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Writer's Journey
Becoming a “Real” Writer
I’ve been writing my whole life, but I didn’t feel like a real writer. If people asked, “What do you do?” I’d tell them I’m […]
Interviews
A Writing Coach’s Secret Formula
Lorraine Pintus is an international speaker, author, and writing coach known for her bold teaching on women’s issues such as sex, hormones, parenting, marriage, and […]
Writer's Journey
Making Time
August 7, 2014
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The blog post “Making Time – My Thoughts” was submitted by Shannon Dittemore and used with the author’s permission. Writers are in LOVE with words. We […]
Submissions
A Word for the Weary: Preparing to Submit Your Devotions to The Upper Room
So you’d like to get published, or perhaps you need a breather from writing a novel. Try writing “a word to sustain the weary soul” […]
Craft of Writing
Fragmented Sentences
November 19, 2011
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Grammar teachers hate them. Writers use them to good advantage. What? Pieces of sentences that lack something—a subject or verb—to make them complete. Fragments help […]
Craft of Writing
10 Ways to Strengthen Our Characters
March 3, 2012
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Readers want strong main characters. No one wants to read a story with a weak one. I knew that. Really I did. Why, then, did […]
Getting Published
Publishing Options: Which One is Best?
February 22, 2018
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Traditional, Independent, Vanity, and Self-Publishing: Which One is Best? The publishing landscape has changed dramatically over the years. Not too long ago, there were two […]
Spiritual Life
Writing Is a Joy—and a Discipline God Uses
Writing is a joy. When the ideas are coming and the words are flowing, minutes slide into hours and I am lost in the joy […]
Craft of Writing
Writing 101: Me, Myself, I, My, and Mine
“Me” has become a dirty word and most people do everything they can to avoid saying it. And it doesn’t matter whether you’re in the heart of Silicon Valley or the remotest wilds of Alaska […]
