By Dr. Chrissy Whiting-Madison @joyfulgurly The world is crazy right now.  Yesterday I went to get some groceries, and I saw a woman with a stroller that was completely and tightly wrapped with plastic wrap. I could't help but approached the woman, because I thought her baby was going to suffocate.…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 Just how much good can we do when we have to stay home during a pandemic?  As writers, we may wonder when publishing houses will be running at full steam again, when we can have in-person book launch parties, and if we can see our friends…

by Lindsey Bracket @LindsBrac The fact of the matter is, if you’re alive, you’re going to experience disappointment. If you’re a writer, I hope you’re ready for a roller coast of ups and downs that is—to be honest—not unlike the unknown of our current global pandemic.  [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#Writing…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Dear writer, do you pray for or prey on your readers? Pray and prey are homophones. These are words that sound alike but have different meanings and different spellings. But this isn’t about grammar until we consider pray and prey are verbs. So how do these…

By Penny Reeve There is a character in my young adult novel Out of the Cages, called Purna. For the majority of the novel she does not speak. Despite being a young woman, she behaves like a child. She rocks and cowers and watches the world with wide frightened eyes.…

By Lynn H Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn In these posts, I often talk about various facets of the writing life. But this month, I want to recommend a book to you that isn’t about the craft, but that I think could be quite meaningful to you in your life as a writer and…