God bears witness to all with words the Holy Spirit has breathed through scribes He ordained by the Blood of Christ  to help the blind se...

  VICTORY: V – Victory in writing is boosted by using strong verbs rather than leaning on adverbs and other weak words. I – I is for insight...

  Something surprising happened during my 1981 college English class. But first, let’s set the stage. In those days I was exponentially inse...

  Tears trickled down my face as I turned the pages of a picture book. It was a favorite of mine that I read to my children during our homes...

  For writers who are also introverts social media can be a dirty duo. I get that. If our goal is to get traditionally published, divulging ...

I fell out of my morning writing routine when I realized an old goal I was aiming for appeared unreachable. Words said to me unraveled my se...

  One : Self-publishing is always an open door Two : No one writes the way we do. Only we can reach certain readers with the encouragement G...

    By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life. Psalm 42:8 NIV For years I’ve prayed for...

  One step at a time gets us to our destination. Procrastination doesn’t. Recently I read a wonderful Christian living book by Drew Dyke . J...

  Recently I listened to an author being interviewed on CBC radio. He didn't say never to a suggestion that he write a book that was way...

  Writing a memoir is both easy and difficult.  My favorite genre to read is memoir. Like a novel, it’s a story. Unlike formula fiction, it’...

  A lot of what we write is the fruit of listening. When we pause and listen to the words of others, and of the world around us, we glean wr...

  Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23 NKJV Definition of keep according to Oxford La...

   * This is continued from Part 1 6.  Finish Whatever we start, we need to complete. Fill the pages and go back later to polish them. Other...

One of my habits is to write my blog posts ahead of time. I was going to write H is for Habits for August. But when I went to my InScribe fi...

  Be strong and take heart,     all you who hope in the Lord. Psalm 31:24 NIV A sweet friend of mine—who now resides on the other side of He...

Grace is the grease that keeps my writing wheels from rusting out when I’m stuck in a rut.    Who enjoys rejection? Grace is the reason we d...

    (This will be a short post to leave room for an important message at the end of it.) Earmarks of a well-edited and prayerfully written m...

  Deadline can be a scary word. One reason I’m glad I volunteered to be a regular writer for this blog is that it’s teaching me to fear dead...

  Some days are harder than others to conquer the blank page. Through experience, I’ve learned not to bother waiting for confidence to show ...