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Set Your Time To Write
By Karynthia Glasper-Phillips @QT_HisTime "for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.”— (Psalms 102:13) NIV Several months ago, just as the Covid-19 pandemic began, I was in prayer about concerns of family, ministry, career, and writing goals, like many of you. One focus of my prayers…
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Partner with God as You Write
by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 Her eyes followed the dance instructor’s every move. On the periphery of the dance floor, she swayed to the rhythm of the music as he guided dancer after dancer across the ballroom. Waltz, foxtrot, swing dance. The instructor knew every style, and he became the perfect…
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What Makes Southern Fiction, Southern Fiction?
by Lindsey Brackett @LindsBrac Terry Kay told me once I am too young to write true southern fiction. Perhaps he’s right. I didn’t live through the first civil rights movement, and while I remember when we got our first VCR, I don’t remember the year the lights came on. But…
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Writing Needs Action Before Reaction
by Sandy Kirby Quandt @SandyKQuandt Lately, I've thought about something Sir Isaac Newton discovered in the 1600s. An action comes before a reaction. If we expect the automatic door at the store to open, we have to step forward and activate the mechanism which opens the door. Staring at the…
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3 Steps For Repurposing Our Writing
by Kathryn Lang, @KathrynCLang “Repurpose your words.” The first time I heard this idea I was sitting in a session by Cheryl Sloan Wray about perfecting my query. I liked what she had to say about taking the same concept and the same words and then shifting them a little…
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Love on Autopilot
by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea Confession time. Sometimes when I’m driving and realize I’m lost, I automatically turn down the radio. It’s not so I can hear the GPS. I turn down the radio even when there’s no GPS. Why do I do it? Honestly, I don’t know. Maybe it’s so I…
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