Guest Bloggers
Words for Women: Five Keys to Finding Focus, by Elizabeth Ludwig
My prayer when I first started out on this writing journey was simple—Lord, please help me to get published, and let my words touch someone’s heart. Oh, how that prayer has changed over time! After my first book contract, I quickly discovered how unpredictable the publishing industry can be (an...
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Words for Women: Look Into His Eyes, by Lucille Zimmerman
I debated whether or not I should tell my counselor this dark, awful story about a piece of my life I had blocked from my memory. Over the months, I had felt more and more safety opening up and telling parts of my story that included painful events and life...
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Fictional Friday: Beware the Ides of March, by Amy Drown
Every author can pinpoint “The Moment”—the one in which the passion for storytelling irrevocably took hold. When the calling to pursue this gut-wrenching, nail-biting, ulcer-inducing, slightly schizophrenic career became unmistakably clear. When a wily Muse dropped an anvil on her head, stars filled her eyes, and little birdies began to...
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Words for Women: Imagination Versus Experience, by Anita Higman
In my latest novel, Winter in Full Bloom, I wrote more from experience than imagination, but both were so interwoven throughout the work, that the pieces became one fabric—one story. Still, I would say that there are more pieces of my personal life in this work than in any other...
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