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• 3 Ways to Over Coming Writing Obstacles: YOU Can Do It!

  

  My writing pal Mick Silva, founder of Your Writer’s Group, has been a much needed encourager as I work (or think about working) on my current WIP. His tagline... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• 4 Ways to Enjoy Summer While Writing

  

  With the changing of seasons comes the changing of schedules and many writing interruptions. You think you’ll have more time to write in the summer, but every... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jonah Vine

  

  Jonah 4:6 Then the Lord provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was happy.Remember what... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writing Historicals: Immerse Yourself in the Details

  

  Tuesday Teachings from the archives: I’ve been going back through the wonderful content on Writer…Interrupted and wanted to share the relevant teaching from pas... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Freelancing to Support My Fiction Habit

  

  Before I became a novelist, I was a journalist. I wrote for my high school and college newspapers, rising in the ranks to news editor. After college I began my... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Making the Most of the Minutes

  

  My greatest challenge in balancing writing time with household responsibilities is avoiding my own tendency toward the all-or-nothing approach. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2012 LIFE COACH

• Using Interruptions To Encourage and Inspire

  

  Through God we shall do valiantly, And it is He who will tread down our adversaries. Psalm 60:12Turning on my nightlight, I looked at my clock. Only 2:00 a.m.!... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writing Historicals: Immerse Yourself in the Time Period

  

  Tuesday Teachings from the archives: I’ve been going back through the wonderful content on Writer…Interrupted and wanted to share the relevant teaching from pas... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Top Ten List for Writers

  

  Patience. In abundance. Pressed down and overflowing. Everything takes time. And lots more time than you could imagine. So if you write, you’ll shake the doors... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Do Aliens Exist?

  

  Sadly, God’s people have a history of trying to straddle the fence between the kingdom of God and the world around us—we long to fit in and belong. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Are You a Writing Tortise Or Hare?

  

  I’m revisiting an old question that I wrestled with a few years ago when trying to figure out why it was taking so long to get published. My thoughts then and... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Evolution of Distractions (and Wasted Time)

  

  My distractions have evolved many times over the course of my writing journey.At first they were obvious: toddlers. I had two kids under the age of two and... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Time for God

  

  “Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.” James 4:17Christian writers have to make time for God – it’s part of... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Writing Big and Trimming the Fat

  

  Tuesday Teachings from the archives: I’ve been going back through the wonderful content on Writer…Interrupted and wanted to share the relevant teaching from pas... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• 4 Tips for Beating Discouragement in Your Writing Career

  

  Sometimes I’m discouraged at the long road behind me and the longer road ahead as I seek to build a career as an author.I’ve now sold my first article, but... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• How Do YOU Celebrate After Hitting Send on Your Manuscript?

  

  It’s official! I hit send on my Rosie manuscript…again. Well, technically I hit send again on the proposal since my manuscript is not finished. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Interview with Allie Pleiter

  

  An avid knitter, coffee junkie, and devoted chocoholic, Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction.The enthusiastic but slightly untidy mother of two,... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pacing in a Story

  

  Tuesday Teachings from the archives: I’ve been going back through the wonderful content on Writer…Interrupted and wanted to share the relevant teaching from pas... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Publishing Doesn’t Validate My Life

  

  With the results of the Genesis contest semi-finalists still fresh in everyone’s mind, I think this post from Mary DeMuth is a good reminder about perspective... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Interrupted by the End of the World

  

  Admit it, it’s okay. As a writer you know your craft requires years of, early mornings over a keyboard,a nd approximately 6000 gallons of coffee before you... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION