The Little Things
© 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…
Writing by Another Hand
© 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.…
3 Ways to Improve Your Author Facebook Page
© 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…
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…
Fictionalizing “Life”
© 2019 Leanna Sain Write what you know. Show of hands—how many have heard that statement before? If you’ve been writing for any length of time at all, you’ve probably dreamt…
Writing the Red Herring
© 2019 DiAnn Mills Mystery and suspense writers value the challenge of a red herring, a clue designed to deceive and mislead the characters and readers. For the writer, developing…
Writing Bible Studies from a Slant
© 2019 Katy Kauffman Running. Fighting. Breaking chains. House renovation. These are just some of the “slants” or metaphors I’ve used when writing Bible studies. The Word of God is…
World Building for Amateurs
© 2019 Matt Starr Imagine that tomorrow you woke up in an infinite, white space, except for the ground, which looks like a blueprint for the room you were sleeping…
A Buzzkill’s Guide to Writing Humor
© 2019 Connie Kuykendall So, you want to write comedy, but you’re a teensy bit of a sour, dour, stick-in-the-mud? Take heart, curmudgeon! You don’t have to be as funny…