
Writers Must Keep Their Foot on the Gas
So, I guess it’s ok for a writer to be a NASCAR fan—especially a Southern writer, right? I’m a…
July 10, 2017So, I guess it’s ok for a writer to be a NASCAR fan—especially a Southern writer, right? I’m a…
July 10, 2017If you’re writing a novel, you can’t do so without a healthy dose of tension. Whatever the protagonist’s goal…
July 9, 2017Well, it took God six days to complete the one you’re living in, so don’t expect to make yours in one day.
Worlds are complicated things, and in order to make one believable, you’ll need to take into consideration a whole host of things from politics to geography.
Fantasy Flash Fiction 101 Could you write a story in 500 words? What about 100? Flash fiction is a…
July 7, 2017I just returned from another writers conference, this one in my home state of Kentucky, and I was once…
July 6, 2017The Light of the World. The Chronicles of Narnia. The Chick-Fil-A Cow. Believe it or not, the aforementioned have…
July 5, 2017From Script to Stage/Screen INTERIOR. ICE CREAM PARLOR – DAYTIME Myrtle Beach in the Summer The directions in the…
July 4, 2017I am a binge writer. I always have been, and I probably always will be. What is a binge writer you…
July 3, 2017Welcome, Steven, can you share a little about your recent book – In Every Deadly Kiss, FBI Agent Patrick…
July 1, 2017Did I ever tell you about the time my grandfather rode a horse down the center aisle of a…
June 27, 2017As languages go, English is fairly young. It’s been about 1400 years since the Anglo-Saxons imported English into Great…
June 27, 2017Running from the beast had never been my plan. I had thought he would be my final stop, but…
June 26, 2017The Holy Bible, shows the stigma of disability and the encouragement and inclusion for the disabled, despite today’s protests…
June 25, 2017Insights into Going to the Dentist (This week my husband lost a crown while eating a piece of licorice—that…
June 24, 2017Where’s There’s a Cliché, There’s a Critic If you write with clichés, you write things like, “Where there’s a…
June 24, 2017Most days, writing brings us joy. Our brains stay on overdrive as we scribble ideas on scraps of paper,…
June 23, 2017Characters with personality make your readers identify and care about them. There are several ways to determine what your…
June 22, 2017I’ve been asked multiple times by others hoping to get published what tips I had for getting published. Here…
June 20, 2017A writer must find the perfect balance when describing characters, especially when introducing them to a reader for the…
June 19, 2017The Internet is swooning over Carlton Hughes. As of this writing, Carlton’s last comedy writing article here on…
June 18, 2017A pronoun is a word that can take the place of a noun in a sentence which means…
June 17, 2017I wrote my first fiction novel in four months during 2009 because I believed I could write a…
June 16, 2017Joshua J. Masters is a pastor, author (American Psalms), Christian speaker and artist. He currently serves as an Associate…
June 15, 2017Magazine writing jobs sent straight to your inbox? Yes, it is true. I get them every morning. So how…
June 12, 2017For most magazine articles, I need information beyond what I have myself. To gather this information, I will…
June 12, 2017