Using Ancestors’ Stories in Fiction By Ora Smith
Just how far back into your past can you reach to find new ideas for writing? Family history (genealogy)…
March 8, 2018Just how far back into your past can you reach to find new ideas for writing? Family history (genealogy)…
March 8, 2018Success. For writers this word can mean different things. One author may feel success has been achieved once their…
March 8, 2018Jolina Petersheim attracts stories like mint draws butterflies. Enjoy this episode of Writers Chat when she shares how each…
March 7, 2018I grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, and I have always had a theory about families and entertainment…
March 7, 2018It is only a novel . . . or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers…
March 3, 2018Welcome Lauren, can you share a little about your recent book – The Hideaway is the story of…
March 2, 2018Join Johnnie Alexander, Melissa Stroh and the Writers Chat gang as we share favorite books that have inspired and…
March 1, 2018Global digital marketing is a $209-billion-dollar-a-year industry ruled by five titans – Google, Facebook, Amazon, Alibaba, and Baidu. Any…
March 1, 2018If you read my previous article, I hopefully convinced you to try songwriting. There are a few basics to…
March 1, 2018A good cover letter is like an intriguing door, it invites the agent or publisher into your proposal. The publisher…
February 25, 2018All roads to the finding an agent and the dream of publishing led through the Conference. I’d planned, scraped…
February 24, 2018Our romantic heroine, Tovah, is about to meet her match. She’s a Jewish rabbi who fears rejection because of…
February 24, 2018With my cursor at Chapter 1 in my WWII historical fiction novel, I hit Ctrl+Enter and sighed. Beginning a book…
February 22, 2018Great writing is great writing! Right? Yes, but writing for children does have challenges that are different from…
February 21, 2018It’s hard getting traction as a writer without an audience. If you’re new to this noisy world of publishing,…
February 21, 2018Sometimes fiction authors write about real people. Especially those who write historical fiction. Real historical characters can add a…
February 20, 2018Please stop using pronouns wrong! Between you and I, I’m sick of people using the wrong pronoun. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong!…
February 19, 2018The journey from “I can’t” to “I will” starts with brutal honesty. “I can’t give up my coffee.” “I…
February 19, 2018You never would have thought of such a thing on your own. It had to be God. He gave…
February 19, 2018One of the first writing rules I learned in journalism school is that you have to know your audience. …
February 15, 2018Angelene Woodard of www.unqualifiedmom.com shares how her feelings of overwhelm have blossomed into a ministry when she accepted her…
February 15, 2018I’m sane. I don’t even have a tin-foil hat. I rarely can even find foil when I need it…
February 14, 2018Magazine editors are experts in their publication. I know this fact because I’ve been a magazine editor a couple…
February 13, 2018February is the month that has the honor of hosting Valentine’s Day, also called Feast of Saint Valentine, an…
February 12, 2018A recent string of truck commercials makes me chuckle every time. They claim the participants are not actors but…
February 11, 2018