Revealing Ourselves: Writers Take Risks

So, I didn’t win, or even place, in Jeff’s Goins’ You Are a Writer contest.  But that doesn’t matter.  What matters is that I was one of 138 writers who publicly stood up and declared our innermost identities.  Isn’t that the most important thing?  That we claim our talents and make use of them – […]

Claim It, Shout It: I Am A Writer!

Is yours the only house on the block with a window still lit at 2:00 a.m.?  If that light were not casting a golden glow across your backyard when he comes home from swing shift, would the deputy sheriff living next-door break down the door to see if you are lying in a pool of […]

Generous Writers Reap Rewards: Share Your Knowledge

Are you a generous writer?  When you run across a contest or call for submissions do you hoard it for yourself, or do you joyfully send the information to writer friends you know can create exactly what the publisher desires?  Are you afraid if you share what you have learned with other writers that somehow they […]