Sharing Your Gift
© 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…
Gathering Fragments: 5 Reasons to Write a Memoir
© 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…
Amy Newmark’s Secrets to Writing for Chicken Soup for the Soul—Part 2
© 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…
Amy Newmark’s Secrets to Writing for Chicken Soup for the Soul
© 2020 Tracy Crump What a treat to interview Amy Newmark, author, editor-in-chief, and publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series! Marylane and I started this newsletter with…
Don’t Miss a Divine Appointment
© 2020 Tracy Crump Have you ever attended a conference that offered appointments with agents or editors and declined the opportunity because you were too afraid to talk to a…
Moving from a Fiction Writer to a Nonfiction Author
© 2018 Susan Day Moving from fiction to nonfiction was something I wasn’t sure I could do as a writer. Over the past seven years, I had written fifteen children’s…
Divine Grace and Human Imperfection
© 2018 Jon Woodhams I tell people that one of my claims to fame is that I was the proofreader for Jan Karon’s first Mitford book. It’s true—back in the…
How to Write a Bible Study
© 2017 Crickett Keeth Are you thinking about writing a Bible study but not sure where to begin? Here are some steps to help you get started. Step 1: Decide…
Writing for The Upper Room Magazine
© 2017 Andrew Breeden Part of my job as acquisitions editor for The Upper Room magazine is to travel across the country teaching workshops. The approach I take is pretty cut and…
Writing Our Griefs
© 2017 Toni Lepeska My 93-year-old uncle fought the aftereffects of a stroke and then contracted pneumonia. My earliest memories included him. I knew he might die as my folks…