8 Tips For Surviving (And Learning From) A Harsh Critique by Amanda Wen
As a professional musician, and now as a writer, I’m no stranger to criticism. Learning to handle it, sort through it, and apply it is key for anyone in a creative field. But how do you learn to do that when the critique can be hard to hear? While I’m [...]
My Perfect Man
Every November, I take some time to think about, write about, and brag on my husband. He celebrates his birthday and we celebrate our anniversary this month, so it seems appropriate to pay homage to the man who agreed to spend the rest of his life with me. If you’re [...]
Author Interview: Megan Besing
When you've been writing for as many years as I have, you meet a lot of people at a lot of different places. Megan and I met years ago at an ACFW conference. Back then, neither of us were published. We were both eagerly learning what it would take to make [...]
Book Review: Catching Christmas by Terri Blackstock
First-year law associate, Sydney Batson knows she will be updating her resume by New Year’s if she loses her current court case. So when her grandmother gets inexplicably ill while she’s in court, Sydney arranges for a cab to get her to the clinic. The last thing cab driver Finn [...]
What Are You Reading?
Earlier this year I had a revelation: I spend so much time writing and editing that I’d stopped reading. Occasionally, I’d read a book to review it, but I couldn’t remember the last time I picked up a novel just for the fun of it. Whoa. How had that happened? [...]