Posts about inspiration
Fictional Friday: Learning Not to Put My Dream in a Box, by Cindy R. Wilson
• Fictional Friday, Guest Bloggers, Inspiration, Writing Life
Like most kids, I had a dream. Before I turned thirteen I knew I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. I had it all planned out. I was going to sit in my secluded mountain home, write bestselling novels, and enjoy success. This was before I became...
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Fictional Friday: To Make A Writer Add Alcott and Minestrone, by Brandy Vallance
It’s Louisa May Alcott’s fault. She was the last domino that made a writer out of me. You have to be on your guard against seemingly innocent, entertaining stories. For, as I have found, no story is innocent, and words, once they take root, can alter the course of your...
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Words for Women: Spring (Guest Post)
by Serena Chase Let the trees of the forest sing, let them sing for joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. ~ 1 Chronicles 16:33 (NIV) The wind sounds like rushing water through the trees. It’s a pink noise, warm and sweet. A kite takes flight, its plastic...
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Words for Women: Who Do You Think You Are?
If God is for us, who can be against us?…We are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ~Romans 8:31,37 (NIV) I stared at the e-mail attachment from my editor. For a moment, I think actually heard the Jaws theme music playing in the background. Line edits. Finally. The moment...
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