Blogging Basics: Blogging Community – A Digital Group Hug
Safety in numbers. A strand of three is not easily broken. One puts a thousand to flight, two put ten thousand to flight. The more the merrier. Photo Credit Blogging is a lonely, solitary way of life. The only person needed is you - the computer, internet, and [...]
All Things Writing: The Senses – Vision
The pretty girl with blue eyes twirled in front of me. Photo Credit Can you see it? Sort of. It's easy to tell someone what happened, but a good writer can show the reader what happened. Showing an event gives it life, makes it real. Showing is the [...]
Featured Author: Sarah Ladd
I am beyond excited to present this month's featured author, Sarah Ladd. We met at the ACFW conference in Indianapolis a few years ago and I've had the joy of celebrating the contract and publication of her debut novel, The Heiress of Winterwood, with her. Ladies and gentlemen, Sarah Ladd: [...]
That “Something’s-Not-Quite-Right” Feeling, and SpeedBo!
Photo Credit Have you ever found yourself staring at person, or reading an article, or watching a commercial and thinking, "something's just not right"? I've been feeling that way about my blog. I revamped it this year to bring back author interviews and talk about more specific topics, [...]
Professional Development: Business Letters … Beyond the Basics
You can't work with others if you don't know how to communicate, and your first communication should always be professional. Text messaging and e-mail have made the Photo Credit written word overly casual. Misspelled words, lack of punctuation, and slang terms might make a date via text message, [...]