A Shot in the Arm—of Patriotism
© 2021 Kayleen Reusser For several months in 2020, my writing routine floundered. By the end of summer, I got myself in gear. I organized my work schedule to work…
© 2021 Kayleen Reusser For several months in 2020, my writing routine floundered. By the end of summer, I got myself in gear. I organized my work schedule to work…
© 2021 Heather Mertens We love to give gifts to others. Yet we sometimes forget that we’ve all been given gifts to share, and I’m not just talking about the…
© 2021 Karen Sargent Launching a book is hard. I’m almost always on somebody’s Facebook launch team because I want to help my author friends find my reader friends. Here are a…
© 2020 Patricia Durgin At a conference recently, a stranger asked, “Aren’t you Patricia Durgin? Your programs are so helpful. Thank you.” Service initiated those kind words.Are you serving your audience?…
© 2020 Kay DiBianca I thought novel-writing would be easy. After all, my grades in English class had always been good, and I was a voracious reader. How hard could…
© 2020 Kristy Horine With one day left in the fiction writers conference, I still couldn’t figure out why I’d come. I cringed as I heard the question yet again.…
© 2020 Harriet Michael “Gather up the fragments … that nothing be lost.” Recorded in John 6:12 (KJV), these were Jesus’ instructions to His disciples after the feeding of the…
© 2020 Rhonda Dragomir “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself…and of course, the Boogie Man.” This mashup quote by comedian Pat Paulsen underscores a fear of…
© 2020 Shel Harrington A common mistake writers make when we set up an author Facebook page is making it all about us. Our potential readers find posts about our…
© 2020 Tracy Crump Chicken Soup for the Soul callouts have been the bedrock of our newsletter since we began in 2008. I can’t thank Amy Newmark, author, editor-in-chief, and…