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Craft of Writing
Wasting Words?
How many times have we heard we are to make our writing tight? If you’re like me, it may be more than you can count. […]
Contest Winners
Great Openings Contest Fiction Runner-Up: No Dawn by Dian Avila
Callouses on my fingers and feet snagged the rough bark of my perch. It was difficult to recognize Eku’s olive green skin among the leaves […]
Encouraging Writers
Offering Encouragement and Opportunities for Teen Writers
“Why mentor teen writers?” It’s a question I get asked a lot. Especially by other authors who are as busy as I am working on […]
Encouraging Writers
For the Love of God, Give Yourself a Promotion
Maybe you haven’t been able to meet writing goals because you’re in a challenging season. Or maybe you believe self-imposed suffering pleases God.
There isn’t a single creature on this planet that God tells us to treat poorly. Why do we think the way we treat ourselves should be an exception?
For by grace you […]
Craft of Writing
The Adventurous Life of Writing
God, who got you started in this spiritual adventure, shares with us the life of his Son and our Master Jesus. He will never give […]
Writer's Journey
Go Write Your Small Story
It Takes a Small Story to Make a Big Story Our Story I grew up in a world of big stories. I am a granddaughter […]
Critique Groups
How Writing Is Like Exercising
The cell phone alarm beeps me into consciousness at 5:20 am. Yes, it’s o-dark-thirty and I’m waking up to go to spin class. Why? That’s […]
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 […]
Writer's Journey
Step Away from the Vacuum
“It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write.” — Steven Pressfield, The War of Art Do you have days […]
