As Mama to two kiddos, I’ve seen my fair share of Disney movies. Those sweet, animated tales have stood the test of time for a reason: they’re rich with life applications. Viewers are bound to find a lesson or two in each Disney animated film,…
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Five Things to Do After a Writers Conference
Today is the last day of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. All the conferees will be heading home hopefully armed with an abundance of new knowledge, a collection of notes and resources, and perhaps a stack of business cards from new industry friends.…
Five Reasons to Attend a Writing Conference
Next week is one of my favorite weeks of the year because I’m heading to the annual writers’ conference I’ve attended the past three years. After I began writing again and decided to pursue getting published, I knew I still had much to learn. I…
How Writing Flash Fiction Helped Me Become a Better Writer
I’ve only returned to writing fiction again the past six or seven years. And to say it’s been difficult to carve out time to get words on the page amidst our family’s busy life is an understatement, but I’ve been working to make it a…
What I Learned Reading Outside My Favorite Genre
I am a creature of habit. That’s especially true when it comes to reading. I have my favorite authors, my go-to’s whose books I will always automatically pre-order. And I have my favorite genres. For decades, my default genre was contemporary romance. The interesting characters…