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Unplugged

Have you ever considered how spoiled we are by electricity. Instant light. Ready power. I remember when my husband…
February 26, 2016
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life, Uncategorized
All Choked Up

Have you ever tried to impress people? Given that extra effort to stand out in the crowd, to get…
February 24, 2016
Things Every Writer Should Know, Writer Encouragement
Getting Reviews Part 1

by Elaine Marie Cooper Many authors, both new and the more experienced, get discouraged when hunting for knowledgeable readers…
February 17, 2016
Create. Motivate. Inspire.
Come Out Swinging: Fighting Fear as a Writer

The writer’s life is not for the faint of heart. There are moments that are downright scary. That first…
February 15, 2016
A Word in Season, Uncategorized
Cracked Pots

Sometimes we feel like cracked pots. An old story tells of a water-bearer in India who daily carried two…
February 4, 2016
Uncategorized, WARFARE!
Overcome Evil With Good

I remember when I had my first Twitter shock a few years ago: I discovered that people post pornography…
February 1, 2016
Truth Be Told
Keep Those Batteries Charged!

I love my spin toothbrush. My teeth just feel cleaner. The other day I was surprised when it stopped…
January 25, 2016
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
And I Danced . . .

I recently had the opportunity to serve at the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Processing Center at Samaritan’s Purse Headquarters…
January 18, 2016
Writer Encouragement
Simple Acts of Kindness

Kindness is such a simple word, yet all too often it seems vacant from our speech. Perhaps it’s the…
January 5, 2016
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Life Happens

I am writing this post toward the end of November. Ahh, the month of November, also known as NanoWriMo.…
December 30, 2015
Create. Motivate. Inspire., Support
Where is Your Happy Place?

When you write, do you have a happy place? Do conditions have to be “just right?” When are you…
December 28, 2015
Writer Encouragement
Writers Being Thankful

I am writing this blog on the eve of Thanksgiving. Thinking about this holiday causes me to consider the…
December 21, 2015
Truth Be Told
Pleasing Our Neighbor

Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor. (Romans 15:2, NRSV)…
December 6, 2015
Touching Soul and Spirit
Taking Care of the Candle that is You

“Burning the candle at both ends” vividly captures the portrait of the day-to-day mêlée most of us call…
December 5, 2015
Create. Motivate. Inspire., Support
Take Another Look

One of my favorite drama exercises is to take a familiar object and brainstorm what that object could be.…
December 3, 2015
Truth Be Told
Over or Under?

Over or Under? Have you fought this battle in your house? In our home, my wonderful husband has deferred…
November 29, 2015
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Writing: All the Feels

If anyone tells you writing is not an emotional thing, don’t believe it. Writing can be quite the emotional…
November 25, 2015
Create. Motivate. Inspire.
Writers—Grab a Book!

Would you like to improve your vocabulary, fire your imagination, and learn about story structure and character development from…
November 13, 2015
Writer Encouragement
Writer Interruptions

There it is again—another interruption. If it’s not the screaming baby needing to be fed, it’s the dog demanding…
November 6, 2015
WARFARE!
Out of the Heart the Mouth Speaks, Part 2

Have you ever hit “send” for an email, or “publish” for a blog post, only to realize within a…
November 5, 2015
Writer Encouragement
Fixing the “Flat Tires” In Our Writing

There it was—the flat tire we dreaded finding. After discovering it flat twice that week, the expected deflation was…
November 1, 2015
Touching Soul and Spirit
The Jesus Imitation

Pope Francis has taken America by storm! Whenever a country receives a papal visit you expect teeming crowds of…
October 31, 2015
Truth Be Told
With the Right Bait

I was browsing my local paper and right in the middle of the classified section I spied this teaser:…
October 25, 2015
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
The Comfort Zone Two-Step

I attend a small church in a rural area. We have contemporary worship and are probably more “progressive” than…
October 20, 2015
Create. Motivate. Inspire.
Writers: Be Prepared for These Questions

The writing-life doesn’t look like other career-fields. A lot of what we do happens when we’re home alone or…
October 19, 2015