From the Archive
5 Reasons to Attend a Writer’s Conference
We writers tend to be solitary souls. We love hunching over our computers, pounding away at our latest and greatest WIP (Work In Progress). Normal […]
Becoming Known Part 4: Guest Blogging
If Jesus is your Senior Editor, He expects you to get your writing to the people who need to hear the message He’s leading you […]
You Don’t Know What You Have Until It’s Not There
Inspire’s web site was down recently, for somewhere between 24-36 hours. As Inspire’s webmaster, I was only too aware of how significant the web site […]
Writing for Your Readers
Who do you write for? The reader, right? I used to think I did, but I was wrong. I went through five stages during the […]
Maximizing Your Critique Group Membership
I’d spent days polishing my first-person narrative story. “Looks great!” I told myself. Even so, I remember hesitating before I emailed that story to the […]
Where to Put Those Words: Scrivener vs. Word
Where is the best place to write your masterpiece? There is the old standby Microsoft Word, and there are great programs like Scrivener. What should […]
The Art of Writing Romance Novels
A good love story keeps readers turning pages as they cheer for characters who struggle to overcome the obstacles that keep them apart. Yet not […]
Fast & Furious Contest Devotional Runner-Up: Who Am I? by Don Towle
“Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” Exodus 3:11 Moses, a Hebrew, raised in Pharaoh’s household […]
Small Yet Mighty: One Secret for Powerful Storytelling in Shorter-Form Fiction
One day last spring, I was exiting the grocery store and stopped to look at the flyers posted on the community bulletin board. There was […]


