By Larry Leech @LarryJLeechII I love golf. I love playing while enjoying a few hours of fresh air. I love watching. The Golf Channel is on one of our TVs pretty much every minute of every waking moment in our house, even now while I write this blog. I love…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin An effective publicist can be a great asset to you as an author when you launch your book into the world. Yet like hiring an editor, literary agent, or anyone else in publishing, you have to use wisdom and all your resources to find the rightpublicist.…

By Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales Everyone talks about the importance of a critique group and how wonderful it is for improving your writing and getting feedback. That is solid advice, but there’s something else I’d like you to consider: [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#writing #writerslife"]10 Reasons You Need Friends Who Write -…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 I have a confession. I like to take pictures of my shoes. I don’t have a shoe fetish, just a travel one. When I go somewhere new, I like to take a picture of my feet on the unique paths I discover—cobblestone streets, mosaic sidewalks, bricked…

By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites I keep getting interrupted when I talk, and it hurts. The words echoed in my head as I blurted out my opinion while the other person spoke. “You didn’t let me finish .” She yelled. “Well, you keep cutting me off too,” I said. We both…

by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel Rejection can paralyze us from going further on our journey. I think one of the biggest obstacles for a writer is rejection. It can stifle a person’s path and growth. The disciples of Jesus Christ traveled and talked up close with him and their ministry felt…