Martial Arts Parallel Writing Disciplines

At a recent Martial Arts competition I attended to watch my daughter compete had many parallels to the writing life. My daughter attends a school that specialty is Tang Soo Do but there were participants from schools that taught karate and other forms of Martial Arts....

Revitalizing Writing Time

Many people don’t believe that writing is hard work.  How hard can sitting in front of a computer for hours be? Speaking from experience, I sometimes get up from a marathon of writing feeling like an arthritic 80 year old.  I have been working diligently on editing my...

Travel Gives A Writer Lots of Material

Recently I returned from a three week mission trip in the Philippines. My husband, Charley and I traveled to both the islands of Luzon and Mindanao visiting various churches and schools. During that time we accumulated over 300 photos, two hours of video and 18 days...

Why Attend Writer’s Conferences

Every time I attend a writing conference I am reminded of why I write. My encouragement to every writer, no matter their age or experience, is to attend conferences.  There is never a time in your writing career that you evolve out of writing conferences.  It is a...