By Michelle Griep, @MichelleGriep Apparently all the cool kids are putting out newsletters nowadays. Not that I’m feeling the need to be cool, but I am feeling pressure from all …
How Writing is Like Gardening
by Beth K. Vogt, @bethvogt Every book begins with an idea. How we treat our ideas when they first appear determines the very possibility of a book ever being written. I …
Blocked – A Parable
by Andrea Christenson, @andrea143 She ran around the corner and stopped dead. Leaning over, her breath came in short gasps. Running hard and long hadn’t been in her plan for the …
Writing Into Fear
by Katherine Reay, @Katherine_Reay Working on my latest manuscript seems to be an exercise in conquering fear — isn’t writing any manuscript an exercise in conquering fear? Or perhaps it’s not conquering …
What’s Keeping You from Catching Your Minnows?
by Lisa Jordan, @lisajordan Last night, my husband and I walked our dog at the park near our house. As we strode down the path that snaked along the river, …