Happy New Year! As 2016 gets underway, I want to share some information with you. There are a couple of things to cover, here in this...

Why, hello there. I’ve been compiling some feedback from readers and subscribers and I’ve decided to announce a few changes, based on...

This is a quick post. A sort of poll question, if you will… What service or resource have you tried to find to help you with your...

Hey, I know it’s not cool to over-promote one’s self on his or her own blog, but I do, from time to time, like to remind people that I...

When I started thinking about how I would make some changes in my personal and creative life, I started with the first necessary...

As I mentioned early in the week, I hit a creative wall in the second quarter of 2013. Things weren’t happening, for me, and as the...

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Yes, this will be a little whiny. Sorry, in advance. My wife, Cami, came home from a five-day cruise last week with three days left of...

Sometimes I come across an article about writing that I know I’m going to return to again and again. David Jauss writes just such an...

Balance. That “sweet spot,” where the competing aspects of life are in balance, is a wonderful place to find myself. Whether I’m talking...

It is easy for me to rack up a list of “some day” items. Some people call it long-term planning, and others call it having a “bucket...

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I read a blog post earlier today (a guest post by Matt Ragland over at Jeff Goins’ blog) that featured a metaphor for art that captured a...

Yes, I know it is already the 7th of January, and whether or not I like it, the new year is in full swing, but when you are married to a...

All of the titles mentioned in this blog post (with the exception of out-of-print books) can be found here: http://astore.amazon.com/wile...

Ginger Pinholster is a writer and fellow graduate of the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. You can connect with her on...

No. I’ve not started writing hip-hop lyrics. I did, however, spend most of this week dealing with some computer issues. Thankfully, none...

December is here, and it’s a big month for me. Obviously, the holiday season is here, which means lots of Advent activities, followed by...

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This is the (belated) final installment of the series of guest contributions focused on Flannery O’Connor’s story, A Good Man is Hard to...