I was so excited! I’ve wanted to learn for a long time. Unfortunately, I was NOT a star student. Oh, I did great in class. All the calculations for pressure and volume? No problem. (Who says…

by Aaron Gansky @ADGansky If you’ve been writing long, you’ve heard all the evils of using the passive voice. It sneaks into our prose without permission, and disguises itself among our active sentences like a malevolent chameleon. But unless you teach English classes in all your spare time, there’s a…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson The publishing industry is like any other—fraught with unwritten rules and etiquette norms.  Add to that the wild wild west of social media and the new writer can commit faux pas that spell career disaster. [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#writing"]Etiquette for Writers—#Publishing Industry Dos & Don'ts -…

by Cherrilynn Bisbano @BisbanoWrites My seventy-five year old widowed mom has a veracious appetite for reading. She loves novels about cats. Yes, she is that cat lady. I have a different palates when it comes to novels. I like suspense thrillers and historical fiction. Some of my younger friends consume…

@LucindaSMcDowel As you read today’s blog I am knee-deep in launching a new book. With all that entails. Including the uneasy feeling of “self-promotion” which, frankly, is a struggle for me. You too? Yeah, it’s that whole tension between being excited about sharing our words with the world and being…