by Maggie Wallem Rowe Some years back, I discovered a keyboard shortcut that has saved my sanity countless times: CTRL+ Z. Do you know about this little sanity saver?  There you are, merrily typing away and just about to finish your lengthy email message or Word doc when whoosh!... your…

By Larry Leech @LarryJLeechII Oh so many questions. Music or no music? At home or at a coffee shop? With friends or by oneself? Work on a blog or a book? First person or third person? Short chapter or long chapter? Write or edit? A popular villain in the “Batman”…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Writing is more than words. I hear you shouting, “WHAT!” But it’s true. Of course, writers devise stories, and those stories need written words to hit the page – yet there is so much more. As I have worked coaching individual writers this past year, I…

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam The title of this post may have you convinced this writer has lost her mind. While there may be some truth to that – hear her out. And by her, I mean me. On the two-hour drive home from a recent large conference, I had plenty…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin As an acquisition’s editor at a New York publisher, I often speak with authors about their dreams and ambitions for their book. Many authors want their book to become a bestseller. Every business has a pinnacle of success. It is the ultimate mark of achievement. In…

by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed.D. @khutch0767 I recently returned from a writer’s conference feeling capable of anything. On my long drive home, I began reflecting on what I’d learned, the people I’d met, and how inspired I was by my experience. As is my practice when alone, I began speaking aloud. “Perhaps…