Slogging through the writing of your book and running out of gas? Or have you trashed most everything you’ve written and find yourself back at square one? Maybe you can’t picture ever finishing—or starting again. I can tell you from experience, you can rekindle the inspiration to write. Just look at Stephen King. Ever notice […]
Read MoreEver been told your writing belongs in the toilet? I have. As a 19-year-old sportswriter for a daily newspaper, I wanted more than anything to place an article in the Features section. I submitted one, complete with photos, to the editor. He responded quickly in red at the top of the first page: “Great pictures. […]
Read MoreI LOVE finding just the right gift for the people I most care about, don’t you? Believe it or not, writers are easy—and fun—to buy for. If you thought there weren’t many options beyond: Paper and pens An Amazon or bookstore gift card A notebook A book by their favorite author You’ll be happy with […]
Read MoreWhen we writers spend hours alone at the keyboard, that isolation can get to even us introverts. The solution is to find a writers group—populated by like-minded fellow strugglers. I belong to three—one that meets in person and two that interact online, and I encourage Jerry Jenkins Writers Guild members to find one or form […]
Read MoreI was always saying the wrong things around Billy Graham. One of his aides even told me I had been selected from a handful of authors to assist him with his memoirs because I was the one who obviously hadn’t prepared an answer to his team’s most predictable question: What qualifies you to do this? […]
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